GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Dollar General Corp. (DG) on Thursday reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $552.7 million.

The Goodlettsville, Tennessee-based company said it had profit of $2.41 per share.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 24 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.32 per share.

The discount retailer posted revenue of $8.75 billion in the period, also topping Street forecasts. Twenty-four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $8.71 billion.

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