Shares of Dollar Tree Inc. DLTR sank 2.1% in premarket trading Wednesday, after the discount retailer missed fiscal third-quarter earnings and sales expectations, but provided an in-line outlook for the current quarter. Net income for the quarter to Oct. 28 fell to $212.0 million, or 97 cents a share, from $266.9 million, or $1.20 a share, in the year-ago period. The FactSet consensus for earnings per share was $1.01. Total revenue grew 5.4% to $7.31 billion, below the FactSet consensus of $7.40 billion. Same-store sales increased 3.9% to miss expectations of 5.3% growth, as Dollar Tree same-store sales rose 5.4% and…
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