Bloomberg reports that KKR & Co., the private-equity firm that bought Dollar General Corp. just before the leverage buyout boom collapsed, is taking the discount retailer public at a higher price than investors pay for Walmart Stores Inc. ... The $784 million sale, which would be the largest initial public offering by a U.S. retailer in at least 17 years, values the discount merchant at as much as 29.5 times earnings, Bloomberg data show. That’s almost twice as expensive as the 15.4 multiple for Walmart, the world’s biggest retailer.”
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