Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.
Stock Price Data
The DSG common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol of DSGR. On February 28, 2025, the closing sales price of our common stock was $29.48 and the number of stockholders of record was 256. We did not declare or pay dividends in 2024, 2023 or 2022 and the Company currently has no plans to declare or pay dividends in the foreseeable future. Dividends are subject to certain restrictions based on terms detailed in our Amended Credit Agreement. Information about our equity compensation plans may be found in Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters, of this report which is hereby incorporated by reference.
Repurchases of Equity Securities
The Board of Directors previously authorized a stock repurchase program that permits the Company to repurchase DSG common stock from time to time in open market transactio ns, privately negotiated transactions or by other methods. I n December 2023 the Board of Directors increased the repurchase program by $25.0 million, bringing the total authorized to $37.5 million. We had $26.4 million of remaining availability under the stock repurchase program as of December 31, 2024. T he stock repurchase program does not have an expiration date.
The following table summarizes repurchases of DSG common stock for the three months ended December 31, 2024 under the repurchase program described above and excludes shares withheld from employees to satisfy tax withholding requirements on option exercises and other equity-based transactions. For additional information about our repurchases of DSG common stock, see Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Note 11 – Stockholders’ Equity .
Period Total Number of Shares Purchased Average Price Paid per Share Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
October 1 through October 31, 2024 — $ — — $ —
November 1 through November 30, 2024 — — — —
December 1 through December 31, 2024 — — — —
Total — —
Stock Price Performance Graph
The following performance graph and related information shall not be deemed “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC, nor shall such information be incorporated by reference into any future filing under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, except to the extent we specifically incorporate it by reference into such filing.
The following stock performance graph compares the cumulative total stockholder return of DSG common stock against the Russell 2000 Index and a peer group (the “Peer Group”). The Peer Group is composed of W.W. Grainger, Inc., Fastenal Company, MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., DXP Enterprises, Inc. and Global Industrial Company. The graph assumes the value of the investment in our DSG common stock and each index was $100 at December 31, 2019 and all dividends paid by those companies included in the indices were reinvested. The graph is based on historical data and is not necessarily indicative of future performance.
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December 31,
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
DSG $ 100.00 $ 97.70 $ 105.11 $ 70.75 $ 121.15 $ 132.05
Russell 2000 Index 100.00 119.96 137.74 109.58 128.14 142.92
Peer Group 100.00 135.35 179.74 174.64 258.21 320.60
ITEM 6. [RESERVED]
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