Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Our common stock is traded on The Nasdaq Global Select Market®. Our common stock has been traded on Nasdaq under the symbol "DLTR" since our initial public offering in 1995. The following table gives the high and low sales prices of our common stock as reported by Nasdaq for the periods indicated.

HighLow
Fiscal year ended January 28, 2017:
First Quarter$83.72$72.52
Second Quarter97.4573.02
Third Quarter99.9374.36
Fourth Quarter91.4172.55
Fiscal year ended February 3, 2018:
First Quarter$83.21$72.89
Second Quarter83.4865.63
Third Quarter93.6871.19
Fourth Quarter116.6590.30

On March 12, 2018, the last reported sale price for our common stock, as quoted by Nasdaq, was $94.29 per share. As of March 12, 2018, we had approximately 2,657 shareholders of record.

We did not repurchase any shares of common stock on the open market in fiscal 2017, fiscal 2016 or fiscal 2015. At February 3, 2018, we had $1.0 billion remaining under Board repurchase authorization.

We anticipate that substantially all of our cash flow from operations in the foreseeable future will be retained for the development and expansion of our business, the repayment of indebtedness and, as authorized by our Board of Directors, the repurchase of stock. Management does not anticipate paying dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.

Stock Performance Graph

The following graph sets forth the yearly percentage change in the cumulative total shareholder return on our common stock during the five fiscal years ended February 3, 2018, compared with the cumulative total returns of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P Retailing Index. The comparison assumes that $100 was invested in our common stock on February 2, 2013, and, in each of the foregoing indices on February 2, 2013, and that dividends were reinvested.

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