Dollar General
DG NYSE· Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$128.42
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Dollar General had $42.7B of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 5.2% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +4.8% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 5.2%, up 0.9 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 5 is left after running the business.
- Dollar General made $1.5B of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 5.0% a year.
- Free cash flow was $2.4B in fiscal 2025, 5.6% of revenue.
- Dollar General returned $520M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 22% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 0.4%.
- Dollar General owes $3.4B more than it holds in cash, about 1.1 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$28.4B
P/E
16.7x
Revenue
$42.7B
Net income
$1.5B
Free cash flow
$2.4B
Operating margin
5.2%
Dollar General in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+5.2%
Yes. Sales grew 5.2% last year.
Does it make a profit?
3.5%
A little. It keeps 3.5% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
5.6%
Partly. 5.6% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
1.1x
Keep an eye on it. Repaying its debt would take 1.1 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
7 / 9
Solid. It passes 7 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
16.7x
One share costs 16.7 times its yearly profit per share. Typical for its sector: 24.7x.
What Dollar General does
Dollar General runs small discount stores that sell everyday basics and household items. It says it is the largest US discount retailer by number of stores, with 20,959 stores in 48 US states and Mexico as of February 27, 2026. The greatest concentration is in the southern, southwestern, midwestern and eastern states. Many of its stores serve small towns with few other places to shop. It sells mostly at everyday low prices, typically $10 or less. Consumables, such as paper and cleaning products and packaged food, are its largest merchandise category. It also sells seasonal items, home products and apparel. It sells national brands from major manufacturers and its own private brands, often at lower prices. Its customers are a broad base of shoppers who want basic everyday and household needs. It competes with other discount retailers, and with convenience, drug, grocery, online and mass merchant retailers.
Biggest risks, in its own words
- Customers cutting spending when the economy weakens, which would lower its sales and profits.
- Intense competition from other discount, grocery, drug and online retailers.
- Inventory shrinkage and damage, and mistakes in managing how much inventory it holds.
- Delays or problems in opening or relocating stores, including in new countries.
- Fiscal year ends
- January 30, 2026
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Mar 20, 2026
- Legal name
- DOLLAR GENERAL CORP
- CIK
- 0000029534
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $34.2B | $37.8B | $38.7B | $40.6B | $42.7B |
| Revenue growth | 1.4% | 10.6% | 2.2% | 5.0% | 5.2% |
| Gross margin | 31.6% | 31.2% | 30.3% | 29.6% | 30.7% |
| Operating margin | 9.4% | 8.8% | 6.3% | 4.2% | 5.2% |
| Net income | $2.4B | $2.4B | $1.7B | $1.1B | $1.5B |
| Net margin | 7.0% | 6.4% | 4.3% | 2.8% | 3.5% |
| Diluted EPS | $10.17 | $10.68 | $7.55 | $5.11 | $6.85 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $2.9B | $2.0B | $2.4B | $3.0B | $3.6B |
| Capital expenditure | $1.1B | $1.6B | $1.7B | $1.3B | $1.2B |
| Free cash flow | $1.8B | $424M | $692M | $1.7B | $2.4B |
| FCF margin | 5.3% | 1.1% | 1.8% | 4.2% | 5.6% |
| Dividends paid | $392M | $494M | $518M | $519M | $520M |
| Share buybacks | $2.5B | $2.7B | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Share count change | −5.7% | −4.0% | −2.8% | 0.0% | 0.4% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $345M | $382M | $537M | $933M | $1.1B |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $4.2B | $7.0B | $7.0B | $6.2B | $4.6B |
| Shareholders' equity | $6.3B | $5.5B | $6.7B | $7.4B | $8.5B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.0x | 1.6x | 2.0x | 2.0x | 1.1x |
| Current ratio | 1.1x | 1.3x | 1.2x | 1.2x | 1.1x |
| Interest coverage | 20.5x | 15.8x | 7.5x | 5.1x | 7.6x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 25.9% | 23.2% | 15.1% | 10.3% | 13.8% |
| Return on equity | 37.1% | 40.9% | 27.0% | 15.9% | 19.0% |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| Altman Z'' | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$9.0M
7 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
Similar companies
Each company’s latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so periods don’t line up exactly.
| Company | Market cap | Growth | Op. margin | FCF margin | ROIC | P/E | F-score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dollar General DG | $28.4B | 5.2% | 5.2% | 5.6% | 13.8% | 16.7x | 7 |
| BJ's Wholesale Club BJ | $13.6B | 4.7% | 3.8% | 1.5% | 23.7% | 23.3x | 8 |
| Dollar Tree DLTR | $23.8B | 10.4% | 8.5% | 5.4% | 21.4% | 15.3x | 9 |
| Target TGT | $67.8B | −1.7% | 4.9% | 2.7% | 15.0% | 15.4x | 6 |
| Costco COST | $446.7B | 10.1% | 3.9% | 3.1% | 40.7% | — | 7 |
Price compared with profit (P/E)
How many times its yearly profit per share one share costs. Higher means investors pay more for each unit of profit.
KIRA
At $128.42 a share, the company is worth $28.4B: 16.7 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Dollar General grew sales faster than 2 of its 4 similar companies. Its P/E is higher than 2 of 3.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000029534). Data updated October 9, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.