Dollar General vs PriceSmart
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The short version
- Dollar General is the larger business, with $42.7B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $5.3B for PriceSmart, about 8.1 times as much.
- PriceSmart grew revenue faster (7.3%, against 5.2%).
- Dollar General kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (5.2% operating margin, against 4.4%).
- Dollar General turned more of its sales into free cash flow (5.6% FCF margin, against 2.0%).
- PriceSmart earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (15.4%, against 13.8%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of PriceSmart’s earnings: a P/E of 32.8x against 17.3x for Dollar General.
| Latest fiscal year | DG · FY25 | PSMT · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $29.4B | $5.2B |
| Revenue | $42.7B | $5.3B |
| Free cash flow | $2.4B | $103M |
| Net income | $1.5B | $148M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 5.2% | 7.3% |
| 5-year growth | 4.8% | 9.6% |
| Share count change | 0.4% | 0.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 30.7% | 17.4% |
| Operating margin | 5.2% | 4.4% |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 2.8% |
| FCF margin | 5.6% | 2.0% |
| Return on capital | 13.8% | 15.4% |
| Return on equity | 19.0% | 12.5% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $3.4B | −$115M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.1x | −0.4x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $520M | $45.4M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 17.3x | 32.8x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
Revenue
FY16
DG $22.0B
PSMT $2.9B
FY17
DG $23.5B
PSMT $3.0B
FY18
DG $25.6B
PSMT $3.2B
FY19
DG $27.8B
PSMT $3.2B
FY20
DG $33.7B
PSMT $3.3B
FY21
DG $34.2B
PSMT $3.6B
FY22
DG $37.8B
PSMT $4.1B
FY23
DG $38.7B
PSMT $4.4B
FY24
DG $40.6B
PSMT $4.9B
FY25
DG $42.7B
PSMT $5.3B
DG
PSMT
Operating margin
FY16
DG 9.4%
PSMT 4.7%
FY17
DG 8.6%
PSMT 4.6%
FY18
DG 8.3%
PSMT 4.0%
FY19
DG 8.3%
PSMT 3.6%
FY20
DG 10.5%
PSMT 3.7%
FY21
DG 9.4%
PSMT 4.4%
FY22
DG 8.8%
PSMT 4.1%
FY23
DG 6.3%
PSMT 4.2%
FY24
DG 4.2%
PSMT 4.5%
FY25
DG 5.2%
PSMT 4.4%
DG
PSMT
Free cash flow
FY16
DG $1.0B
PSMT $64.4M
FY17
DG $1.2B
PSMT −$12.3M
FY18
DG $1.4B
PSMT $21.3M
FY19
DG $1.5B
PSMT $30.3M
FY20
DG $2.8B
PSMT $159M
FY21
DG $1.8B
PSMT $14.0M
FY22
DG $424M
PSMT $1.2M
FY23
DG $692M
PSMT $115M
FY24
DG $1.7B
PSMT $39.0M
FY25
DG $2.4B
PSMT $103M
DG
PSMT
Return on capital
FY16
DG 15.8%
PSMT 17.5%
FY17
DG 18.7%
PSMT —
FY18
DG 18.6%
PSMT —
FY19
DG 19.4%
PSMT 10.1%
FY20
DG 29.5%
PSMT 11.3%
FY21
DG 25.9%
PSMT —
FY22
DG 23.2%
PSMT —
FY23
DG 15.1%
PSMT 13.1%
FY24
DG 10.3%
PSMT 11.3%
FY25
DG 13.8%
PSMT 15.4%
DG
PSMT
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.