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Dollar GeneralDG

Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail · Goodlettsville, Tennessee · In the S&P 500
Solid business
$132.30+1.70%After hours: $132.30 (0.00%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▲ 32.4% over 1 year
Dollar General over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$100$120$140Nov2026MarMayJulSep$132.30$100$125$150NovMarJul$132.30
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$29.19B
Price to earnings17.2x
Forward P/E16.5x
Dividend yield1.78%
Year to date−0.4%
One year+32.4%
Next earningsNot scheduled
SectorConsumer Staples
52-week range (closes)
$95.94$156.24

Quality and valuation

How Dollar General compares with other consumer staples stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Dollar General and 4 consumer staples merchandise retail peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: about averageValuation: in line with its sector

An average business among consumer staples companies, priced about in line with them.

Dollar General trades at 16.5 times the next 12 months of expected earnings, against a median of 16.6x for the 35 consumer staples stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew slower than the sector median: +4.8% vs +4.9%
  • Keeps less of each sale (gross margin): 31.2% vs 40.5%
  • Less profitable (operating margin): 5.6% vs 13.6%
  • Turns less of its sales into cash: 4.6% vs 10.3%
DG trades at 16.5x forward earnings, below the sector medianForward p/e, Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail peers
DG16.5xTGT16.7xDLTR19.5xWMT41.1xCOST44.4xSector median 16.6xDG16.5xTGT16.7xDLTR19.5xWMT41.1xCOST44.4xSector median 16.6x
Source: CNBC quotes; Mostly Markets
At 17.2x earnings, DG is cheaper than its average since Aug 2024Price over the last 12 months of reported (GAAP) diluted EPS
P/EUsual range (±1 s.d.)
15x20x25xAverage 17.6x2025202617.2x20xAverage 17.6x2025202617.2x
Source: Nasdaq prices; SEC filings

Financials

From Dollar General's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 31 Jul 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 5.2% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q2 ’26
$0bn$5bn$10bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$11.3bnQ2 ’26$0bn$5bn$10bnQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$11.3bnQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth sped up to +5.2% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
0%2%4%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’255.2%Q2 ’260%2%4%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’255.2%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 6.8% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
0%2%4%6%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’256.8%Q2 ’260%2%5%Q3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’256.8%Q2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $2.0 billion over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $m
$0m$200m$400m$600mQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$374mQ2 ’26$0m$250m$500mQ3 ’24Q1 ’25Q3 ’25$374mQ2 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsDGSector median
Revenue growth+4.8%+4.9%
Gross margin31.2%40.5%
Operating margin5.6%13.6%
Free cash flow margin4.6%10.3%
Price to earnings17.2x24.5x

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