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Dollar General Corporation

DG Consumer Defensive Discount Stores

Dollar General Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $42.7 billion, up 5.20% from fiscal 2025. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue grew 5.24%, EPS grew 33.2%, free cash flow fell 34.0% and total debt fell 20.4%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for ten, operating cash flow growth for three.

127.23 2.96 +2.38%
Market cap
$27.4B
P/E
16.5×
Fwd P/E
14.1×
Dividend yield
1.85%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.69
Beneish M
−3.55
Dividend safety
86/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 9.00
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — 7 — — — — — — — — 1 —
Insider Ownership 0.73%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 27,420.00
Revenue 43,637.99
Net Income 1,703.40
Free Cash Flow 2,016.37
Net Debt 2,981.23
Current Ratio 1.21
Debt/Equity 0.49 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 16.46
Fwd P/E 14.10
P/S ratio 0.64
P/B ratio 3.02
Past 5Y EPS Growth (8.40%) (below 0%: weak)
This Y EPS Growth 15.48% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 5.65%
Next Y revenue growth 4.27%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 10.47%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 22.64%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 16.99%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 13.15%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 14.66%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 16.88%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.31
Annual Dividend Rate 2.36
Annual Dividend Yield 1.85%
total individual payouts
2029 Powerpack
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 2.36
0.59
0.59
0.59
0.59
2025 2.36
0.59
0.59
0.59
0.59
2024 2.36
0.59
0.59
0.59
0.59
2023 1.77
0.59
0.59
0.59
2022 2.62
0.42
0.55
0.55
0.55
0.55
2021 1.62
0.36
0.42
0.42
0.42
2020 1.40
0.32
0.36
0.36
0.36
2019 1.25
0.29
0.32
0.32
0.32
2018 1.13
0.26
0.29
0.29
0.29
2017 0.78
0.26
0.26
0.26
2016 1.00
0.25
0.25
0.25
0.25
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Cash 537 933 1,139 1,590
Receivables 112 127 17 75
Inventory 6,994 6,711 6,332 6,553
Other — — — —
8,011 8,164 7,898 8,782
2024 2025 2026 Q'26
Payables 3,587 3,833 4,052 4,350
ST’ Debt 769 519 14 13
Other — — — —
6,726 6,869 6,961 7,265

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 7.69% 4.83% 4.13%
Cash Flow 10.08% (1.28%) 22.35%
Earnings 2.64% (10.65%) (14.46%)
Book Value 4.70% 5.03% 15.38%

Revenue $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 10,787 11,290 — — —
’26 10,436 10,728 10,649 10,911 42,724
’25 9,914 10,210 10,183 10,305 40,612
’24 9,343 9,796 9,694 9,859 38,692
’23 8,751 9,426 9,465 10,203 37,845
’22 8,401 8,650 8,518 8,651 34,220
’21 8,448 8,684 8,200 8,415 33,747
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 716 781 — — —
’26 847 968 1,004 816 3,635
’25 664 989 542 801 2,996
’24 191 536 715 950 2,392
’23 450 499 300 736 1,985
’22 703 615 909 639 2,866
’21 1,736 1,171 476 493 3,876
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 368 374 — — —
’26 557 567 691 583 2,397
’25 323 636 202 530 1,690
’24 (170) 133 244 491 698
’23 169 123 (119) 257 429
’22 426 375 650 349 1,800
’21 1,541 943 203 164 2,851
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Apr Jul Oct Jan Year
’26 2.00 2.48 — — —
’26 1.78 1.86 1.28 1.93 6.85
’25 1.65 1.70 0.89 0.87 5.11
’24 2.34 2.13 1.26 1.83 7.55
’23 2.41 2.98 2.33 2.96 10.68
’22 2.82 2.69 2.08 2.57 10.17
’21 2.56 3.12 2.31 2.62 10.62
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.4
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to January

Group Line 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Trend 2027e 2028e 2029e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 65.97 85.54 106.03 125.00 173.50 183.25 101.09 72.12 66.43 99.57

Analyst estimates 2027–2029

Powerpack
High 96.60 118.45 166.98 225.25 239.35 262.21 251.00 168.07 139.83 158.23
People
People Employees 121,000 129,000 135,000 143,000 158,000 163,000 170,000 185,800 194,200 194,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.18 0.18 0.19 0.19 0.21 0.21 0.22 0.21 0.21 0.22
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 21,987 23,471 25,625 27,754 33,747 34,220 37,845 38,692 40,612 42,724
Gross margin, % 30.85 30.77 30.45 30.59 31.76 31.60 31.23 30.29 29.59 30.66
EBT 1,966 1,907 2,015 2,202 3,404 3,063 3,117 2,120 1,440 1,965
EBT margin, % 8.94 8.13 7.87 7.93 10.09 8.95 8.24 5.48 3.55 4.60
Net income 1,251 1,539 1,589 1,713 2,655 2,399 2,416 1,661 1,125 1,512
Depreciation 380 404 454 505 574 641 725 849 972 1,046
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 78.16 86.05 96.64 108.18 135.98 146.08 168.09 176.34 184.70 194.12
Earnings 4.45 5.64 5.99 6.68 10.70 10.24 10.73 7.57 5.12 6.87
Cash flow 5.71 6.61 8.08 8.72 15.62 12.23 8.81 10.90 13.63 16.51
Capex (1.96) (2.36) (2.76) (3.05) (4.13) (4.55) (6.91) (7.72) (5.94) (5.62)
Free cash flow 3.75 4.24 5.33 5.67 11.49 7.68 1.91 3.18 7.68 10.89
Book value 19.22 22.46 24.20 26.13 26.84 26.73 24.61 30.76 33.72 38.67
Shares, m 281 273 265 257 248 234 225 219 220 220
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 16.59 18.22 19.24 22.97 18.03 20.38 21.77 17.42 13.91 20.89
P/S 0.94 1.20 1.19 1.42 1.42 1.43 1.39 0.75 0.38 0.74
P/B 3.84 4.59 4.77 5.87 7.18 7.80 9.49 4.29 2.11 3.71
EV/Sales 1.08 1.32 1.30 1.55 1.53 1.57 1.60 0.92 0.52 0.82
EV/FCF 22.57 26.67 23.54 29.54 18.12 29.91 140.98 50.79 12.39 14.61
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 1,605 1,802 2,144 2,238 3,876 2,866 1,985 2,392 2,996 3,635
Capex (551) (645) (732) (782) (1,025) (1,066) (1,555) (1,694) (1,306) (1,237)
Free cash flow 1,054 1,157 1,412 1,456 2,851 1,800 429 698 1,690 2,397
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 1,055 1,283 1,647 635 1,203 324 1,693 1,285 1,295 937
Total debt 3,212 3,006 2,865 3,877 5,205 5,356 8,298 7,000 6,238 4,580
Net debt 3,024 2,739 2,629 3,637 3,828 5,011 7,917 6,463 5,306 3,442
Shareholders’ equity 5,406 6,126 6,417 6,703 6,661 6,262 5,542 6,749 7,414 8,512
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 10.91 12.72 12.36 9.51 10.91 9.19 8.72 5.55 3.63 4.87
ROIC 15.30 14.16 14.62 13.92 21.18 17.86 15.46 11.57 8.42 11.52
ROE 23.20 26.69 25.34 26.11 39.74 37.13 40.94 27.03 15.89 18.99
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Jan 2026 · latest quarter Jul 2026

Charts ten years each

Dollar General Corporation vs peers in Discount Stores (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
WMT Walmart Inc. $877.2B 40.2× 40.9× +5.94% (above 0%: growing) −9.09% (below 0%: shrinking) +15.75% (above 0%: growing) 26.14% 4.99% Compare
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation $420.2B 45.6× 42.9× +11.10% (above 0%: growing) +14.80% (above 0%: growing) +30.72% (above 0%: growing) 12.74% 3.97% Compare
TGT Target Corporation $70.3B 15.9× 14.9× +5.27% (above 0%: growing) +100.49% (above 0%: growing) +141.23% (above 0%: growing) 33.67% 9.65% Compare
DG Dollar General Corporation $27.4B 16.5× 14.1× +5.24% (above 0%: growing) +33.16% (above 0%: growing) −33.98% (below 0%: shrinking) 32.60% 6.81%
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. $22.3B 14.5× 15.8× +7.02% (above 0%: growing) +196.70% (above 0%: growing) +4,013.41% (above 0%: growing) 42.91% 14.11% Compare
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. $12.5B 21.4× 19.8× +15.73% (above 0%: growing) +20.18% (above 0%: growing) +165.90% (above 0%: growing) 17.83% 4.05% Compare
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. $5.8B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +55.49% (above 0%: growing) n/m +1,859.24% (above 0%: growing) 16.75% 1.35% Compare
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. $5.2B 32.4× 31.9× +12.49% (above 0%: growing) +12.28% (above 0%: growing) −76.43% (below 0%: shrinking) 17.70% 4.43% Compare
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. $5.2B 19.0× 17.0× +9.09% (above 0%: growing) +42.00% (above 0%: growing) +19.36% (above 0%: growing) 43.46% 14.63% Compare
Median of peers $17.4B 21.4× 19.8× +10.10% +20.18% +85.98% 21.99% 4.71%

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DG metrics, ten years each

Dollar General Corporation (DG) key facts

  • Strength: Dollar General Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $42.7 billion, up 5.20% from fiscal 2025.
  • Strength: Net income was $1.5 billion, or $6.87 per share (basic), a net margin of 3.54%.
  • Dollar General Corporation (DG) is a Discount Stores company in the Consumer Defensive sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 9, 2026, DG traded at $127.23, a market capitalization of $27.4 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 16.5× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 0.6× sales; its P/E is higher than 23% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Dollar General Corporation pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share, a yield of 1.85%, with a payout ratio of 30.7%.
  • Return on equity was 19.0% and debt-to-equity 0.49.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.69 (grey zone) for fiscal 2026.

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