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.

131.83 7.28 −5.23%
Market cap
$30.7B
P/E
17.9×
Fwd P/E
17.0×
Dividend yield
1.70%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.69
Beneish M
−3.55
Dividend safety
86/100

Dollar General Corporation (DG) Current ratio

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Dollar General Corporation's current ratio at the end of the quarter to 31 July 2026 was 1.2×, up 0.1× from fiscal 2026 (1.1×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.1× (fiscal 2022) to 1.8× (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 17% of that period. That is above the Discount Stores industry median of 1.0× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.5×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2026 1.1× (4.54%)
FY2025 1.2× (0.21%)
FY2024 1.2× (7.49%)
FY2023 1.3× 22.13%
FY2022 1.1× (12.92%)
FY2021 1.2× 6.23%
FY2020 1.1× (26.29%)
FY2019 1.5× 7.92%
FY2018 1.4× 2.18%
FY2017 1.4× (18.48%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Jul 2026 1.2× 3.40%
Apr 2026 1.2× 3.04%
Jan 2026 1.1× (3.14%)
Oct 2025 1.2× (6.53%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.1× High 1.8×
Ten-year median 1.2×
Current reading's percentile 17

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 2.2×
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare 1.3×
DG Dollar General Corporation 1.2×
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 1.1×
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation compare 1.1×
TGT Target Corporation compare 1.0×
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 0.8×
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 0.7×
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare 0.7×
Discount Stores industry median 1.0×
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.5×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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