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.
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Dollar General Corporation (DG) EV/EBITDA
As of 22 October 2026, Dollar General Corporation (DG) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 9.5×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7.1× (January 2025) to 17.9× (April 2020); the current reading is higher than 17% of that period. That is below the Discount Stores industry median of 13.4× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 10.3×.
EV/EBITDA, daily
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Annual newest first
| Period | EV/EBITDA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 10.8× | 38.30% |
| FY2025 | 7.8× | (27.55%) |
| FY2024 | 10.8× | (27.96%) |
| FY2023 | 14.9× | 7.07% |
| FY2022 | 13.9× | 11.44% |
| FY2021 | 12.5× | (18.31%) |
| FY2020 | 15.3× | 18.45% |
| FY2019 | 12.9× | 1.05% |
| FY2018 | 12.8× | 31.42% |
| FY2017 | 9.7× | (11.71%) |
Quarterly newest first
| Period | EV/EBITDA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 8.8× | 1.88% |
| Apr 2026 | 8.6× | (19.88%) |
| Jan 2026 | 10.8× | 22.93% |
| Oct 2025 | 8.8× | (10.89%) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
EV/EBITDA against peers
| Company | EV/EBITDA |
|---|---|
| TGT Target Corporation compare | 8.9× |
| DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare | 9.5× |
| DG Dollar General Corporation | 9.5× |
| BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare | 12.2× |
| OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare | 13.4× |
| PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare | 14.3× |
| WMT Walmart Inc. compare | 21.3× |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corporation compare | 30.4× |
| TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare | 1,198× |
| Discount Stores industry median | 13.4× |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 10.3× |
| Market median | 11.1× |
What EV/EBITDA is
Enterprise Value over EBITDA tells an investor how the market values a whole company, with debt added and cash taken off, against its operating earnings.
((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ EBITDA (TTM)
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