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) EV/EBITDA

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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

Against its own ten years

Low 7.1× High 17.9×
Ten-year median 11.8×
Current reading's percentile 17

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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