Dollar General Corporation DG

118.93 (0.65) (0.54%) as of 1 Oct
Market cap
$26.4B
P/E
15.4×
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Dollar General Corporation (DG) EV/EBITDA

As of 1 October 2026, Dollar General Corporation (DG) trades at a EV/EBITDA of 8.3×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 7.1× (January 2025) to 17.9× (April 2020); the current reading is higher than 6% of that period. That is below the Discount Stores industry median of 12.4× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 9.3×.

EV/EBITDA, daily

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Annual

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

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 11.9×
Current reading's percentile 6

EV/EBITDA against peers

Company EV/EBITDA
DG Dollar General Corporation 8.3×
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 8.4×
TGT Target Corporation compare 8.8×
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 10.6×
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 12.4×
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare 14.1×
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 18.4×
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation compare 28.2×
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare 1,097×
Discount Stores industry median 12.4×
Consumer Defensive sector median 9.3×
Market median 10.8×

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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