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) Free cash flow margin
Dollar General Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 4.62%, down 1.0 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (5.61%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.13% (fiscal 2023) to 8.45% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 92% of that period. That is above the Discount Stores industry median of 3.35% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.54%.
Free cash flow margin, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Free cash flow margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 5.61% | 1.45 |
| FY2025 | 4.16% | 2.36 |
| FY2024 | 1.80% | 0.67 |
| FY2023 | 1.13% | (4.13) |
| FY2022 | 5.26% | (3.19) |
| FY2021 | 8.45% | 3.21 |
| FY2020 | 5.24% | (0.27) |
| FY2019 | 5.51% | 0.58 |
| FY2018 | 4.93% | 0.14 |
| FY2017 | 4.79% | 0.43 |
Against its own ten years
Free cash flow margin against peers
| Company | Free cash flow margin |
|---|---|
| DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare | 9.85% |
| OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare | 8.02% |
| DG Dollar General Corporation | 4.62% |
| TGT Target Corporation compare | 4.14% |
| TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare | 3.59% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corporation compare | 3.10% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. compare | 1.86% |
| BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare | 1.57% |
| PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare | 1.45% |
| Discount Stores industry median | 3.35% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.54% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Free cash flow margin is
Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.
(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue
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