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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
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Dollar General Corporation (DG) Gross margin

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Dollar General Corporation's gross margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 31.2%, up 0.5 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (30.7%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 29.6% (fiscal 2025) to 31.8% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 42% of that period. That is above the Discount Stores industry median of 27.3% and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 35.0%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2026 30.7% 1.07
FY2025 29.6% (0.70)
FY2024 30.3% (0.94)
FY2023 31.2% (0.37)
FY2022 31.6% (0.16)
FY2021 31.8% 1.17
FY2020 30.6% 0.14
FY2019 30.5% (0.32)
FY2018 30.8% (0.08)
FY2017 30.9% (0.11)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jul 2026 32.6% 0.98
Apr 2026 31.6% 1.17
Jan 2026 30.5% 0.55
Oct 2025 29.9% (1.44)
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Against its own ten years

Low 29.6% High 31.8%
Ten-year median 30.7%
Current reading's percentile 72

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 41.6%
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 38.7%
DG Dollar General Corporation 31.2%
TGT Target Corporation compare 29.3%
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 25.2%
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 18.2%
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare 17.6%
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare 16.4%
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation compare 12.8%
Discount Stores industry median 27.3%
Consumer Defensive sector median 35.0%
Market median 46.2%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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