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) Operating margin
Dollar General Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 5.59%, up 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (5.16%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.22% (fiscal 2025) to 10.5% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 17% of that period. That is above the Discount Stores industry median of 4.45% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.80%.
Operating margin, annual
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Annual
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 5.16% | 0.94 |
| FY2025 | 4.22% | (2.10) |
| FY2024 | 6.32% | (2.47) |
| FY2023 | 8.79% | (0.62) |
| FY2022 | 9.41% | (1.12) |
| FY2021 | 10.5% | 2.23 |
| FY2020 | 8.30% | 0.04 |
| FY2019 | 8.26% | (0.29) |
| FY2018 | 8.55% | (0.84) |
| FY2017 | 9.39% | (0.14) |
Quarterly
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | 6.81% | 0.89 |
| Apr 2026 | 5.92% | 0.36 |
| Jan 2026 | 5.56% | 1.56 |
| Oct 2025 | 4.00% | (1.55) |
| 43 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Low 4.22%
High 10.5%
Ten-year median
8.67%
Current reading's percentile
17
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare | 12.3% |
| DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare | 11.0% |
| DG Dollar General Corporation | 5.59% |
| TGT Target Corporation compare | 5.59% |
| PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare | 4.51% |
| WMT Walmart Inc. compare | 4.39% |
| COST Costco Wholesale Corporation compare | 3.85% |
| BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare | 3.76% |
| TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare | −1.00% |
| Discount Stores industry median | 4.45% |
| Consumer Defensive sector median | 1.80% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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