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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) Operating margin

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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 1.36%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

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 newest first

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)
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Against its own ten years

Low 4.22% High 10.5%
Ten-year median 8.67%
Current reading's percentile 21

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 12.3%
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 11.0%
TGT Target Corporation compare 5.59%
DG Dollar General Corporation 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 1.36%
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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