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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) P/E ratio

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As of 22 October 2026, Dollar General Corporation (DG) trades at a P/E ratio of 17.9×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.4× (October 2023) to 27.3× (April 2020); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is below the Discount Stores industry median of 21.8× and in line with the Consumer Defensive sector median of 18.5×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2026 20.9× 50.22%
FY2025 13.9× (20.19%)
FY2024 17.4× (19.97%)
FY2023 21.8× 6.83%
FY2022 20.4× 13.02%
FY2021 18.0× (21.49%)
FY2020 23.0× 19.37%
FY2019 19.2× 5.59%
FY2018 18.2× 9.83%
FY2017 16.6× (13.96%)

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Jul 2026 16.4× 0.85%
Apr 2026 16.3× (21.98%)
Jan 2026 20.9× 22.80%
Oct 2025 17.0× (12.27%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 10.4× High 27.3×
Ten-year median 19.5×
Current reading's percentile 38

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare n/m
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 16.0×
TGT Target Corporation compare 16.3×
DG Dollar General Corporation 17.9×
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 20.6×
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 23.0×
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare 33.0×
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 43.7×
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation compare 48.9×
Discount Stores industry median 21.8×
Consumer Defensive sector median 18.5×
Market median 18.4×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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