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Dollar General Corporation DG

Consumer Defensive  —  Discount Stores
118.93 (0.65) (0.54%) as of 1 Oct
Market cap
$26.4B
P/E
15.4×
S&P 500 Member Dividend Champion (10y) Cash Flow Champion (3y) Revenue Champion (10y)
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Dollar General Corporation (DG) P/E ratio

As of 1 October 2026, Dollar General Corporation (DG) trades at a P/E ratio of 15.4×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.4× (October 2023) to 27.3× (April 2020); the current reading is higher than 9% of that period. That is below the Discount Stores industry median of 20.0× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 16.8×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual

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

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 19.6×
Current reading's percentile 9

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare n/m
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 14.0×
DG Dollar General Corporation 15.4×
TGT Target Corporation compare 16.2×
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 19.5×
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 20.4×
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare 32.2×
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 37.6×
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation compare 44.1×
Discount Stores industry median 20.0×
Consumer Defensive sector median 16.8×
Market median 17.6×

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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