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

Dollar General Corporation (DG) Price to free cash flow

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As of 22 October 2026, Dollar General Corporation (DG) trades at a price to free cash flow of 15.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9.0× (November 2025) to 537× (May 2023); the current reading is higher than 26% of that period. That is below the Discount Stores industry median of 37.7× and in line with the Consumer Defensive sector median of 15.2×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
FY2026 13.2× 42.49%
FY2025 9.2× (77.73%)
FY2024 41.5× (66.11%)
FY2023 123× 351.69%
FY2022 27.1× 61.70%
FY2021 16.8× (37.96%)
FY2020 27.0× 24.74%
FY2019 21.7× (10.82%)
FY2018 24.3× 23.38%
FY2017 19.7× (22.12%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Price to free cash flow Change
Jul 2026 13.9× 20.25%
Apr 2026 11.6× (12.26%)
Jan 2026 13.2× 42.22%
Oct 2025 9.3× (25.59%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 9.0× High 537×
Ten-year median 21.1×
Current reading's percentile 26

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 12.6×
DG Dollar General Corporation 15.2×
TGT Target Corporation compare 16.1×
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 24.9×
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 37.7×
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare 37.7×
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation compare 48.1×
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare 63.0×
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 70.3×
Discount Stores industry median 37.7×
Consumer Defensive sector median 15.2×
Market median 14.4×

What Price to free cash flow is

Price to Free Cash Flow Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of cash a company generates after its capital spending.

Stock Price ÷ ((Operating Cash Flow (TTM) + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) (TTM) + Intangible Assets Change (Net) (TTM)) ÷ (Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)))

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