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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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Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Dollar General Corporation (DG) Price to free cash flow

As of 1 October 2026, Dollar General Corporation (DG) trades at a price to free cash flow of 13.0×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9.0× (November 2025) to 537× (May 2023); the current reading is higher than 14% of that period. That is below the Discount Stores industry median of 33.5× and in line with the Consumer Defensive sector median of 13.1×.

Price to free cash flow, daily

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Annual

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

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 21.2×
Current reading's percentile 14

Price to free cash flow against peers

Company Price to free cash flow
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 11.0×
DG Dollar General Corporation 13.0×
TGT Target Corporation compare 16.0×
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 23.6×
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 33.5×
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare 34.1×
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation compare 43.3×
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 60.5×
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare 61.6×
Discount Stores industry median 33.5×
Consumer Defensive sector median 13.1×
Market median 13.8×

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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