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) Revenue growth

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Dollar General Corporation's revenue growth over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 4.77%, down 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (5.20%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.40% (fiscal 2022) to 21.6% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 33% of that period. That is below the Discount Stores industry median of 8.64% and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 5.12%.

Revenue growth, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Revenue growth Change (points)
FY2026 5.20% 0.24
FY2025 4.96% 2.72
FY2024 2.24% (8.35)
FY2023 10.6% 9.19
FY2022 1.40% (20.19)
FY2021 21.6% 13.28
FY2020 8.31% (0.87)
FY2019 9.18% 2.43
FY2018 6.75% (1.19)
FY2017 7.94% 0.22

Quarterly newest first

Period Revenue growth Change (points)
Jul 2026 5.24% 1.88
Apr 2026 3.36% (2.53)
Jan 2026 5.89% 1.31
Oct 2025 4.58% (0.49)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.40% High 21.6%
Ten-year median 7.83%
Current reading's percentile 33

Revenue growth against peers

Company Revenue growth
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare 48.3%
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 14.4%
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare 10.2%
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation compare 10.1%
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 9.09%
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 8.18%
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 6.16%
DG Dollar General Corporation 4.77%
TGT Target Corporation compare 1.95%
Discount Stores industry median 8.64%
Consumer Defensive sector median 5.12%
Market median 7.41%

What Revenue growth is

Revenue Growth shows how fast a company’s sales are rising or falling compared with the same period a year earlier.

(Revenue − Revenue a year earlier) ÷ |Revenue a year earlier|

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