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) Return on assets

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Dollar General Corporation's return on assets over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 5.34%, up 0.5 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (4.87%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.63% (fiscal 2025) to 12.7% (fiscal 2018); the current reading is higher than 17% of that period. That is below the Discount Stores industry median of 7.60% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.00%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2026 4.87% 1.24
FY2025 3.63% (1.92)
FY2024 5.55% (3.17)
FY2023 8.72% (0.47)
FY2022 9.19% (1.72)
FY2021 10.9% 1.40
FY2020 9.51% (2.85)
FY2019 12.4% (0.36)
FY2018 12.7% 1.81
FY2017 10.9% 0.54

Against its own ten years

Low 3.63% High 12.7%
Ten-year median 9.58%
Current reading's percentile 17

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 11.8%
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation compare 11.1%
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 9.39%
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 7.82%
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 7.81%
TGT Target Corporation compare 7.38%
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. compare 6.75%
DG Dollar General Corporation 5.34%
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare −10.8%
Discount Stores industry median 7.60%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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