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Dollar General

US · DG #748 by market cap Listed 1970
122.14 -1.13 -0.92%
Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 408s ago · 2026-10-08 07:40
Pre-market 121.00 -0.93%
After-hours 122.39 +0.21%
Overnight 122.50 +0.29%
Market cap
26.95B
P/B
2.90
EPS
6.85
Reader sentiment Are you bullish or bearish on DG?

Anonymous reader poll. Unscientific, not investment advice.

✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed

Fair
  • Altman Z-Score is 2.57, in the 1.8-3.0 "grey zone".
  • Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.

Revenue annual, last 8 years

Latest year +5.20% YoY

Margins

Gross margin
30.66%
Operating margin
5.16%
Net margin
3.54%

Key ratios & quality

Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.

Income statement

Line item 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Revenue 25.63B27.75B33.75B34.22B37.84B38.69B40.61B42.72B
Gross profit 7.80B8.49B10.72B10.81B11.82B11.72B12.02B13.10B
Selling & admin expenses 5.69B6.19B7.16B7.59B8.49B9.27B10.30B10.90B
Research & development ----------------
Operating profit 2.12B2.30B3.55B3.22B3.33B2.45B1.71B2.20B
Pretax profit 2.02B2.20B3.40B3.06B3.12B2.12B1.44B1.96B
Tax 425.94M489.18M749.33M663.92M700.63M458.25M314.50M452.28M
Net profit 1.59B1.71B2.66B2.40B2.42B1.66B1.13B1.51B
Basic EPS 67111011857
Diluted EPS 5.976.6410.6210.1710.687.555.116.85

Balance sheet

Line item 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Total current assets 4.66B5.18B6.91B6.30B7.58B8.01B8.16B7.90B
Cash & ST investments 235.49M240.32M1.38B344.83M381.58M537.28M932.58M1.14B
Inventory 4.10B4.68B5.25B5.61B6.76B6.99B6.71B6.33B
Total assets 13.20B22.83B25.86B26.33B29.08B30.80B31.13B30.96B
Total current liabilities 3.02B4.54B5.71B5.98B5.89B6.73B6.87B6.96B
Short-term debt 1.95M964.81M1.07B1.18B1.29B2.16B1.98B1.55B
Long-term debt 2.86B2.91B4.13B4.17B7.01B6.23B5.72B4.57B
Total liabilities 6,786,645,000.0016,122,584,000.0019,201,386,000.0020,065,385,000.0023,541,595,000.0024,046,472,000.0023,719,026,000.0022,451,768,000.00
Total equity 6.42B6.70B6.66B6.26B5.54B6.75B7.41B8.51B
Retained earnings 2.94B3.16B3.01B2.47B1.66B2.80B3.41B4.40B

Cash flow

Line item 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Operating cash flow 2.14B2.24B3.88B2.87B1.98B2.39B3.00B3.63B
Depreciation & amortization 454.13M504.80M574.24M641.32M724.88M848.79M971.70M1.05B
Free cash flow 1.41B1.45B2.85B1.80B423.97M691.58M1.69B2.39B
Dividends paid -306.52M-327.57M-355.93M-392.19M-493.73M-517.98M-518.98M-519.51M
Stock buybacks / issuance -1.01B-1.20B-2.47B-2.55B-2.75B------
Ending cash balance 235.49M240.32M1.38B344.83M381.58M537.28M932.58M1.14B

Returns & efficiency

Line item 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
ROE % 25.3426.1139.7437.1340.9427.0315.8918.99
ROA % 12.369.5110.919.198.725.553.634.87
ROIC % 18.1212.9414.3512.3811.807.985.396.88
5-year avg ROE % 23.0924.4728.2231.0033.8534.1932.1428.00
EBIT margin % 8.258.3010.539.418.796.324.225.14
FCF / sales % 5.505.248.445.251.121.794.155.60
Current ratio 1.551.141.211.051.291.191.191.13
Quick ratio 0.100.070.260.070.090.100.150.17
Debt / assets 21.7051.2452.5554.1160.7358.7456.0950.76
LT debt / equity 44.61160.11187.90208.60295.43236.11208.85166.49
Interest coverage 21.1822.8923.6420.4515.757.496.259.52
Revenue CAGR (3Y) % 7.958.0712.8710.1210.894.665.874.13
Net income CAGR (3Y) % 10.9111.0319.9414.7112.15-14.47-22.31-14.46
FCF CAGR (3Y) % 16.6911.6335.088.41-33.68-37.61-2.0778.06

✦ Quant Revenue Concentration how this is computed

Single-engine
  • Consumables is the largest reported line at 82.04% of revenue, across 4 reported segments.
  • The next-largest line, Seasonal, is a distant second at 10.52% - a sharp slowdown here would have little to offset it.

Revenue breakdown most recent period

Business

Consumables82.04%
Seasonal10.52%
Home products4.75%
Apparel2.68%

Quote time 2026-10-08 07:40:11 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.