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Dollar General Corporation

Ticker: DG ISIN: US2566771059
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Stock Large-cap Dividend payer Trading above 200-day average
Market cap
$15.75B
P/E
11.82
Forward P/E
11.89
Profit margin
3.57%
Revenue growth QoQ
4.20%
Div. yield
2.97%
Beta
0.45
$122.89 -2.38%
Price as of 2026-08-28 · NYSE

Performance by timeframe

Rolling returns
1 Month -3.78%
6 Months -18.69%
1 Year +13.51%
5 Years -9.72% p.a.-39.99%
10 Years +6.75% p.a.+92.01%
Since inception +11.59% p.a.+530.39%
Calendar year returns
YTD -6.13%
2025 +79.61%
2024 -43.12%
2023 -44.14%
2022 +5.57%
2021 +13.00%

Key stats

Market cap
15.75B
P/E
11.82
Dividend yield
2.97%
Beta
0.45
52-week range
70.15 - 164.24
50-day MA
77.14
200-day MA
109.20
Section 1

Business overview

Company profile data from fundamentals.

Dollar General Corporation, a discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, midwestern, and eastern United States. It offers consumable products, including paper and cleaning products, such as paper towels, bath tissues, paper dinnerware, trash and storage bags, disinfectants, and laundry products; packaged food comprising cereals, pasta, canned soups, fruits and vegetables, condiments, spices, sugar, and flour; and perishables that include milk, eggs, bread, refrigerated and frozen food, beer, and wine. The company's consumable products also comprise snacks, such as candies, cookies, crackers, salty snacks, and carbonated beverages; health and beauty products, including over-the-counter medicines and personal care products, such as soaps, body washes, shampoos, cosmetics, and dental hygiene and foot care products; pet supplies and pet food; and tobacco products. In addition, it offers seasonal products comprising holiday items, toys, batteries, small electronics, greeting cards, stationery, prepaid phones and accessories, gardening supplies, hardware, and automotive and home office supplies; and home products that include kitchen supplies, cookware, small appliances, light bulbs, storage containers, frames, candles, craft supplies and kitchen, and bed and bath soft goods. Further, the company provides apparel, which comprise basic items for infants, toddlers, girls, boys, women, and men, as well as socks, underwear, disposable diapers, shoes, and accessories. The company was formerly known as J.L. Turner & Son, Inc. and changed its name to Dollar General Corporation in 1968. Dollar General Corporation was founded in 1939 and is based in Goodlettsville, Tennessee.

Sector Consumer Defensive
Industry Discount Stores
Country United States
Exchange NYSE
Section 2

Financial quality

Profitability and balance-sheet quality indicators from reported fundamentals.

Profitability

ROE 20.88%
ROA 4.25%
Profit margin 3.57%
Operating margin 5.39%
PEG ratio 2.10
Revenue/share TTM 180.61
Revenue TTM 39.68B
EBITDA 3.03B
Gross profit TTM 11.82B
Beta 0.45

Valuation

Trailing P/E 11.82
Forward P/E 11.89
P/B 2.22
P/S 0.40
EV/EBITDA 11.34
EV/Revenue 0.83

ESG Scores

Total ESG 15.0
Environment 0.8
Social 4.0
Governance 0.8
Section 3

Earnings

Earnings metrics from company highlights and earnings datasets.

EPS estimate (current year) 5.74
Quarterly earnings growth -20.20%
Revenue TTM 39.68B
Reported quarters 117
Section 4

Dividends & corporate actions

Dividend and split fields from fundamentals.

Dividend yield 2.97%
Forward annual div. yield 2.97%
Dividend per share 0.0000
Payout ratio 38.88%
Ex-dividend date 2024-10-08
Split factor 1:4
Last split date 2020-01-09
Section 5

Ownership / analyst view

Institutional ownership and analyst estimate fields when available.

Analyst

Analyst target price $90.12
Analyst rating 3.5313

Ownership & short interest

Shares outstanding 219.93M
Shares float 218.41M
Institutional ownership 94.52%
Insider ownership 25.10%
Short ratio 1.73
Short % of float 3.71%

Details

Instrument metadata and source update timestamps.

Symbol DG
Name Dollar General Corporation
Asset type STOCK
Exchange NYSE
Currency USD
ISIN US2566771059
Country USA
Code + exchange DG.NYSE
Last price date 2025-01-08
Fundamentals updated 2025-01-10

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