Stock · DG · Consumer Defensive
United States · Large Cap · listed since 2009 · Revenue 12 mo. $43.6B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Dollar General Corporation, a discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, midwestern, and eastern United States.
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 towels, bath tissues, paper dinnerware, trash and storage bags, disinfectants, and laundry products; packaged food, such as cereals, pasta, canned soups, canned meats, fruits and vegetables, condiments, spices, sugar, and flour; and perishables, including milk, eggs, bread, refrigerated and frozen food, beer, wine, and produce; candy, cookies, crackers, salty snacks, and carbonated beverages; over-the-counter medicines and personal care products including soap, body wash, shampoo, cosmetics, dental hygiene and foot care products; pet supplies and pet food; and tobacco products. The company also provides seasonal products comprising holiday items, toys, batteries, small electronics, greeting cards, stationery, prepaid phones and accessories, gardening supplies, hardware, automotive, and home office supplies; home products include kitchen supplies, cookware, small appliances, light bulbs, storage containers, frames, candles, craft supplies and kitchen, and bed and bath soft goods; and apparel products 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.
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Summary
43.3 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €2.1B (2026), it supports €23.9B. The remaining €1.9B of the market value assume it grows 1.1% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
1.1%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 6.9×, within its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 6.4× to 20.6×, median 11.7×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
No anomaly in the stored figures.
Since the last quarter
Q2 → Q3 2026
7 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, FCF margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 17.77% | 12.35% | Rank 70 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 11.97% | 20.14% | Rank 23 |
| EBIT margin | 5.16% | 9.44% | Rank 29 |
| FCF margin | 5.60% | 6.71% | Rank 42 |
| Gross margin | 30.66% | 35.78% | Rank 37 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 5.20% | 2.12% | Rank 72 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | −13.76% | 5.20% | Rank 19 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | −8.39% | 6.07% | Rank 14 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 2.91% | 3.77% | Rank 26 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 5.12% | 4.25% | Rank 69 |
| FCF yield | 8.32% | 5.05% | Rank 80 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 1.01 | 1.51 | Rank 70 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 19.66 | 16.74 | Rank 40 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 29.80% | 3.24% | Rank 91 |
| Share price, 6 months | 18.54% | 11.30% | Rank 72 |
| Share price, 3 months | 10.79% | 9.00% | Rank 63 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −14.39% | −7.96% | Rank 31 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | −2.85% | −0.99% | Rank 69 |
| Change in share countlower is better | 0.36% | −0.62% | Rank 7 |
| Dividend streak in years | 2 | 5 | Rank 30 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 2.07% | 0.22% | Rank 74 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 27.49% | 41.95% | Rank 24 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 4.50 | 1.96 | Rank 4 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 1.85 | 0.67 | Rank 19 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 38.35% | 25.82% | Rank 8 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 22.0 | 9.4% | $1.0B | 282M | 3.0 |
| 2018 | 23.5 | 8.6% | $1.2B | 273M | 2.7 |
| 2019 | 25.6 | 8.3% | $1.4B | 266M | 2.6 |
| 2020 | 27.8 | 8.3% | $1.5B | 258M | 11.5 |
| 2021 | 33.7 | 10.5% | $2.8B | 250M | 12.2 |
| 2022 | 34.2 | 9.4% | $1.8B | 236M | 13.9 |
| 2023 | 37.8 | 8.8% | $424.0M | 226M | 17.3 |
| 2024 | 38.7 | 6.3% | $691.6M | 220M | 17.6 |
| 2025 | 40.6 | 4.2% | $1.7B | 220M | 16.5 |
| 2026 | 42.7 | 5.2% | $2.4B | 221M | 14.6 |
3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Dollar General Corporation mainly meets criteria in the Valuation category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Dollar General Corporation is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
3 of 7 rules met
4 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Dollar General Corporation.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 19.5 | 22.8 |
| P/B ratio | 3.5 | 2.6 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 17.8% | 12.3% |
| Equity ratio | 27.5% | 42.0% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 1.85 | 0.67 |
| Dividend yield | 1.8% | 2.6% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| DG | Dollar General Corporationthis page | |
| DLTR | Dollar Tree Inc | Low4.5 |
| BJ | BJs Wholesale Club Holdings Inc | locked |
| TGT | Target Corporation | Low1.8 |
| DMART.NS | Avenue Supermarts Limited | locked |
| DOL.TO | Dollarama Inc | locked |
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