# Dollar General share price today (Dollar General Corporation, DG)

> Dollar General Corporation's earnings have grown faster than its share price. Earnings per share grew +34.1% in a year while the price moved +32.3%. DG · Consumer Staples · Discount Stores · data as of 3 November 2026. Page: https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/dg

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## Key numbers

- Business trend: Getting better, from the last 12 quarters
- Price: $130.52 (+32.3% in a year)
- P/E: 16.9× (lower than 63% of the last 4.5 years)
- Revenue (Jul 2026): $11.3 B (+5.2% on a year ago)
- Profit (Jul 2026): $550 M (+33.8% on a year ago)
- Operating margin: 6.8% (+1.2 points on a year ago)
- ROE: 18%, FY26
- ROIC: 8.1%, against a 3.9% cost of capital: +4.2 points

Biggest thing to watch: the price has already been rising for 5 weeks, so timing is the risk more than the business. ## What is the Dollar General share price today? Dollar General Corporation's share price was $130.52 at the close on 3 November 2026. It has been rising for 5 weeks. That is 3.9% above its average price over the last 200 trading days. In the last 52 weeks it traded between $99 and $156, and at that close it sat 55% of the way up from that low. Over the past 13 weeks it has done better than the S&P 500, and it has stayed ahead for 5 weeks in a row. Over the last 10 years the share price moved +38% while the S&P 500 moved +255%, so it is behind the index over that whole period. The chart above shows the 13-week comparison for every week. This page treats a rise as over when the price closes below its 200-day average on two Fridays in a row. ## What dividend does Dollar General pay? Dollar General Corporation paid $2.36 per share over the last four reported quarters. The most recent declaration was $0.59 for Jul 2026. At today's price of $130.52 that is a yield of 1.81%, based on dividends already paid, not a forecast. ## Which stock lists is Dollar General on? Dollar General is on one of our US lists: S&P 500 companies. [S&P 500 companies](https://www.sectoralpha.in/sp-500-stocks)

## Is Dollar General profitable? Dollar General Corporation earned $550 M of net profit in the Jul 2026 quarter, +33.8% on the same quarter a year earlier. That is the 6th quarter in a row of profit growth. Full-year FY26 profit was $1.5 B. Over 4 years profit has grown −10.9% a year on average. That is 4.9% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned $411 M. For the full year, FY26 profit was $1.5 B (+34.4% on the year before). Why profit moved: revenue changed +5.2% on a year earlier and the margin moved +1.2 percentage points. Sales did the work, and the margin was about flat. On average over the last four quarters, profit changed +53.5% and revenue +4.8%. Profit is growing faster than sales: fixed costs are spread over more sales, so each extra dollar of revenue adds more to profit. ## How much revenue does Dollar General make, and is it growing? Dollar General Corporation reported $11.3 B of revenue in the Jul 2026 quarter, +5.2% on the same quarter a year earlier. That is the 10th quarter in a row with growth on the year before. Over 4 years it has grown 5.7% a year on average. The last full year, FY26, came in at $42.7 B. The last four reported quarters add to $43.6 B. Recent pace: the last four quarters grew +4.8% on average, against 5.7% a year over the longer run, so this year is growing at about the same pace as its own long-run rate. Is growth speeding up? Revenue over the last 12 months grew +4.8%, against +4.9% a year over the last 8 quarters (stabilising); profit over the last 12 months grew +43.0%, against +9.7% a year (accelerating). ## How much of every $100 of sales does Dollar General keep? Dollar General Corporation's operating margin was 6.8% in the Jul 2026 quarter, 1.2 percentage points higher than the same quarter a year ago. Across 5 years it has been between 4.8% and 9.4%. The latest quarter is within that range. Why the margin moved: operating margin changed +1.2 percentage points on the year while gross margin changed +1.3 points. So the gain came mostly from the gross margin, which means input costs and prices charged. ## Is Dollar General's profit turning into cash? Over the last 3 years, 210% of Dollar General Corporation's reported profit came in as cash from its operations, so the profit is backed by cash. In FY26 it brought in $3.6 B of operating cash against $1.5 B of profit. After $1.2 B of spending on assets, $2.4 B was left over as free cash. Cash-flow figures here are yearly, because quarterly cash statements are not published, so this section changes once a year. Why: the cash figure is clear, but the day counts behind it are not in our data, so we show it without guessing the reason. What to look at next: the main use of cash is spending on assets. The next section checks what that spending is building. ## Where does Dollar General's cash go? Dollar General Corporation does not report the customer, stock and supplier day counts a cash cycle needs, so this section looks at its spending on assets instead. It spent $4.3 B on assets over the last 3 years. Averaged over those years that is 3.3% of FY26 revenue a year. Nothing is estimated in place of the missing day counts, so no cash-cycle chart is drawn. Spending on assets: $4.3 B over the last 3 years. In short: the cash is going into new capacity, not getting stuck in the daily cycle. The question is whether the new capacity earns. ## What is Dollar General's P/E ratio, and how does it compare with its own history? Dollar General Corporation's P/E is 16.9×, in the middle of its own history: higher than 37% of past readings. Its usual P/E (the middle reading) is 18.5×, over 4.5 years of weekly prices. This compares the share price with the company’s own past. It does not say what the business is worth. Why the multiple is where it is: over the past year earnings per share moved +34.1% while the price moved +32.3%. Earnings did better than the price, which pulled the multiple down within its own range. Where the price move came from: over 3 years the price moved +3.1% a year; about −4.0% a year came from earnings growth and about +7.1 percentage points from the multiple (the market paying more). The split is approximate (price return minus earnings growth). It shows how much of the move came from the market paying a different multiple. In short: the multiple is about average against its own past, so the earnings trend underneath matters more than the multiple. ## Is the Dollar General business getting better or worse? Dollar General Corporation's business is getting better. Profit growth hit its low 8 quarters ago at −34.7% and has recovered to +43.0%, with ROCE steady at 10.0%. This is based on 12 quarters of 4 measures. Why it matters: a lasting rise from a low is what this page is built to show. ## How much does Dollar General earn on its capital? Dollar General Corporation earned a ROE of 18% in FY26. That is up from a low of 15% in FY25. Its return on capital used (ROIC) is 4.2 percentage points above its cost of capital, so growth here adds value, not just size. It comes from a 3.5% net margin and 1.38× asset turnover (sales divided by assets). Why the return is what it is (FY26): a 3.5% net margin × 1.38× asset turnover × 3.64× leverage (assets divided by equity) ≈ 17.6% on equity. The margin does its share; borrowing is a big part of it. The key test, return on capital used minus the cost of capital: 8.1% − 3.9% = +4.2 percentage points. The 3.9% is an estimate of this company's own cost of capital. Read the sign and size of the gap, not the decimals. Positive but thin: it creates value with little room for error. ## Does Dollar General have too much debt? Dollar General Corporation has total debt of $15.8 B against shareholder equity of $9.3 B as of Jul 2026, so its debt is 1.70× its equity. Year by year, that ratio went from 2.28 in FY22 to 1.85 in FY26. Keep that borrowing in mind when reading the returns on this page. ## What is the Dollar General shareholding pattern? 2.7% of Dollar General Corporation's tradable shares are in short positions, which are bets that the price will fall, so some traders are betting against it. At normal trading volumes, closing those positions would take about 2.6 days. US companies do not publish a quarter-by-quarter list of owners, so this page uses short interest instead. It is a single reading at one point in time; we do not have its history. Why it is at this level: the figure does not say who holds the short positions or why, so we show the level without guessing the story. ## How far is Dollar General from balance-sheet trouble? For Dollar General Corporation, the Z-score is 2.59. A Z-score above about 3 is safe and below about 1.8 signals danger, so this is in the grey area between the two. It estimates how far the balance sheet is from trouble; it is not a forecast of failure. Why it matters: a Z-score of 2.59 is in the grey area, neither clearly safe nor clearly in trouble. ## How does Dollar General rank in its industry? 54.7 out of 100, rank 4 of 8 in Discount Stores, with 85% of the evidence available. Dollar General Corporation scores 54.7 out of 100 against the 8 companies it is compared with in Discount Stores, ranking 4. Earnings are strong; relative strength in its sector is -9.9% and the one-year return is 31.5%. The four parts add up to the total exactly: 25.9 + 8.8 + 15.2 + 4.8 = 54.7. This is the same number shown on the industry page; it is worked out once for the whole group and read here. What would change it: The score would fall if profit growth turns negative or margins stop improving while the share price lags its sector. ## Which companies is Dollar General compared with? Dollar General ranks 4 of 8 Discount Stores companies on the 4-Factor Sector Score, with 54.7 out of 100. 1. [Dollar Tree, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/dltr) DLTR · turning · Evidence leans up · 77% evidence 59.4 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 21.1/35 · Revenue 8.2% · Profit n/a · Operating margin change 1.3 points · 71% evidence Capital efficiency 13.9/25 · ROCE 16.9% · Operating margin 6.2% · 76% evidence Valuation 13.8/20 · P/E 15.2× · PEG 1.07 · 65% evidence Relative strength 10.6/20 · Lead over its industry -1.1% · Lead over S&P 500 8% · 1 year 26.8% · 100% evidence · 3 of 12 weeks ahead Exact sum: 21.1 + 13.9 + 13.8 + 10.6 = 59.4 · What this means: The evidence is balanced: no factor stands out, so another reported quarter is needed before the picture is clearer. 2. [Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/olli) OLLI · breaking out · Evidence leans up · 85% evidence 55.6 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 23.4/35 · Revenue 14.4% · Profit 27.6% · Operating margin change -0.5 points · 95% evidence Capital efficiency 11.1/25 · ROCE 12% · Operating margin 10.8% · 76% evidence Valuation 15.1/20 · P/E 16.2× · PEG 0.54 · 65% evidence Relative strength 6.0/20 · Lead over its industry -17.2% · Lead over S&P 500 -9.6% · 1 year -27.9% · 100% evidence · 7 of 12 weeks ahead Exact sum: 23.4 + 11.1 + 15.1 + 6 = 55.6 · What this means: Earnings are strong; relative strength in its sector is -17.2% and the one-year return is -27.9%. 3. [Target Corporation](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/tgt) TGT · leader · Evidence leans up · 85% evidence 55.2 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 16.3/35 · Revenue 1.9% · Profit 11.8% · Operating margin change 0.6 points · 95% evidence Capital efficiency 11.1/25 · ROCE 13.5% · Operating margin 6% · 76% evidence Valuation 13.2/20 · P/E 14.9× · PEG 1.23 · 65% evidence Relative strength 14.6/20 · Lead over its industry 5.7% · Lead over S&P 500 15.7% · 1 year 69.2% · 100% evidence · 12 of 12 weeks ahead Exact sum: 16.3 + 11.1 + 13.2 + 14.6 = 55.2 · What this means: Relative strength against the index is 15.7%, and revenue and profit growth are weak. 4. Dollar General Corporation this page DG · breaking out · Evidence leans up · 85% evidence 54.7 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 25.9/35 · Revenue 4.8% · Profit 43% · Operating margin change 1.3 points · 95% evidence Capital efficiency 8.8/25 · ROCE 10% · Operating margin 6.8% · 76% evidence Valuation 15.2/20 · P/E 16.5× · PEG 0.39 · 65% evidence Relative strength 4.8/20 · Lead over its industry -9.9% · Lead over S&P 500 -1.8% · 1 year 31.5% · 100% evidence · 7 of 12 weeks ahead Exact sum: 25.9 + 8.8 + 15.2 + 4.8 = 54.7 · What this means: Earnings are strong; relative strength in its sector is -9.9% and the one-year return is 31.5%. 5. [BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/bj) BJ · breaking out · Evidence leans up · 85% evidence 53.1 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 13.2/35 · Revenue 9.1% · Profit 2.6% · Operating margin change 0.1 points · 95% evidence Capital efficiency 15.6/25 · ROCE 17.1% · Operating margin 4.1% · 76% evidence Valuation 7.5/20 · P/E 21× · PEG 2.26 · 65% evidence Relative strength 16.8/20 · Lead over its industry 0.8% · Lead over S&P 500 10.1% · 1 year 19.7% · 100% evidence · 7 of 12 weeks ahead Exact sum: 13.2 + 15.6 + 7.5 + 16.8 = 53.1 · What this means: Relative strength against the index is 10.1%, and revenue and profit growth are weak. 6. [Costco Wholesale Corporation](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/cost) COST · breaking out · Evidence leans down · 85% evidence 49.1 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 17.2/35 · Revenue 10.1% · Profit 13.9% · Operating margin change -0.1 points · 95% evidence Capital efficiency 17.7/25 · ROCE 25.5% · Operating margin 3.8% · 76% evidence Valuation 4.1/20 · P/E 45.4× · PEG 3.25 · 65% evidence Relative strength 10.1/20 · Lead over its industry -7.5% · Lead over S&P 500 1.2% · 1 year 10.5% · 100% evidence · 2 of 12 weeks ahead Exact sum: 17.2 + 17.7 + 4.1 + 10.1 = 49.1 · What this means: A strong business with a high valuation: it would need rising earnings, or a lower multiple, to score better on value. 7. [Walmart Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/wmt) WMT · turning · Most evidence points down · 85% evidence 34.9 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 6.6/35 · Revenue 6.2% · Profit 3.4% · Operating margin change -0.8 points · 95% evidence Capital efficiency 11.2/25 · ROCE 16.5% · Operating margin 3.5% · 76% evidence Valuation 7.5/20 · P/E 40.1× · PEG 2.12 · 65% evidence Relative strength 9.6/20 · Lead over its industry -7.6% · Lead over S&P 500 1% · 1 year 21.7% · 100% evidence · 3 of 12 weeks ahead Exact sum: 6.6 + 11.2 + 7.5 + 9.6 = 34.9 · What this means: The evidence is balanced: no factor stands out, so another reported quarter is needed before the picture is clearer. 8. [PriceSmart, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/psmt) PSMT · quiet · Most evidence points down · 81% evidence 34.7 out of 100 Growth Capital Valuation Relative How the score adds up Growth & earnings 16.4/35 · Revenue 10.2% · Profit 11.3% · Operating margin change 0.2 points · 83% evidence Capital efficiency 12.3/25 · ROCE 15.5% · Operating margin 4.5% · 76% evidence Valuation 4.4/20 · P/E 32.6× · PEG 3.29 · 65% evidence Relative strength 1.6/20 · Lead over its industry -11.9% · Lead over S&P 500 -3.5% · 1 year 37.6% · 100% evidence · 0 of 12 weeks ahead Exact sum: 16.4 + 12.3 + 4.4 + 1.6 = 34.7 · What this means: The evidence is balanced: no factor stands out, so another reported quarter is needed before the picture is clearer. Missing figures are not scored as bad. They lower the confidence and pull the final score toward the middle. Relative strength counts only when the company has a reading for this week; with no reading, that factor is left out and its 20 points are shared across the other three in proportion. PEG is not shown when the ratio cannot mean anything: the company must be making a profit, its price-to-earnings must be positive, and its three-year earnings growth must fall between 5% and 60%. Dividing a price multiple by a loss, or by growth measured off a tiny base, produces a number that looks precise and tells you nothing. Under relative strength, one mark per week shows the last 12 weeks: a mark is filled where the company led S&P 500 by 5% or more over the 13 weeks ending that week, which is the same test used everywhere on this site. Price stage places the company on the same six-step path the industry is placed on (basing, turning, breaking out, leader, fading, asleep), read from how many weeks running it has led S&P 500 and whether that lead is growing or shrinking. It describes where the share price stands, not the direction of earnings, and it is not a recommendation; it is left blank for a company whose weekly history is too short or too stale to read. The figures in this ranking come from the industry comparison: results through the Sep 2026 quarter, and the P/E at that quarter's end. The sections above use the latest weekly price, so a P/E or return there can differ a little from the one here. The stage words in this ranking (such as losing its lead or breaking out) describe the lead over the index, not the price phase in the price section. Related companies: [Discount Stores](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/sectors/discount-stores), all 8 compared on one page. ## Which companies are close to Dollar General in size? Dollar General is the 4th largest of 9 Discount Stores companies on Sector Alpha by market value (scores of 3 November 2026). Just above it: Walmart Inc., Costco Wholesale Corporation and Target Corporation. Just below it: Dollar Tree, Inc., BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. and BBB Foods Inc. ### Discount Stores companies close in size

1. [Walmart Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/wmt) $990.6 billion
2. [Costco Wholesale Corporation](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/cost) $451.7 billion
3. [Target Corporation](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/tgt) $70.1 billion
4. Dollar General Corporation $28.8 billion
5. [Dollar Tree, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/dltr) $25.2 billion
6. [BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/bj) $13.8 billion
7. [BBB Foods Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/tbbb) $7.6 billion

[All 9 Discount Stores companies, largest first](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/sectors/discount-stores#all-companies)

### Companies close in size in other industries

1. [SharkNinja, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/sn) $30 billion · Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances
2. [Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/wtw) $30 billion · Insurance Brokers
3. Dollar General Corporation $30 billion
4. [EMCOR Group, Inc.](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/eme) $29.9 billion · Engineering & Construction
5. [Otis Worldwide Corporation](https://www.sectoralpha.in/us/stocks/otis) $29.8 billion · Specialty Industrial Machinery

## What else do people ask about Dollar General? ### What were Dollar General's latest quarterly results? Dollar General Corporation reported revenue of $11.3 B and net profit of $550 M for the Jul 2026 quarter. Revenue rose 5.2% and profit rose 33.8% compared with a year earlier. Earnings per share were $2.48. The operating margin was 6.8%, 1.2 percentage points higher than a year earlier (as of 3 November 2026). ### What is Dollar General's market cap? Dollar General Corporation's market capitalisation is $28.8 B at a stock price of $130.52. Market cap is the share price times the number of shares, so it changes whenever the price moves (as of 3 November 2026). ### How is Dollar General performing? Dollar General Corporation's share price has been rising for 5 weeks. In its latest quarter, revenue rose 5.2% and profit rose 33.8% compared with a year earlier. Over the past 13 weeks it has done better than the S&P 500, for 5 weeks running (as of 3 November 2026). ### Will Dollar General's stock price go up? This page does not forecast Dollar General Corporation's stock price. What it shows instead: the stock price is $130.52, and it has been rising for 5 weeks. Its P/E of 16.9× is higher than 37% of its own last 5 years (as of 3 November 2026). ### Where is Dollar General in its business cycle? Dollar General Corporation's FY26 operating margin was 5.3%, against a 5-year range of 4.8% to 9.4%: the low end of its own range, which is often where recoveries start. The latest quarter was 6.8%. Comparing margins with a company's own long history is a good way to see where it is in its cycle (as of 3 November 2026). ### What could break the Dollar General story? Biggest thing to watch: the price has already been rising for 5 weeks, so timing is the risk more than the business. On price, this page treats a rise as over when the share price closes below its 200-day average on two Fridays in a row (as of 3 November 2026). ### Is Dollar General a stock worth studying right now? What the numbers show: Dollar General Corporation's earnings have grown faster than its share price. Earnings per share grew +34.1% in a year while the price moved +32.3%. The main open question: the next one or two quarters of results. Every number on this page is worked out by code from the published figures, with no forecasts and no price opinions (as of 3 November 2026). ## Lists

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