DG Consumer Defensive

Dollar General Corporation

$130.52-3.87%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 8, 2026

Basics

Sector: Consumer Defensive
Industry: Discount Stores
Country: United States
Market cap: 28.8B USD
Enterprise value: 32.6B USD
Full-time employees: 194,000

Overall health

Strength: its shares are priced lower than most peers relative to what it earnspriced lower than peers for its earnings
About average: profitability and risk (debt, liquidity and share-price swings)profitability and risk

Ranks #214 of 761 consumer defensive companies (top 29%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Sales growing faster than profits. Since FY Jan 2023: revenue +13%, operating profit −34%.
Since FY Jan 2023, Dollar General's revenue changed +13% while operating profit fell 34%: costs rose faster than sales.
Annual revenue rose 5 years in a row. Fiscal-year revenue rose from $33.7B in FY Jan 2021 to $42.7B in FY Jan 2026.
Dollar General's fiscal-year revenue rose in each of the five years to FY Jan 2026, from $33.7B to $42.7B.
Profit is backed by cash. Free cash flow is 118% of reported profit.
Dollar General's free cash flow is 118% of its reported profit, so its earnings are turning into cash it can reinvest, pay out or use to reduce debt.

StockQuotient Score

62/ 100

Oct 5 63 → Nov 4 62 (-1)

Valuation

Is the price right?

63/100

Moderate▼ 1 since Oct 27 close

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major changeValuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why it changed since the Oct 27, 2026 close: Score 64 → 63

Share price +2.9%-2
Company's reported figures updated+1

Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 28, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ Earnings yield
▲ EBITDA yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield5.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported value30% base weight · Z-score 0.46Sector median: 0.0453 · MAD: 0.0301

EBITDA yield11.0%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported value50% base weight · Z-score 0.54Sector median: 0.0865 · MAD: 0.0435

Free cash flow yield7.0%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingReported value20% base weight · Z-score 0.17Sector median: 0.0622 · MAD: 0.0441

Other data (not scored)

Book yield32.3%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.5381 · MAD: 0.2865

Growth

Is it growing?

70/100

Moderate

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ EPS growth

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growth42.7%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 1.63Sector median: 0.0154 · MAD: 0.2529

3-year revenue growth4.0%

SEC filings · 3 years to Jul 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.07Sector median: 0.0366 · MAD: 0.0470

Revenue growth4.8%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.34Sector median: 0.0278 · MAD: 0.0585

Profitability

Does it earn well?

59/100

Moderate▼ 1 since Oct 27 close

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why it changed since the Oct 27, 2026 close: Score 60 → 59

Peer companies moved-1

Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 28, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.

Why

Helped by:

▲ ROIC
▲ ROA

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin5.6%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.39Sector median: 0.0759 · MAD: 0.0508

Return on assets5.3%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.51Sector median: 0.0396 · MAD: 0.0262

Return on invested capital15.7%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 1.20Sector median: 0.0766 · MAD: 0.0673

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin31.2%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.3182 · MAD: 0.1263

Return on equity18.3%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jul 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0831 · MAD: 0.0675

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Moderate

Moderate relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why it changed since the Oct 27, 2026 close: Safety percentile 56 → 55

Peer companies moved-1

Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 28, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.

Why

Mixed versus peers:

▲ Beta
▼ Current ratio

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta0.23

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketReported value33% base weight · Z-score 1.07Sector median: 0.4070 · MAD: 0.1690

Current ratio1.21×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.49Sector median: 1.5250 · MAD: 0.6460

Debt / equity0.49×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.19Sector median: 0.4234 · MAD: 0.3581

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Dollar General

Is Dollar General getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Aug 27, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is unchanged at 62/100 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Dollar General valued vs its peers?: Priced lower than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 63/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. Earnings yield 5.9% vs a peer median of 4.5% (stronger than 65% of peers).Earnings yield 5.9% vs peers 4.5% (stronger than 65% of peers).
Is Dollar General growing?: Yes, faster than most of its peers. Growth scores 70/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. Earnings per share growth 42.7% vs a peer median of 1.5% (stronger than 84% of peers).Earnings per share growth 42.7% vs peers 1.5% (stronger than 84% of peers).
How profitable is Dollar General?: About as profitable as its peers. Profitability scores 59/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. Return on invested capital 15.7% vs a peer median of 7.7% (stronger than 75% of peers).Return on invested capital 15.7% vs peers 7.7% (stronger than 75% of peers).
How risky is Dollar General?: Moderate risk relative to 823 consumer defensive peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 0.23 vs a peer median of 0.41 (stronger than 80% of peers).Beta 0.23 vs peers 0.41 (stronger than 80% of peers). Current ratio 1.21× vs a peer median of 1.52× (weaker than 65% of peers).Current ratio 1.21× vs peers 1.52× (weaker than 65% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended Jul 31, 2026 · filed Aug 27, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended May 1, 2026

No major changes

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	43.1B USD	43.6B USD	+1.3%
Net income (12 months)	1.6B USD	1.7B USD	+8.9%
Operating margin	5.3%	5.6%	+0.3 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)	2.2B USD	2.0B USD	−8.7%
Debt	4.6B USD	4.6B USD	−0.1%
Cash	1.4B USD	1.6B USD	+17.5%
Shares outstanding	220.6M	220.6M	+0.0%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Sector: Consumer Defensive · 91 companies

Valuations in Consumer Defensive are within their usual range since 2016.

30% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
18% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values −4% and earnings +7% (medians): prices and earnings moved broadly together.
Median price-to-sales is −58% vs the whole market, against a usual −39%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Shown for Consumer Defensive: too few Discount Stores companies have a long enough history of their own.

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY Jan 2022	FY Jan 2023	FY Jan 2024	FY Jan 2025	FY Jan 2026	Change
Gross margin	31.6%	31.2%	30.3%	29.6%	30.7%	▲ 1.1 pts
Operating margin	9.4%	8.8%	6.3%	4.2%	5.2%	▲ 0.9 pts
Net margin	7.0%	6.4%	4.3%	2.8%	3.5%	▲ 0.8 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	9.1%	8.3%	5.4%	3.6%	4.9%	▲ 1.3 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	38.3%	43.6%	24.6%	15.2%	17.8%	▲ 2.6 pts
Free cash flow margin	5.2%	1.1%	1.8%	4.2%	5.6%	▲ 1.4 pts
Current ratio	1.05×	1.29×	1.19×	1.19×	1.13×	▼ 4.5%
Quick ratio	0.12×	0.14×	0.15×	0.21×	0.22×	▲ 6.4%
Debt to equity	0.67×	1.26×	1.04×	0.84×	0.54×	▼ 36%
Interest coverage	20.45×	15.75×	7.49×	—	—	—

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Strength: its shares are priced lower than most peers relative to what it earnspriced lower than peers for its earnings

About average: profitability and risk (debt, liquidity and share-price swings)profitability and risk

Ranks #214 of 761 consumer defensive companies (top 29%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Sales growing faster than profits. Since FY Jan 2023: revenue +13%, operating profit −34%.

Since FY Jan 2023, Dollar General's revenue changed +13% while operating profit fell 34%: costs rose faster than sales.

Annual revenue rose 5 years in a row. Fiscal-year revenue rose from $33.7B in FY Jan 2021 to $42.7B in FY Jan 2026.

Dollar General's fiscal-year revenue rose in each of the five years to FY Jan 2026, from $33.7B to $42.7B.

Profit is backed by cash. Free cash flow is 118% of reported profit.

Dollar General's free cash flow is 118% of its reported profit, so its earnings are turning into cash it can reinvest, pay out or use to reduce debt.

Questions investors ask about Dollar General

Is Dollar General getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Aug 27, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is unchanged at 62/100 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is Dollar General valued vs its peers?

Priced lower than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 63/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. Earnings yield 5.9% vs a peer median of 4.5% (stronger than 65% of peers).Earnings yield 5.9% vs peers 4.5% (stronger than 65% of peers).

Is Dollar General growing?

Yes, faster than most of its peers. Growth scores 70/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. Earnings per share growth 42.7% vs a peer median of 1.5% (stronger than 84% of peers).Earnings per share growth 42.7% vs peers 1.5% (stronger than 84% of peers).

How profitable is Dollar General?

About as profitable as its peers. Profitability scores 59/100 against 823 consumer defensive peers. Return on invested capital 15.7% vs a peer median of 7.7% (stronger than 75% of peers).Return on invested capital 15.7% vs peers 7.7% (stronger than 75% of peers).

How risky is Dollar General?

Moderate risk relative to 823 consumer defensive peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 0.23 vs a peer median of 0.41 (stronger than 80% of peers).Beta 0.23 vs peers 0.41 (stronger than 80% of peers). Current ratio 1.21× vs a peer median of 1.52× (weaker than 65% of peers).Current ratio 1.21× vs peers 1.52× (weaker than 65% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

43.1B USD

43.6B USD

+1.3%

Net income (12 months)

1.6B USD

1.7B USD

+8.9%

Operating margin

5.3%

5.6%

+0.3 pts

Free cash flow (12 months)

2.2B USD

2.0B USD

−8.7%

Debt

4.6B USD

4.6B USD

−0.1%

Cash

1.4B USD

1.6B USD

+17.5%

Shares outstanding

220.6M

220.6M

+0.0%

Key ratios

FY Jan 2022

FY Jan 2023

FY Jan 2024

FY Jan 2025

FY Jan 2026

Change

Gross margin

31.6%

31.2%

30.3%

29.6%

30.7%

▲ 1.1 pts

Operating margin

9.4%

8.8%

6.3%

4.2%

5.2%

▲ 0.9 pts

Net margin

7.0%

6.4%

4.3%

2.8%

3.5%

▲ 0.8 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

9.1%

8.3%

5.4%

3.6%

4.9%

▲ 1.3 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

38.3%

43.6%

24.6%

15.2%

17.8%

▲ 2.6 pts

Free cash flow margin

5.2%

1.1%

1.8%

4.2%

5.6%

▲ 1.4 pts

Current ratio

1.05×

1.29×

1.19×

1.13×

▼ 4.5%

Quick ratio

0.12×

0.14×

0.15×

0.21×

0.22×

▲ 6.4%

Debt to equity

0.67×

1.26×

1.04×

0.84×

0.54×

▼ 36%

Interest coverage

20.45×

15.75×

7.49×

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