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How Dollar General Corporation stacks up
DG · against 59 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Growth
70/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #13 of 60 · scores higher than 76% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the growth score6 peers with a growth score of 70–79, including DG · Click a bar to see the companies
Why growth scores 70?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly thanks to its earnings per share growth, which is stronger than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- 3-year revenue growth is close to the peer norm. 3-year revenue growth: 4.0% vs peer median 3.7%
- Revenue growth is close to the peer norm. Revenue growth: 4.8% vs peer median 2.8%
- faster growth in earnings per share: stronger than 84% of peers. Earnings per share growth: 42.7% vs peer median 1.5%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = DG, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | DG | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growthHigher is better · 60 reported | 4.8% | 3.4% | 71% | 33% | |
| Earnings per share growthHigher is better · 51 reported | 42.7% | 2.5% | 86% | 33% | |
| 3-year revenue growthHigher is better · 59 reported | 4.0% | 3.6% | 57% | 33% |
Ranking by growth score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around DG| Rank | Company | Market cap | Growth | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2.33T JPY (≈$15.8B) | 91 | 68 | |
| 2 | 18.2B USD | 90 | 43 | |
| 3 | 148.0B DKK (≈$22.2B) | 88 | 56 | |
| 3 | 47.3B USD | 88 | 47 | |
| 5 | 2.19T INR (≈$26.3B) | 87 | 59 | |
| 10 | 34.9B GBP (≈$45.4B) | 79 | 60 | |
| 11 | 162.4B CNY (≈$22.7B) | 76 | 81 | |
| 12 | 17.4B GBP (≈$22.6B) | 75 | 56 | |
| 13 | 49.0B USD | 70 | 49 | |
| 13 | 28.8B USD | 70 | 62 | |
| 13 | 38.2B USD | 70 | 31 | |
| 16 | 43.3B USD | 69 | 63 | |
| 17 | 44.8B EUR (≈$49.3B) | 68 | 48 | |
| 18 | 21.1B EUR (≈$23.2B) | 67 | 54 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score