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How Dollar General Corporation stacks up
DG · against 59 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
59/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #37 of 60 · scores higher than 39% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score8 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including DG · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 59?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Its metrics sit close to the Consumer Defensive norm.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 5.6% vs peer median 7.6%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 64% of peers. Return on assets: 5.3% vs peer median 4.0%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 75% of peers. Return on invested capital: 15.7% vs peer median 7.7%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 58 reported | 15.7% | 12.6% | 63% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 60 reported | 5.6% | 11.5% | 25% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 58 reported | 5.3% | 5.8% | 47% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 58 reported | 19.7% | 15.1% | 74% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 61 reported | 31.2% | 37.9% | 30% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around DG| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 162.4B CNY (≈$22.7B) | 99 | 81 | |
| 1 | 212.7B CNY (≈$29.8B) | 99 | 72 | |
| 3 | 3.43T INR (≈$41.2B) | 97 | 62 | |
| 4 | 40.7B USD | 94 | 66 | |
| 4 | 56.3B CAD (≈$41.1B) | 94 | 52 | |
| 33 | 21.1B EUR (≈$23.2B) | 64 | 54 | |
| 34 | 291.8B MXN (≈$15.8B) | 63 | 49 | |
| 35 | 2.33T JPY (≈$15.8B) | 61 | 68 | |
| 36 | 35.5B USD | 60 | 40 | |
| 37 | 28.8B USD | 59 | 62 | |
| 38 | 199.1B CNY (≈$27.9B) | 56 | 43 | |
| 39 | 52.3B USD | 55 | 25 | |
| 40 | 29.1B AUD (≈$19.2B) | 54 | 37 | |
| 41 | 20.5B CAD (≈$15.0B) | 53 | 48 |
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