Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Discount Stores
Dollar General Corporation DG
$118.94 +0.01% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $26.24B
Next earnings report: Dec 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 7 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +20.2%).
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $7.69, up 42.4% year over year.
- Net debt is 4.3× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth77Positive
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 42%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 17%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 21%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 43%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 46%
Quality57Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 46%
- Gross marginBottom 46%
- Operating marginBottom 47%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 26%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 31%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 23%
- Interest coverTop 31%
Value78Positive
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 23%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 23%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 49%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 36%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 36%
Momentum64Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 17%
- 6-month returnTop 39%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 21%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 46%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 22%
Revisions75Positive
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 27%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 14%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 41%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 28%
Stability51Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 47%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 43%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 5%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 23%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 4.7% | 4.8% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 34.9% | 42.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 30.2% | 31.2% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 5.6% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 4.4% | 6.2% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 4.8% | 4.7% | ↑ | Top 42% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 42.4% | 34.9% | ↑ | Top 17% |
| Gross margin | 31.2% | 30.2% | ↑ | Bottom 46% |
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 4.3% | ↑ | Bottom 47% |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 2.9% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 6.2% | 4.4% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 7.0% | — | Top 46% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 4.1% | — | Top 43% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.54×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -8.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -12.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.33×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 12.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.98%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.98%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 31, 2026 (filed Aug 27, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 7
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +20.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $137.27
- Target vs current price
- +15.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 52
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 54%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | +23.4% | +2.5% | +6.6% | -0.2% | — |
| Jun 2, 2026 | +5.8% | -3.3% | -2.8% | +4.7% | +11.7% |
| Mar 12, 2026 | +16.3% | -6.1% | -12.5% | -17.3% | -28.4% |
| Dec 4, 2025 | +35.4% | +14.0% | +14.6% | +24.5% | +39.3% |
| Aug 28, 2025 | +17.7% | +0.5% | -2.5% | -7.5% | -9.8% |
| Jun 3, 2025 | +20.3% | +15.8% | +16.6% | +18.7% | +14.4% |
| Mar 13, 2025 | +11.3% | +6.8% | +10.0% | +14.9% | +51.6% |
| Dec 5, 2024 | -5.3% | +0.1% | +0.4% | -6.1% | -7.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2026 | $2.48 | $2.01 | +23.4% | $11.29B |
| Jun 2, 2026 | $2.00 | $1.89 | +5.8% | $10.79B |
| Mar 12, 2026 | $1.93 | $1.66 | +16.3% | $10.91B |
| Dec 4, 2025 | $1.28 | $0.95 | +35.4% | $10.65B |
| Aug 28, 2025 | $1.86 | $1.58 | +17.7% | $10.73B |
| Jun 3, 2025 | $1.78 | $1.48 | +20.3% | $10.44B |
| Mar 13, 2025 | $1.68 | $1.51 | +11.3% | $10.30B |
| Dec 5, 2024 | $0.89 | $0.94 | -5.3% | $10.18B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 15.5× | 19.3× | 29th | Top 23% |
| P/E (forward) | 15.1× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.4× | — | — | Bottom 49% |
| EV / Sales | 0.92× | — | — | Top 36% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 10.30% | — | — | Top 23% |
| Earnings yield | 6.47% | — | — | Top 23% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 13.1× – 24.5× since Jul 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +19.3%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +42.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -20.9%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -6.2%
- RSI (14)
- 41.3
- Relative volume
- 0.67×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 34.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 52th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- -0.01
- Correlation with S&P 500
- -0.00
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -23.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -57.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2022 | Jan 17, 2025 | -73.7% | 556 days | Not yet recovered |
| Apr 20, 2022 | May 20, 2022 | -27.6% | 22 days | 111 days (Oct 28, 2022) |
| Jan 7, 2022 | Feb 23, 2022 | -21.0% | 31 days | 30 days (Apr 6, 2022) |
| Oct 13, 2020 | Mar 4, 2021 | -20.1% | 97 days | 94 days (Jul 19, 2021) |
| Aug 10, 2021 | Oct 5, 2021 | -13.7% | 39 days | 66 days (Jan 7, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $26.24B
- P/E (TTM)
- 15.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $7.69
- Revenue (TTM)
- $43.64B
- Dividend yield
- 2.48%
- 52-week range
- $95.11 – $158.23
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $34.22B | $37.84B | $38.69B | $40.61B | $42.72B |
| Gross profit | $10.81B | $11.82B | $11.72B | $12.02B | $13.10B |
| Operating income | $3.22B | $3.33B | $2.45B | $1.71B | $2.20B |
| Net income | $2.40B | $2.42B | $1.66B | $1.13B | $1.51B |
| EPS (diluted) | $10.17 | $10.68 | $7.55 | $5.11 | $6.85 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $10.18B | $10.30B | $10.44B | $10.73B | $10.65B | $10.91B | $10.79B | $11.29B |
| Net income | $196.5M | $191.2M | $391.9M | $411.4M | $282.7M | $426.3M | $444.1M | $550.3M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.89 | $0.87 | $1.78 | $1.86 | $1.28 | $1.93 | $2.00 | $2.48 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.87B | $1.98B | $2.39B | $3.00B | $3.63B |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.07B | -$1.56B | -$1.70B | -$1.31B | -$1.24B |
| Free cash flow | $1.80B | $424.0M | $691.6M | $1.69B | $2.39B |
| Dividends paid | -$392.2M | -$493.7M | -$518.0M | -$519.0M | -$519.5M |
| Net share buybacks | -$2.55B | -$2.75B | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $1.59B
- Total assets
- $32.17B
- Total liabilities
- $22.88B
- Total debt
- $15.61B
- Net debt
- $14.02B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $9.29B
As of Jul 31, 2026 (filed Aug 27, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.59 | Oct 20, 2026 |
| Jul 7, 2026 | $0.59 | Jul 21, 2026 |
| Apr 7, 2026 | $0.59 | Apr 21, 2026 |
| Jan 6, 2026 | $0.59 | Jan 20, 2026 |
| Oct 7, 2025 | $0.59 | Oct 21, 2025 |
| Jul 8, 2025 | $0.59 | Jul 22, 2025 |
| Apr 8, 2025 | $0.59 | Apr 22, 2025 |
| Jan 7, 2025 | $0.59 | Jan 21, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,030,543
- Days to cover
- 2.41
- Change vs previous report
- +2.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.