MARKETS / NYSE / DG

NYSE · RETAIL-VARIETY STORES · LARGE CAP

Dollar General Corp. DG

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only

Revenue

$42.7B

▲ 5.2% YoY

Net income

$1.5B

▲ 34.4% YoY

Free cash flow

$2.4B

▲ 41.9% YoY

In brief

What this company does

Dollar General operates 20,959 stores in 48 U.S. states and Mexico, with the greatest concentration of stores in the southern, southwestern, midwestern and eastern United States. It offers a broad selection of merchandise, including consumable items, seasonal items, home products and apparel. As of February 27, 2026, it employed approximately 194,000 full-time and part-time employees, including divisional and regional managers, district managers, store managers, other store employees, and distribution center, fleet and administrative employees. Its stores are supported by distribution centers located throughout its geographic footprint. In 2020 it launched pOpshelf, a small-box retail concept that focuses primarily on non-consumables. J.L. Turner founded the Company in 1939 as J.L. Turner and Son, Wholesale. It changed its name to Dollar General Corporation in 1968 and reincorporated in 1998 as a Tennessee corporation.

Written from the business description in DOLLAR GENERAL CORP's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 20 March 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth

USD 42.7B

Revenue, FY2025 · full 17-year series below

Revenue $B Net income $B

FY2025 · Revenue 42.7 · Net income 1.5

Compound annual growth

Revenue

+4.1%

+4.8%

+7.7%

+8.2%

Net income

−14.5%

−10.6%

+2.6%

EPS, diluted

−13.8%

−8.4%

+5.7%

+9.2%

Dividend / share

+2.4%

+10.4%

Returned to shareholders

−45.7%

−28.7%

−10.4%

3 yrs

5 yrs

10 yrs

15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +4.8% a year over five years.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability

4 cents

of every revenue dollar became profit

Operating margin Net margin

FY2025 · Operating 5.2% · Net 3.5%

ROE

FY2025 · ROE 19.0%

Gross margin30.7%

Operating margin5.2%

Net margin3.5%

Return on assets4.9%

EBITDAUSD 3.2B

Each USD of equity produced 19 cents of profit this year.

Cash & shareholders

USD 519.5M

returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks

Free cash flow $B

FY2025 · FCF 2.4

Net buybacks $B Dividends $B

FY2025 · Dividends 0.5 · Net buybacks —

Dividends paidUSD 519.5M

Net buybacks—

Share of profit34.4%

Consecutive raises—

USD 519.5M in dividends — 34% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Total assetsUSD 31.0B

EquityUSD 8.5B

CashUSD 1.1B

Gross debtUSD 4.6B

Net debtUSD 3.4B

Current ratio1.13×

Net debt stands at 40% of equity.

The 17-year record

17 fiscal years

Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD

row low → row highnegative

Metric	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009
Revenue $B	42.7	40.6	38.7	37.8	34.2	33.7	27.8	25.6	23.5	22.0	20.4	18.9	17.5	16.0	14.8	13.0	11.8
Operating income $B	2.2	1.7	2.4	3.3	3.2	3.6	2.3	2.1	2.0	2.1	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.5	1.3	1.0
EBITDA $B	3.2	2.7	3.3	4.1	3.9	4.1	2.8	2.6	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.1	2.1	2.0	1.8	1.5	1.2
Income tax $B	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	·	·
Net income $B	1.5	1.1	1.7	2.4	2.4	2.7	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.3	1.2	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.6	0.3
Free cash flow $B	2.4	1.7	0.7	0.4	1.8	2.8	1.5	1.4	1.2	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.4
EPS, diluted $	6.85	5.11	7.55	10.68	10.17	10.62	6.64	5.97	5.63	4.43	3.95	3.49	3.17	2.85	2.22	1.82	1.04
Dividend / sh $	2.36	2.36	2.36	2.20	1.68	1.44	1.28	1.16	1.04	1.00	0.88	·	·	·	·	·	0.75
Payout %	34	46	31	20	16	13	19	19	18	22	22	·	·	·	·	·	71
ROE %	19.0	15.9	27.0	40.9	37.1	39.7	26.1	25.3	26.7	23.2	21.0	19.2	19.7	19.7	17.5	16.8	10.0
Shares out B	0.22	0.22	0.22	0.22	0.23	0.24	0.25	0.26	0.27	0.28	0.29	0.30	0.32	0.33	0.34	0.34	·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.

Compare

This company against its peers

Dollar General Corp.vsWalmart Inc.Same industry: Retail-Variety Stores Dollar General Corp.vsCostco Wholesale Corp. /newSame industry: Retail-Variety Stores Dollar General Corp.vsTarget Corp.Same industry: Retail-Variety Stores Dollar General Corp.vsMacy's, Inc.Same industry: Retail-Variety Stores Dollar General Corp.vsBJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.Same industry: Retail-Variety Stores Dollar General Corp.vsDollar Tree, Inc.Same industry: Retail-Variety Stores Dollar General Corp.vsKohls Corp.Same industry: Retail-Variety Stores

Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 0 failures in 83 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 17 of 19 fiscal years. 12 checks could not be computed.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquiditymoeda_consistente0 failures

ActivityRetail-Variety Stores

Listed onNYSE

Incorporated inTennessee

Fiscal year endsJanuary 29

Data on record since2009