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Dollar General Corp. DG

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
$42.7B
▲ 5.2% YoY
$1.5B
▲ 34.4% YoY
$2.4B
▲ 41.9% YoY

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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
15B30B
2009201220152018202120242025
Compound annual growth
+4.1%
+4.8%
+7.7%
+8.2%
−14.5%
−10.6%
+2.6%
−13.8%
−8.4%
+5.7%
+9.2%
+2.4%
+10.4%
+10.4%
−45.7%
−28.7%
−10.4%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +4.8% a year over the five years to FY2025.

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%
5%10%
200920172025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE 19.0%
20%40%
200920172025
Three returns, three denominators.
Gross margin30.7%
Operating margin5.2%
Net margin3.5%
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
1B2B
200920172025
Net buybacks $B Dividends $B
FY2025 · Dividends 0.5 · Net buybacks ·
2B3BDividendsNet buybacks
200920122014201620182020202220242025
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—not applicable◌not available in our data
DG, 17-year financial record
Metric 20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009
Revenue $B42.740.638.737.834.233.727.825.623.522.020.418.917.516.014.813.011.8
Operating income $B2.21.72.43.33.23.62.32.12.02.11.91.81.71.71.51.31.0
EBITDA $B3.22.73.34.13.94.12.82.62.42.42.32.12.12.01.81.51.2
Income tax $B0.50.30.50.70.70.70.50.40.40.70.70.60.60.50.5◌◌
Net income $B1.51.11.72.42.42.71.71.61.51.31.21.11.01.00.80.60.3
Free cash flow $B2.41.70.70.41.82.81.51.41.21.00.91.00.70.60.50.40.4
EPS, diluted $6.855.117.5510.6810.1710.626.645.975.634.433.953.493.172.852.221.821.04
Dividend / sh $2.362.362.362.201.681.441.281.161.041.000.88◌◌◌◌◌0.75
Payout %3446312016131919182222—————71
ROE %19.015.927.040.937.139.726.125.326.723.221.019.219.719.717.516.810.0
Shares out B0.220.220.220.220.230.240.250.260.270.280.290.300.320.330.340.34◌

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Provenance

Company facts, as filed

How we verify · 0 failures in 83 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 17 of the 17 fiscal years we could check. Six checks were skipped: the balance sheet is not tagged before 2010. Two checks were skipped: EPS is not tagged before 2009. Two checks were skipped: revenue is not tagged before 2009.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidityCurrency consistency0 failures
ActivityRetail-Variety Stores
Listed onNYSE
Incorporated inTennessee
Fiscal year endsJanuary 29
Data on record since2009

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