Consumer Defensive
Dollar General Corporation(DG)
Live Price
Offline$113.45
+4.38% today
1Y Change
+1.61%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
- Market Cap
- $25.78B
- Revenue Growth
- +5.2%
- EPS Growth
- +34.2%
- Dividend Yield
- 2.0%
Coverage: 249 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Dollar General Corporation (DG) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $25.78B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $113.45 and up 1.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +5.2%, EPS growth of +34.2%, a dividend yield of 2.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +5.2%, EPS +34.2%, free cash flow +41.9% with operating margin 5.2% and ROIC 6.6%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 2.0%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 17.0 and price/sales 0.6. Stock Foundry combines DG price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+5.2% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Near sector median
+5.2% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
17.0 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Jun 2, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +5.2% and EPS at +34.2%, with operating margin around 5.2%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 2.0%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -0.1% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Jun 2, 2026 | โ | -1.1% | +2.9% | โ |
2026 Mar 12, 2026 | +16.3% | -3.0% | -9.2% | -14.9% |
2025 Dec 4, 2025 | +35.5% | +5.7% | +5.9% | +15.5% |
Benchmark Edge
DG vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Normalized return
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
DG Max Drawdown
-34.88%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for DG and SPY.
Company Overview
Dollar General Corporation
New York Stock Exchange
Dollar General Corporation, a discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, Midwestern, and eastern United States. It offers consumable products, including paper and cleaning products, such as paper towels, bath tissues, paper dinnerware, trash and storage bags, disinfectants, and laundry products; packaged food comprising cereals, pasta, canned soups, fruits and vegetables, condiments, spices, sugar, and flour; and perishables that include milk, eggs, bread, refrigerated and frozen food, beer, and wine. The company's consumable products also comprise snacks, such as candies, cookies, crackers, salty snacks, and carbonated beverages; health and beauty products, including over-the-counter medicines and personal care products, such as soaps, body washes, shampoos, cosmetics, and dental hygiene and foot care products; pet supplies and pet food; and tobacco products. In addition, it offers seasonal products comprising holiday items, toys, batteries, small electronics, greeting cards, stationery, prepaid phones and accessories, gardening supplies, hardware, and automotive and home office supplies; and home products that include kitchen supplies, cookware, small appliances, light bulbs, storage containers, frames, candles, craft supplies and kitchen, and bed and bath soft goods. Further, the company provides apparel, which comprise casual everyday apparel for infants, toddlers, girls, boys, women, and men, as well as socks, underwear, disposable diapers, shoes, and accessories. As of February 25, 2022, it operated 18,190 stores in 47 states in the United States. The company was formerly known as J.L. Turner & Son, Inc. and changed its name to Dollar General Corporation in 1968. Dollar General Corporation was founded in 1939 and is based in Goodlettsville, Tennessee.
- Leadership
- Todd J. Vasos
- IPO Date
- Nov 13, 2009
- Employees
- 194.2k
- Street Address
- 100 Mission Ridge
- Mailing
- Goodlettsville, TN, 37072
- Region
- Goodlettsville, TN, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 615 855 4000
- Last Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 17.0
- EV/EBITDA
- 12.4
- Price/Sales
- 0.6
- Price/Book
- 3.0
Growth
- Revenue
- +5.2%
- EPS
- +34.2%
- Free Cash Flow
- +41.9%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 30.7%
- Operating Margin
- 5.2%
- Net Margin
- 3.5%
- ROE
- 18.7%
- ROIC
- 6.6%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 1.85
- Current Ratio
- 1.13
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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