Consumer Defensive
Live Price
Offline$119.51
+1.66% today
1Y Change
+0.17%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 23, 2026
Coverage: 246 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → 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 $119.51 and up 0.2% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → 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.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
DG is 18.56 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.
DG had 25.74 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
DG beat SPY in 1 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 1.
DG
+0.17%
Normalized return
SPY
+18.73%
S&P 500
Excess Return
-18.56 pts
Relative to SPY
DG Max Drawdown
-34.88%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for DG and SPY.
| Year | DG | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -16.25% | +6.71% | -22.96 pts | SPY |
| 2025 | +18.74% | +11.19% | +7.55 pts | DG |
Powered by FMP stock_dividend. Includes historical ex-dates, pay dates, and payout amounts.
Dividend Yield
2.02%
Trailing 12M Payout
$2.36
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2026 | Apr 7, 2026 | Apr 21, 2026 | $0.59 | $0.59 | Quarterly |
| Jan 6, 2026 | Jan 6, 2026 | Jan 20, 2026 | $0.59 | $0.59 | Quarterly |
| Oct 7, 2025 | Oct 7, 2025 | Oct 21, 2025 | $0.59 | $0.59 | Quarterly |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Jul 8, 2025 | Jul 22, 2025 | $0.59 | $0.59 | Quarterly |
| Apr 8, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | Apr 22, 2025 | $0.59 | $0.59 | Quarterly |
| Jan 7, 2025 | Jan 7, 2025 | Jan 21, 2025 | $0.59 | $0.59 | Quarterly |
| Oct 8, 2024 | Oct 8, 2024 | Oct 22, 2024 | $0.59 | $0.59 | Quarterly |
| Jul 9, 2024 | Jul 9, 2024 | Jul 23, 2024 | $0.59 | $0.59 | Quarterly |
| Apr 8, 2024 | Apr 9, 2024 | Apr 23, 2024 | $0.59 | $0.59 | Quarterly |
| Jan 8, 2024 | Jan 9, 2024 | Jan 23, 2024 | $0.59 | $0.59 | Quarterly |
| Oct 6, 2023 | Oct 10, 2023 | Oct 24, 2023 | $0.59 | $0.59 | Quarterly |
| Jul 10, 2023 | Jul 11, 2023 | Jul 25, 2023 | $0.59 | $0.59 | Quarterly |
| Apr 10, 2023 | Apr 11, 2023 | Apr 25, 2023 | $0.59 | $0.59 | Quarterly |
| Dec 30, 2022 | Jan 3, 2023 | Jan 17, 2023 | $0.55 | $0.55 | Quarterly |
| Oct 3, 2022 | Oct 4, 2022 | Oct 18, 2022 | $0.55 | $0.55 | Quarterly |
| Jul 1, 2022 | Jul 5, 2022 | Jul 19, 2022 | $0.55 | $0.55 | Quarterly |
| Apr 4, 2022 | Apr 5, 2022 | Apr 19, 2022 | $0.55 | $0.55 | Quarterly |
| Jan 3, 2022 | Jan 4, 2022 | Jan 18, 2022 | $0.42 | $0.42 | Quarterly |
| Oct 4, 2021 | Oct 5, 2021 | Oct 19, 2021 | $0.42 | $0.42 | Quarterly |
| Jul 2, 2021 | Jul 6, 2021 | Jul 20, 2021 | $0.42 | $0.42 | Quarterly |
| Apr 5, 2021 | Apr 6, 2021 | Apr 20, 2021 | $0.42 | $0.42 | Quarterly |
| Jan 4, 2021 | Jan 5, 2021 | Jan 19, 2021 | $0.36 | $0.36 | Quarterly |
| Oct 5, 2020 | Oct 6, 2020 | Oct 20, 2020 | $0.36 | $0.36 | Quarterly |
| Jul 6, 2020 | Jul 7, 2020 | Jul 21, 2020 | $0.36 | $0.36 | Quarterly |
| Apr 6, 2020 | Apr 7, 2020 | Apr 21, 2020 | $0.36 | $0.36 | Quarterly |
| Jan 6, 2020 | Jan 7, 2020 | Jan 21, 2020 | $0.32 | $0.32 | Quarterly |
| Oct 7, 2019 | Oct 8, 2019 | Oct 22, 2019 | $0.32 | $0.32 | Quarterly |
| Jul 8, 2019 | Jul 9, 2019 | Jul 23, 2019 | $0.32 | $0.32 | Quarterly |
| Apr 8, 2019 | Apr 9, 2019 | Apr 23, 2019 | $0.32 | $0.32 | Quarterly |
| Jan 7, 2019 | Jan 8, 2019 | Jan 22, 2019 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Oct 5, 2018 | Oct 9, 2018 | Oct 23, 2018 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Jul 9, 2018 | Jul 10, 2018 | Jul 24, 2018 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Apr 9, 2018 | Apr 10, 2018 | Apr 24, 2018 | $0.29 | $0.29 | Quarterly |
| Jan 8, 2018 | Jan 9, 2018 | Jan 23, 2018 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| Oct 6, 2017 | Oct 10, 2017 | Oct 24, 2017 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| Jul 7, 2017 | Jul 11, 2017 | Jul 25, 2017 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| Apr 7, 2017 | Apr 11, 2017 | Apr 25, 2017 | $0.26 | $0.26 | Quarterly |
| Dec 19, 2016 | Dec 21, 2016 | Jan 4, 2017 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| Sep 12, 2016 | Sep 14, 2016 | Sep 28, 2016 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
| Jun 13, 2016 | Jun 15, 2016 | Jun 29, 2016 | $0.25 | $0.25 | Quarterly |
Next Step
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