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Dollar General Corp. (DG)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Dollar General Corp. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Dollar General Corp.

Dollar General Corp operates a chain of variety stores in the United States. It offers a range of products including consumables, apparel, home products, and seasonal items. The company serves customers seeking convenient and affordable shopping options.

Snapshot

Revenue
$42.72B
Revenue growth (YoY)
5.2%
Net income
$1.51B
Diluted EPS
$6.85
Gross margin
30.7%
Operating margin
5.2%
Net margin
3.5%
FCF margin
5.6%
ROE
17.8%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
17.2×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$29.27B
Long-term debt / equity
0.54×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended January 30, 2026). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Dollar General

  • Revenue grew 5.2% to $42.7B in FY2025, in line with the 5.0% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 5.2% in FY2025, -4.3 pp against 9.4% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $11.3B, up 5.2% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $2.4B in FY2025, 5.6% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 34.4% to $1.5B in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Dollar General’s fundamentals sit among the 131 Consumer Staples companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin30.7%
47th percentile of 113
Operating margin5.2%
56th percentile of 117
Net margin3.5%
58th percentile of 121
FCF margin5.6%
56th percentile of 114
Revenue growth (YoY)+5.2%
61st percentile of 127
ROE17.8%
75th percentile of 114
P/E17.2×
37th percentile of 77
Long-term debt / equity0.54×
57th percentile of 82
Short interest2.64d
33rd percentile of 128

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 1 insider sale totaling $732,555. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 5 of the superinvestors we track (plus 6 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
5
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
4
0 new, 4 added
Reduced / exited
5
5 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$1.51B
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
First Eagle Investment ManagementQ2 2026$518.0M4.5MAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$514.2M4.5MReduced
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$114.7M996.6KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$100.1M869.4KAdded
Markel GroupQ2 2026$100.1M869.3KHeld
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$48.6M422.0KReduced
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$47.0M408.4KAdded
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$39.9M346.5KReduced
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$19.8M171.9KReduced
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$11.3M97.9KReduced
Ruane Cunniff (Sequoia)Q2 2026$251,8612.2KHeld

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
—
code P value
Sells (90d)
1
$733K
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-09-03
Kathleen A. ReardonEVP & Chief People OfficerSell5.6K$131.33$733K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S), which may be open-market or private. Excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
6.7M
settled 2026-09-30
Change vs prior
+10.3%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
2.64
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
2.5M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-09-306.7M+10.3%2.64
2026-09-156.0M+2.4%2.41
2026-08-315.9M-9.6%2.08
2026-08-146.5M-13.5%3.50
2026-07-317.5M-7.0%3.23
2026-07-158.1M-2.1%3.14
2026-06-308.3M+4.6%2.58
2026-06-157.9M-11.1%1.90

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$42.72B$40.61B$38.69B$37.84B$34.22B
Gross profit
Operating income$2.20B$1.71B$2.45B$3.33B$3.22B
Pre-tax income$1.96B$1.44B$2.12B$3.12B$3.06B
Net income$1.51B$1.13B$1.66B$2.42B$2.40B
Diluted EPS$6.85$5.11$7.55$10.68$10.17

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures (free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures, which can differ from a company’s own definition); “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Diluted EPS includes discontinued operations where a company reports them. Cash & Equivalents excludes short-term investments and may include restricted cash where that is the figure the company tags. Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Cash and equivalents$1.14B$932.6M$537.3M$381.6M$344.8M
Current assets$7.90B$8.16B$8.01B$7.58B$6.30B
Total assets$30.96B$31.13B$30.80B$29.08B$26.33B
Current liabilities$6.96B$6.87B$6.73B$5.89B$5.98B
Long-term debt$4.57B$5.72B$6.23B$7.01B$4.17B
Total liabilities$22.45B$23.72B
Total equity$8.51B$7.41B$6.75B$5.54B$6.26B

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures (free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures, which can differ from a company’s own definition); “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Diluted EPS includes discontinued operations where a company reports them. Cash & Equivalents excludes short-term investments and may include restricted cash where that is the figure the company tags. Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$3.63B$3.00B$2.39B$1.98B$2.87B
Capital expenditure$1.24B$1.31B$1.70B$1.56B$1.07B
Free cash flow

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures (free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures, which can differ from a company’s own definition); “adj” means restated for a stock split (tap or hover a figure to see how it was calculated or what was filed). Diluted EPS includes discontinued operations where a company reports them. Cash & Equivalents excludes short-term investments and may include restricted cash where that is the figure the company tags. Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$11.29B5.2%$550.3M$2.48
Q1 FY2026$10.79B3.4%$444.1M$2.00
Q4 FY20255.9%
Q3 FY2025$10.65B4.6%$282.7M$1.28
Q2 FY2025$10.73B5.1%$411.4M$1.86
Q1 FY2025$10.44B5.3%$391.9M$1.78
Q4 FY20244.5%
Q3 FY2024$10.18B5.0%$196.5M$0.89

Latest 8 quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. A dotted underline marks a fourth-quarter figure we calculated from the full year and the first nine months. Revenue YoY is our calculation too: each quarter against the same quarter a year earlier.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorConsumer Staples
SIC industryRetail-Variety Stores
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended January 30, 2026)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended July 31, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2014
SEC CIK29534

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-03-20
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10-K2025-03-21
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10-Q2026-08-27
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10-Q2026-06-02
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10-Q2025-12-04
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10-Q2025-08-28
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8-K2026-10-26
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8-K2026-08-28
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.