Dollar General Corp. (DG): Price and Financial Metrics
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DG POWR Grades
- DG scores best on the Stability dimension, with a Stability rank ahead of 76.12% of US stocks.
- DG's strongest trending metric is Quality; it's been moving down over the last 177 days.
- DG ranks lowest in Sentiment; there it ranks in the 42nd percentile.
DG Stock Summary
- DG has a market capitalization of $51,715,086,757 -- more than approximately 95.49% of US stocks.
- DOLLAR GENERAL CORP's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 93% of US listed stocks.
- The volatility of DOLLAR GENERAL CORP's share price is greater than that of just 3.85% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
- Stocks that are quantitatively similar to DG, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are ECL, RELX, HUM, GWW, and TT.
- Visit DG's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.dollargeneral.com.
DG Valuation Summary
- DG's price/sales ratio is 1.5; this is 26.83% lower than that of the median Consumer Defensive stock.
- Over the past 161 months, DG's price/sales ratio has gone up 0.8.
Below are key valuation metrics over time for DG.
Stock | Date | P/S | P/B | P/E | EV/EBIT |
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DG | 2023-02-01 | 1.5 | 8.6 | 22.4 | 21.5 |
DG | 2023-01-31 | 1.4 | 8.6 | 22.2 | 21.4 |
DG | 2023-01-30 | 1.4 | 8.5 | 22.1 | 21.4 |
DG | 2023-01-27 | 1.5 | 8.7 | 22.4 | 21.6 |
DG | 2023-01-26 | 1.5 | 8.7 | 22.5 | 21.7 |
DG | 2023-01-25 | 1.5 | 8.7 | 22.6 | 21.7 |
DG Growth Metrics
- Its 5 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 98.66%.
- Its 3 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at 20.43%.
- Its 2 year price growth rate is now at 20.65%.

The table below shows DG's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).
Date | Revenue | Operating Cash Flow | Net Income to Common Stock |
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2022-09-30 | 36,293.4 | 1,887.282 | 2,354.287 |
2022-06-30 | 35,346.35 | 2,496.283 | 2,315.151 |
2022-03-31 | 34,570.84 | 2,612.336 | 2,274.14 |
2021-12-31 | 34,220.45 | 2,865.811 | 2,399.232 |
2021-09-30 | 33,983.53 | 2,719.335 | 2,444.542 |
2021-06-30 | 33,665.31 | 2,286.368 | 2,531.771 |
DG's Quality Factors
The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.- DG has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 65.35% of graded US stocks.
- DG's asset turnover comes in at 1.311 -- ranking 102nd of 165 Retail stocks.
- FL, GPS, and ZUMZ are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with DG.
The table below shows DG's key quality metrics over time.
Period | Asset Turnover | Gross Margin | ROIC |
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2021-07-30 | 1.311 | 0.321 | 0.126 |
2021-04-30 | 1.307 | 0.323 | 0.136 |
2021-01-29 | 1.314 | 0.318 | 0.138 |
2020-10-30 | 1.304 | 0.316 | 0.136 |
2020-07-31 | 1.304 | 0.312 | 0.128 |
2020-05-01 | 1.286 | 0.307 | 0.112 |
DG Price Target
For more insight on analysts targets of DG, see our DG price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.
Average Price Target | $251.30 | Average Broker Recommendation | 1.45 (Moderate Buy) |
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DG Price/Volume Stats
Current price | $228.61 | 52-week high | $262.20 |
Prev. close | $228.09 | 52-week low | $183.25 |
Day low | $228.17 | Volume | 628,902 |
Day high | $230.68 | Avg. volume | 2,030,291 |
50-day MA | $241.53 | Dividend yield | 0.96% |
200-day MA | $241.69 | Market Cap | 51.11B |
Dollar General Corp. (DG) Company Bio
Dollar General Corporation is an American chain of variety stores headquartered in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. As of October 2021, Dollar General operates 18,000 stores in the continental United States. (Source:Wikipedia)
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DG Price Returns
1-mo | -8.03% |
3-mo | -8.72% |
6-mo | -9.73% |
1-year | 14.02% |
3-year | 51.18% |
5-year | 144.30% |
YTD | -7.16% |
2022 | 5.57% |
2021 | 13.01% |
2020 | 35.89% |
2019 | 45.71% |
2018 | 17.55% |
DG Dividends
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