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Dollar General Corporation (DG)

Consumer Defensive | Discount Stores | Goodlettsville, United States | NYSE
122.89 USD -3.00 (-2.383%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4:02 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 123.13 +0.24 (0.197%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:57 p.m. EDT)
Short-term:★★★⯪☆Long-term:★★☆☆☆Dividends:★★★☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 3:38 a.m. EDT

The long-term investment case remains fragile despite a positive cumulative return over the past nine years. The trailing run of down years—three consecutive annual declines ending in the most recent period—signals structural deterioration that outweighs the modest recovery in fundamentals. While the dividend offers a steady 1.96% yield with a sustainable payout ratio, the high debt load and sluggish revenue growth limit the long-term upside. Short-term momentum is building as the stock trades above its 50-day average, supported by bullish options positioning at the 130 strike, suggesting a potential rebound. However, the statistical forecast offers no directional edge, highlighting the uncertainty surrounding this turnaround attempt.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.091362
AutoTheta0.106189
AutoETS0.106412
AutoARIMA0.106646

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 42%
H-stat 3.99
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.401
Excess Kurtosis -0.97
Attribute Value
Sector Consumer Defensive
Ex Dividend Date 2026-10-05
Last Dividend Date 2026-07-06
Debt to Equity Ratio 169.811
Revenue per Share 198.076
Market Cap 27,111,596,032
Trailing P/E 15.96
Forward P/E 14.95
Beta 0.24
Profit Margins 3.90%
Website https://www.dollargeneral.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 3:38 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for a range-bound recovery with significant call interest concentrated at 130 to 160 strikes, indicating a bullish bias for a rebound above current levels. However, substantial put volume at 100 to 125 strikes suggests defensive hedging against further downside. Implied volatility is elevated at deep strikes, reflecting uncertainty around the 125 strike resistance and support level.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.51% 2.02% 2.19% 1.70%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-07-07 0.59 0.511132
2026-04-07 0.59 0.486759
2026-01-06 0.59 0.407768
2025-10-07 0.59 0.612224
2025-07-08 0.59 0.523560
2025-04-08 0.59 0.672748
2025-01-07 0.59 0.795470
2024-10-08 0.59 0.706164
2024-07-09 0.59 0.459001
2024-04-08 0.59 0.376420
2024-01-08 0.59 0.439577
2023-10-06 0.59 0.569114
2023-07-10 0.59 0.349133
2023-04-10 0.59 0.272190
2022-12-30 0.55 0.223350
2022-10-03 0.55 0.223142
2022-07-01 0.55 0.223260
2022-04-04 0.55 0.243072
2022-01-03 0.42 0.178359
2021-10-04 0.42 0.203696
2021-07-02 0.42 0.192193
2021-04-05 0.42 0.202137
2021-01-04 0.36 0.171666
2020-10-05 0.36 0.168863
2020-07-06 0.36 0.192369
2020-04-06 0.36 0.212202
2020-01-06 0.32 0.207066
2019-10-07 0.32 0.199988
2019-07-08 0.32 0.230930
2019-04-08 0.32 0.261652
2019-01-07 0.29 0.256774
2018-10-05 0.29 0.279491
2018-07-09 0.29 0.294745
2018-04-09 0.29 0.303030
2018-01-08 0.26 0.276155
2017-10-06 0.26 0.323665
2017-07-07 0.26 0.370212
2017-04-07 0.26 0.375018
2016-12-19 0.25 0.329164
2016-09-12 0.25 0.348335
2016-06-13 0.25 0.275512
2016-03-24 0.25 0.297796
2015-12-21 0.22 0.307434
2015-09-14 0.22 0.318379
2015-06-15 0.22 0.284642
2015-04-06 0.22 0.292087
Additional Data
dividendRate 2.36
dividendYield 1.87
exDividendDate 2026-10-06
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.36
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.018746523
lastDividendValue 0.59
lastDividendDate 2026-07-07
dividendDate 2026-07-21

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.13968861
Address1 100 Mission Ridge
All Time High 262.21
All Time Low 21.3
Ask 123.93
Ask Size 200
Audit Risk 8
Average Analyst Rating 2.5 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 2,520,050
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,802,904
Average Volume 2,802,904
Average Volume10Days 2,520,050
Beta 0.235
Bid 122.89
Bid Size 400
Board Risk 1
Book Value 42.105
City Goodlettsville
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 7
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 122.89
Current Ratio 1.209
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 125.0
Day Low 121.35
Debt To Equity 169.811
Display Name Dollar General
Dividend Date 1,784,592,000
Dividend Rate 2.36
Dividend Yield 1.87
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,748,955,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,748,955,600
Earnings Growth 0.333
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.338
Earnings Timestamp 1,787,833,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,787,833,800
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,787,833,800
Ebitda 3,581,925,888
Ebitda Margins 0.08208
Enterprise To Ebitda 11.528
Enterprise To Revenue 0.946
Enterprise Value 41,293,783,040
Eps Current Year 7.39183
Eps Forward 8.21999
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 7.7
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,791,244,800
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 121.011
Fifty Day Average Change 1.8789978
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.015527496
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 13.968861
Fifty Two Week High 158.23
Fifty Two Week High Change -35.339996
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.22334574
Fifty Two Week Low 95.11
Fifty Two Week Low Change 27.779999
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.29208285
Fifty Two Week Range 95.11 - 158.23
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,258,122,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.66
Float Shares 218,624,958
Forward Eps 8.21999
Forward P E 14.95014
Free Cashflow 1,738,019,712
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 194,000
Fullday Change -3.0
Fullday Change Percent -2.38303
Fullday Price 123.1325
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.31160998
Gross Profits 13,598,126,080
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0028
Held Percent Institutions 1.00905
Implied Shares Outstanding 220,616,790
Industry Discount Stores
Industry Disp Discount Stores
Industry Key discount-stores
Ir Website http://investor.shareholder.com/dollar/
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,783,382,400
Last Dividend Value 0.59
Last Fiscal Year End 1,769,731,200
Long Business Summary 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 towels, bath tissues, paper dinnerware, trash and storage bags, disinfectants, and laundry products; packaged food, such as cereals, pasta, canned soups, canned meats, fruits and vegetables, condiments, spices, sugar, and flour; and perishables, including milk, eggs, bread, refrigerated and frozen food, beer, wine, and produce; candy, cookies, crackers, salty snacks, and carbonated beverages; over-the-counter medicines and personal care products including soap, body wash, shampoo, cosmetics, dental hygiene and foot care products; pet supplies and pet food; and tobacco products. The company also provides seasonal products comprising holiday items, toys, batteries, small electronics, greeting cards, stationery, prepaid phones and accessories, gardening supplies, hardware, automotive, and home office supplies; home products include kitchen supplies, cookware, small appliances, light bulbs, storage containers, frames, candles, craft supplies and kitchen, and bed and bath soft goods; and apparel products for infants, toddlers, girls, boys, women and men, as well as socks, underwear, disposable diapers, shoes and accessories. 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.
Long Name Dollar General Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 27,111,596,032
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_266974
Most Recent Quarter 1,785,456,000
Net Income To Common 1,703,399,040
Next Fiscal Year End 1,801,267,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 27,773,447,693
Number Of Analyst Opinions 29
Open 125.25
Operating Cashflow 3,316,349,952
Operating Margins 0.06813
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 0.3065
Peg Ratio 1.76
Phone 615 855 4000
Post Market Change 0.2425003
Post Market Change Percent 0.19733119
Post Market Price 123.1325
Post Market Time 1,787,961,453
Previous Close 125.89
Price Eps Current Year 16.625113
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 2.9186559
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.6212841
Profit Margins 0.03903
Quick Ratio 0.229
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 2.45161
Region US
Regular Market Change -3.0
Regular Market Change Percent -2.38303
Regular Market Day High 125.0
Regular Market Day Low 121.35
Regular Market Day Range 121.35 - 125.0
Regular Market Open 125.25
Regular Market Previous Close 125.89
Regular Market Price 122.89
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,342
Regular Market Volume 3,297,834
Return On Assets 0.048899997
Return On Equity 0.19692
Revenue Growth 0.052
Revenue Per Share 198.076
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Consumer Defensive
Sector Disp Consumer Defensive
Sector Key consumer-defensive
Share Holder Rights Risk 7
Shares Outstanding 220,616,790
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0295
Shares Short 6,509,120
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 8,090,747
Short Name Dollar General Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.0334
Short Ratio 3.05
Source Interval 15
State TN
Symbol DG
Target High Price 175.0
Target Low Price 90.0
Target Mean Price 132.65517
Target Median Price 126.0
Total Cash 1,589,590,016
Total Cash Per Share 7.206
Total Debt 15,773,100,032
Total Revenue 43,637,997,568
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 2.36
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.018746523
Trailing Eps 7.7
Trailing P E 15.959741
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.8058
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 125.3196
Two Hundred Day Average Change -2.4296036
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.019387258
Type Disp Equity
Volume 3,297,834
Website https://www.dollargeneral.com
Zip 37,072