Dollar General Cash Flow Statement
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Dollar General free cash flow
In fiscal 2025, Dollar General generated $3.63 billion of operating cash flow and spent $1.24 billion on capital expenditures. That left free cash flow of $2.39 billion, a free-cash-flow margin of 5.6% of revenue. Free cash flow was up 41.9% from the prior year's $1.69 billion.
Dollar General returned $519.5 million to shareholders through dividends, equal to 22% of free cash flow. Free cash flow covered dividend payments 4.6 times.
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Dollar General cash flow statement (annual)
| Fiscal year (USD) | FY 20252026-01-30 | FY 20242025-01-31 | FY 20232024-02-02 | FY 20222023-02-03 | FY 20212022-01-28 | FY 20202021-01-29 | FY 20192020-01-31 | FY 20182019-02-01 | FY 20172018-02-02 | FY 20162017-02-03 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Income | 1.51B | 1.13B | 1.66B | 2.42B | 2.40B | 2.66B | 1.71B | 1.59B | 1.54B | 1.25B |
| Net Income growth (YoY) | +34.40% | -32.27% | -31.24% | +0.70% | -9.64% | +55.03% | +7.74% | +3.28% | +23.01% | +7.39% |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 1.05B | 971.70M | 848.79M | 724.88M | 641.32M | 574.24M | 504.80M | 454.13M | 404.23M | 379.93M |
| Stock-Based Compensation | 91.45M | 58.74M | 51.89M | 72.71M | 78.18M | 68.61M | 48.59M | 40.88M | 34.32M | 36.97M |
| Change in Working Capital | 172.10M | 279.05M | -26.64M | -259.82M | 51.26M | 729.08M | 414.17M | 428.97M | 454.15M | 74.37M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 3.63B | 3.00B | 2.39B | 1.98B | 2.87B | 3.88B | 2.24B | 2.14B | 1.80B | 1.61B |
| Capital Expenditures | -1.24B | -1.31B | -1.70B | -1.56B | -1.07B | -1.03B | -784.84M | -734.38M | -646.46M | -560.30M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -1.24B | -1.31B | -1.69B | -1.56B | -1.07B | -1.02B | -782.49M | -731.60M | -645.03M | -550.94M |
| Dividends Paid | -519.51M | -518.98M | -517.98M | -493.73M | -392.19M | -355.93M | -327.57M | -306.52M | -282.93M | -281.13M |
| Share Repurchases | — | — | — | -2.75B | -2.55B | -2.47B | -1.20B | -1.01B | -579.71M | -990.47M |
| Debt Issued | — | — | 1.50B | 2.30B | — | 1.49B | — | 499.50M | 599.56M | — |
| Debt Repaid | -1.68B | -770.23M | -19.72M | -911.33M | -6.40M | -4.64M | -1.47M | -577.32M | -752.68M | -3.14M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -2.19B | -1.29B | -542.07M | -392.46M | -2.83B | -1.71B | -1.45B | -1.44B | -1.08B | -1.02B |
| Net Change in Cash | 205.93M | 395.29M | 155.71M | 36.75M | -1.03B | 1.14B | 4.83M | -31.95M | 79.53M | 29.97M |
| Free Cash Flow | 2.39B | 1.69B | 691.58M | 423.97M | 1.80B | 2.85B | 1.45B | 1.41B | 1.16B | 1.04B |
This table shows 10 annual periods of Dollar General's cash flow statement, from FY 2025 back to FY 2016, across 14 line items including net income, depreciation & amortization, stock-based compensation. Values in USD; B = billions, M = millions. Fiscal periods follow DG's reporting calendar. What is a cash flow statement?