Dollar General Quarterly Cash Flow Statement
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Dollar General free cash flow
In the quarter ended Jul 31, 2026, Dollar General generated $780.5 million of operating cash flow and spent $406.8 million on capital expenditures. That left free cash flow of $373.7 million, a free-cash-flow margin of 3.3% of revenue. Free cash flow was down 33.8% from the prior year's $564.7 million.
Dollar General returned $130.2 million to shareholders through dividends, equal to 35% of free cash flow. Free cash flow covered dividend payments 2.9 times.
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Dollar General cash flow statement (quarterly)
| Quarter (USD) | Q2 20262026-07-31 | Q1 20262026-05-01 | Q4 20252026-01-30 | Q3 20252025-10-31 | Q2 20252025-08-01 | Q1 20252025-05-02 | Q4 20242025-01-31 | Q3 20242024-11-01 | Q2 20242024-08-02 | Q1 20242024-05-03 | Q4 20232024-02-02 | Q3 20232023-11-03 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Income | 550.32M | 444.13M | 426.30M | 282.66M | 411.43M | 391.93M | 191.22M | 196.53M | 374.19M | 363.32M | 401.81M | 276.25M |
| Net Income growth (YoY) | +33.76% | +13.32% | +122.94% | +43.82% | +9.95% | +7.87% | -52.41% | -28.86% | -20.19% | -29.37% | -39.04% | -47.50% |
| Depreciation & Amortization | 277.50M | 270.83M | 270.36M | 266.30M | 256.80M | 252.79M | 253.61M | 247.00M | 238.80M | 232.29M | 222.98M | 215.53M |
| Stock-Based Compensation | 24.18M | 37.03M | 18.11M | 20.37M | 22.70M | 30.27M | 10.04M | 14.05M | 12.79M | 21.85M | 11.19M | 6.81M |
| Change in Working Capital | -131.66M | 237.71M | -279.48M | 366.13M | 149.86M | -64.41M | -177.80M | 225.99M | 369.20M | -138.34M | -84.55M | 28.46M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 780.52M | 716.19M | 815.67M | 1.00B | 967.70M | 847.15M | 800.90M | 542.43M | 988.92M | 663.81M | 949.78M | 715.30M |
| Capital Expenditures | -406.85M | -351.61M | -233.70M | -313.54M | -402.99M | -290.93M | -272.79M | -341.41M | -353.71M | -341.98M | -459.71M | -472.57M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -406.48M | -347.80M | -232.99M | -312.71M | -401.12M | -290.38M | -271.36M | -340.81M | -353.00M | -341.16M | -458.48M | -470.84M |
| Dividends Paid | -130.16M | -130.14M | -129.93M | -129.87M | -129.90M | -129.82M | -129.75M | -129.75M | -129.75M | -129.74M | -129.60M | -129.50M |
| Debt Issued | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Debt Repaid | -7.80M | -4.13M | -562.24M | -605.29M | -4.32M | -505.31M | -4.61M | -755.28M | -5.14M | -5.21M | -5.36M | -5.52M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -137.56M | -153.77M | -684.81M | -735.20M | -132.03M | -639.34M | -134.22M | -887.06M | -133.94M | -139.23M | -319.46M | -232.03M |
| Net Change in Cash | 236.48M | 214.61M | -102.12M | -43.94M | 434.55M | -82.56M | 395.32M | -685.43M | 501.99M | 183.42M | 171.84M | 12.43M |
| Free Cash Flow | 373.67M | 364.58M | 581.97M | 690.43M | 564.71M | 556.23M | 528.11M | 201.02M | 635.22M | 321.83M | 490.06M | 242.73M |
This table shows 12 quarterly periods of Dollar General's cash flow statement, from Q2 2026 back to Q3 2023, 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?