Dollar General Financial Ratios
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Dollar General ratio analysis
Dollar General earned a net margin of 3.5% in FY 2025, up from 2.8% a year earlier. Gross margin was 30.7% compared with a median of 30.8% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 17.8%, meaning Dollar General generated 0.18 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.54 versus 0.84 the year before, and the current ratio was 1.13. At the end of FY 2025, DG traded at 20.9 times earnings; across the 10 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 13.9 to 23.1, with a median of 18.8. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Dollar General financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 20.94 | 13.91 | 18.03 | 21.36 | 20.09 | 18.32 | 23.10 | 19.27 | 17.66 | 16.51 |
| Price / sales | 0.74 | 0.38 | 0.77 | 1.36 | 1.40 | 1.43 | 1.42 | 1.19 | 1.16 | 0.94 |
| Price / book | 3.71 | 2.11 | 4.43 | 9.27 | 7.64 | 7.25 | 5.87 | 4.75 | 4.43 | 3.81 |
| Gross margin | 30.7% | 29.6% | 30.3% | 31.2% | 31.6% | 31.8% | 30.6% | 30.5% | 30.8% | 30.8% |
| Operating margin | 5.2% | 4.2% | 6.3% | 8.8% | 9.4% | 10.5% | 8.3% | 8.3% | 8.6% | 9.4% |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 2.8% | 4.3% | 6.4% | 7.0% | 7.9% | 6.2% | 6.2% | 6.6% | 5.7% |
| Free cash flow margin | 5.6% | 4.2% | 1.8% | 1.1% | 5.2% | 8.4% | 5.2% | 5.5% | 4.9% | 4.8% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 17.8% | 15.2% | 24.6% | 43.6% | 38.3% | 39.9% | 25.6% | 24.8% | 25.1% | 23.1% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 4.9% | 3.6% | 5.4% | 8.3% | 9.1% | 10.3% | 7.5% | 12.0% | 12.3% | 10.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.54 | 0.84 | 1.04 | 1.26 | 0.67 | 0.62 | 0.43 | 0.45 | 0.49 | 0.59 |
| Current ratio | 1.13 | 1.19 | 1.19 | 1.29 | 1.05 | 1.21 | 1.14 | 1.55 | 1.43 | 1.40 |
| Revenue growth | 5.2% | 5.0% | 2.2% | 10.6% | 1.4% | 21.6% | 8.3% | 9.2% | 6.8% | 7.9% |
| EPS growth | 34.1% | -32.3% | -29.3% | 5.0% | -4.2% | 59.9% | 11.2% | 6.0% | 27.1% | 12.2% |