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Dollar General DG Free cash flow yield

Free cash flow yield at other companies

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8.1%
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1.2%-0.6pp
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3%-0.4pp
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7.2%+3.3pp
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0.5%-0.6pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$10.8B+3.4%
Gross profit$3.4B+5.6%
Operating income$638.5M+10.8%
Net income$444.1M+13.3%
EPS (diluted)$2.00+12.4%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.4B+59.2%
Total debt$15.8B-7.2%
Total equity$8.8B+14.8%
Total assets$31.7B+2.3%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$716.2M-15.5%
CapEx$351.6M+20.9%
Free cash flow$364.6M-34.4%

Valuation

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Market cap$23.98B+23.7%
Enterprise value$38.42B+8.6%
P/E15.3×-1.5×
P/S0.6×+0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin30.8%+1.0pp
Operating margin5.3%+1.0pp
Net margin3.6%+0.8pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity18.9%+3.2pp
Debt / equity1.8×-0.4×
Current ratio1.2×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Dollar General’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Dollar General’s 10-Q, filed June 2, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Dollar General's free cash flow yield?
Dollar General (DG) reported free cash flow yield of 8.6% in Q1 2026.
How has Dollar General's free cash flow yield changed year-over-year?
Dollar General's free cash flow yield decreased by 7.3% year-over-year, from 9.3% to 8.6%.
What is the long-term trend for Dollar General's free cash flow yield?
Over 2 years (2021 to 2025), Dollar General's free cash flow yield has grown at a 69.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 12.5% to 35.7%.
What does free cash flow yield mean?
The spendable cash the business throws off each year as a percentage of its market price.
How do you interpret free cash flow yield?
Higher yield can mean better value — you pay less for each dollar of cash generated. A useful sanity check against earnings-based multiples, which non-cash items can distort.
How does free cash flow yield compare across companies?
Comparable across cash-generative companies; less meaningful for firms in heavy-investment phases with temporarily negative FCF.