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Dollar General DG Gross margin

Gross margin at other companies

Target logo
TargetTGT
28.1%+0.1pp
CVS Health logo
CVS HealthCVS
44.7%-0.1pp
Walmart
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Walmart WMT
25%+0.1pp
Casey's General Stores logo
Casey's General StoresCASY
24.5%+1.2pp
Dollar Tree logo
Dollar TreeDLTR
36.7%+0.9pp
Amazon logo
AmazonAMZN
50.6%+1.4pp

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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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 gross margin?
Dollar General (DG) reported gross margin of 30.8% in Q1 2026.
How has Dollar General's gross margin changed year-over-year?
Dollar General's gross margin increased by 3.5% year-over-year, from 29.8% to 30.8%.
What is the long-term trend for Dollar General's gross margin?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Dollar General's gross margin has grown at a -1.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 127.9% to 121%.
What does gross margin mean?
How much of every sales dollar is left after the direct cost of what was sold.
How do you interpret gross margin?
Higher and stable gross margins indicate pricing power and a durable cost structure. A declining trend signals input-cost pressure, pricing competition, or a shift toward lower-margin products.
How does gross margin compare across companies?
Highly comparable within an industry, less so across industries — software runs 70%+ while distributors run in single digits. Track the trend more than the absolute level across sectors.