Dollar General DG
NYSE DG
$120.59 -1.73 (-1.41%)
At close: Aug 20, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Dollar General (DG) Debt Ratio (2011 - 2026)

Dollar General's (DG) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.15 in Q1 2026, down 26.18% YoY from 0.2 in Q1 2025, and down 8.63% on a QoQ basis from 0.16 in Q4 2025.

Dollar General (DG) Debt Ratio (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Dollar General (DG) has 16 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.15 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio fell 26.18% year-over-year to 0.15 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 0.15 (down 26.18% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 0.15, down 26.18% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio fell to 0.15 in Q1 2026, from 0.16 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.24 in Q2 2023 to a low of 0.15 in Q1 2026.
  • A 5-year average of 0.2 and a median of 0.2 in 2025 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Debt Ratio surged 51.84% — and 2026, when it dropped 26.18%.
  • Tracing DG's Debt Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.21 in 2022, then advanced by 13.79% to 0.23 in 2023, then fell by 15.5% to 0.2 in 2024, then retreated by 18.41% to 0.16 in 2025, then slipped by 8.63% to 0.15 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.15 (Q1 2026), 0.16 (Q4 2025), and 0.18 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Walmart 828.54 Bn 817.81 Bn 44.69 Bn 0.16
2 Costco Wholesale 414.96 Bn 394.96 Bn 9.01 Bn 0.07
3 Target 72.00 Bn 68.46 Bn 7.38 Bn 0.27
4 Dollar General 26.64 Bn 25.29 Bn 3.41 Bn 0.14
5 Dollar Tree 25.25 Bn 24.24 Bn 1.83 Bn 0.21
6 BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings 11.76 Bn 11.73 Bn 1.03 Bn 0.10
7 Bbb Foods 5.91 Bn 5.23 Bn 250.62 Mn -
8 Pricesmart 5.12 Bn 4.80 Bn 262.22 Mn 0.10
9 Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings 4.56 Bn 4.31 Bn 275.96 Mn 0.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 1, 2026 0.14
Jan 30, 2026 0.15
Oct 31, 2025 0.16
Aug 1, 2025 0.18
May 2, 2025 0.19
Jan 31, 2025 0.20
Nov 1, 2024 0.20
Aug 2, 2024 0.22
May 3, 2024 0.23
Feb 2, 2024 0.23
Nov 3, 2023 0.23
Aug 4, 2023 0.24
May 5, 2023 0.24
Feb 3, 2023 0.24
Oct 28, 2022 0.21
Jul 29, 2022 0.18
Apr 29, 2022 0.18
Jan 28, 2022 0.16
Oct 29, 2021 0.16
Jul 30, 2021 0.16