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

Dollar General (DG) reported Debt Ratio of 0.15 for Q1 2026, down 26.18% on a YoY basis from 0.2 in Q1 2025, and down 8.63% quarter-over-quarter from 0.16 in Q4 2025.

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

Dollar General has reported Debt Ratio for 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.15 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt Ratio fell 26.18% year-over-year to 0.15; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at 0.15 (down 26.18% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was 0.15, down 26.18% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.15, down from 0.16 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Debt Ratio was 0.24 in Q2 2023, with the low at 0.15 in Q1 2026.
  • Historically, Debt Ratio has averaged 0.2 across 5 years, with a median of 0.2 in 2025.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Debt Ratio jumped 100677.89% — and 2026, when it dropped 26.18%.
  • Dollar General's Debt Ratio 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 948.87 Bn 944.49 Bn 42.63 Bn 0.16
2 Costco Wholesale 430.50 Bn 412.26 Bn 8.88 Bn 0.07
3 Target 57.41 Bn 53.87 Bn 7.38 Bn 0.27
4 Dollar General 24.07 Bn 22.93 Bn 3.32 Bn 0.15
5 Dollar Tree 22.05 Bn 21.05 Bn 1.83 Bn 0.21
6 BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings 11.52 Bn 11.49 Bn 1.03 Bn 0.10
7 Pricesmart 5.32 Bn 5.02 Bn 265.07 Mn 0.07
8 Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings 4.78 Bn 4.48 Bn 310.92 Mn 0.00
9 Bbb Foods 22.39 Mn -214.25 Mn 210.92 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
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
Jan 29, 2021 0.00
May 1, 2020 0.16
Jan 31, 2020 0.13