Dollar General (DG) Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd (2015 - 2026)
Dollar General (DG) posted Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd of $130.16 million for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 0.2% from $129.9 million a year earlier and unchanged from the prior quarter.
Dollar General (DG) Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jul 31, 2026, Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd at Dollar General was $520.1 million, up 0.2% year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 30, 2026), it came in at $519.51 million, up 0.1% from FY2025.
- Annual Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd has increased for ten consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 7.9% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Dollar General's Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd was $518.98 million in FY2025 (+0.2%), $517.98 million in FY2024 (+4.9%), $493.73 million in FY2023 (+25.9%) and $392.19 million in FY2022 (+10.2%).
- The fiscal Q2 2027 figure stands as the highest quarterly Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd in data going back to fiscal Q1 2016.
- On a year-over-year basis, Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd has increased in each of the last 37 quarters, with growth averaging 0.1% over the last eight quarters.
- Across the past five years, year-over-year growth in Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd ran from 0.1% in fiscal Q1 2026 to 26.4% in fiscal Q2 2023.
- According to Business Quant data, Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd for the three prior fiscal quarters was $130.14 million (Q1 2027), $129.93 million (Q4 2026) and $129.87 million (Q3 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Div Paid (Total) (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walmart | 824.47 Bn | 787.18 Bn | 49.13 Bn | 1.97 Bn |
| 2 | Costco Wholesale | 403.75 Bn | 333.05 Bn | 9.01 Bn | - |
| 3 | Sysco | 37.36 Bn | 31.61 Bn | 4.13 Bn | 259.00 Mn |
| 4 | Kroger | 34.63 Bn | 20.79 Bn | 7.86 Bn | - |
| 5 | Dollar General | 26.38 Bn | 21.06 Bn | 3.68 Bn | 130.16 Mn |
| 6 | Caseys General Stores | 22.49 Bn | 20.48 Bn | 1.24 Bn | 22.28 Mn |
| 7 | Dollar Tree | 21.40 Bn | 18.02 Bn | 2.10 Bn | - |
| 8 | US Foods Holding | 19.94 Bn | 19.74 Bn | 1.92 Bn | - |
| 9 | Tractor Supply | 16.33 Bn | 15.49 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 125.64 Mn |
| 10 | Performance Food | 14.29 Bn | 14.07 Bn | 2.17 Bn | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 130.16 Mn |
| May 1, 2026 | 130.14 Mn |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 129.93 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 129.87 Mn |
| Aug 1, 2025 | 129.90 Mn |
| May 2, 2025 | 129.82 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 129.75 Mn |
| Nov 1, 2024 | 129.76 Mn |
| Aug 2, 2024 | 129.75 Mn |
| May 3, 2024 | 129.74 Mn |
| Feb 2, 2024 | 129.60 Mn |
| Nov 3, 2023 | 129.50 Mn |
| Aug 4, 2023 | 129.48 Mn |
| May 5, 2023 | 129.40 Mn |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 121.30 Mn |
| Oct 28, 2022 | 122.96 Mn |
| Jul 29, 2022 | 124.20 Mn |
| Apr 29, 2022 | 125.26 Mn |
| Jan 28, 2022 | 96.77 Mn |
| Oct 29, 2021 | 97.31 Mn |
Dollar General Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd&ticker=DG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd", "ticker": "DG", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd&ticker=DG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();