Dollar General (DG) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2026)
Dollar General (DG) posted EBITDA Margin of 9.27% for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 1.33 percentage points from 7.94% a year earlier and up 0.84 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Dollar General (DG) EBITDA Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jul 31, 2026, EBITDA Margin at Dollar General was 8.08%, up 1.36 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 30, 2026), it came in at 7.61%, up 0.99 percentage points from FY2025.
- Annual EBITDA Margin shows a five-year change of -4.63 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, Dollar General's EBITDA Margin was 6.61% in FY2025 (-1.90 pp), 8.52% in FY2024 (-2.19 pp), 10.71% in FY2023 (-0.58 pp) and 11.29% in FY2022 (-0.95 pp).
- The fiscal Q2 2027 figure stands as the highest quarterly EBITDA Margin since fiscal Q1 2024.
- On a year-over-year basis, EBITDA Margin has increased in each of the last six quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.23 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for EBITDA Margin in the past five years was fiscal Q4 2026, with a gain of 2.72 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2024, with a drop of 3.01 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, EBITDA Margin for the three prior fiscal quarters was 8.43% (Q1 2027), 8.03% (Q4 2026) and 6.50% (Q3 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBITDA Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walmart | 862.64 Bn | 825.34 Bn | 49.13 Bn | 7.08% |
| 2 | Costco Wholesale | 409.33 Bn | 338.62 Bn | 9.01 Bn | 4.84% |
| 3 | Sysco | 37.65 Bn | 31.90 Bn | 4.13 Bn | 5.58% |
| 4 | Kroger | 35.26 Bn | 21.42 Bn | 7.86 Bn | 4.93% |
| 5 | Dollar General | 27.43 Bn | 22.11 Bn | 3.68 Bn | 9.27% |
| 6 | Caseys General Stores | 22.41 Bn | 20.40 Bn | 1.24 Bn | 10.59% |
| 7 | Dollar Tree | 21.77 Bn | 18.40 Bn | 2.10 Bn | 17.79% |
| 8 | US Foods Holding | 20.27 Bn | 20.06 Bn | 1.92 Bn | 5.33% |
| 9 | Tractor Supply | 16.74 Bn | 15.90 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 13.17% |
| 10 | Performance Food | 14.36 Bn | 14.14 Bn | 2.17 Bn | 2.98% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 9.27% |
| May 1, 2026 | 8.43% |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 8.03% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 6.50% |
| Aug 1, 2025 | 7.94% |
| May 2, 2025 | 7.94% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 5.32% |
| Nov 1, 2024 | 5.61% |
| Aug 2, 2024 | 7.73% |
| May 3, 2024 | 7.85% |
| Feb 2, 2024 | 8.14% |
| Nov 3, 2023 | 6.69% |
| Aug 4, 2023 | 9.19% |
| May 5, 2023 | 10.09% |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 11.03% |
| Oct 28, 2022 | 9.70% |
| Jul 29, 2022 | 11.57% |
| Apr 29, 2022 | 10.50% |
| Jan 28, 2022 | 11.13% |
| Oct 29, 2021 | 9.72% |
Dollar General EBITDA Margin 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=ebitda-margin&ticker=DG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebitda-margin", "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=ebitda-margin&ticker=DG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();