Growth Metrics

Dollar General (DG) EBT Margin (2016 - 2026)

Dollar General's EBT Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 5.0% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, EBT Margin rose 278.0% year-over-year to 5.0%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 4.6%, up 105.0%, while the annual FY2026 figure was 4.6%, 105.0% up from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin reached 5.0% in Q1 2026 per DG's latest filing, up from 3.47% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 9.23% in Q3 2022 to a low of 2.22% in Q1 2025.
  • Average EBT Margin over 5 years is 5.66%, with a median of 5.01% recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for EBT Margin: crashed -358bps in 2023, then surged 278bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 7.2% in 2022, then crashed by -50bps to 3.62% in 2023, then plummeted by -31bps to 2.51% in 2024, then surged by 38bps to 3.47% in 2025, then soared by 44bps to 5.0% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DG's EBT Margin are 5.0% (Q1 2026), 3.47% (Q4 2025), and 5.01% (Q3 2025).