Dollar General (DG) EBT Margin (2010 - 2026)
Dollar General (DG) reported EBT Margin of 6.43% for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), up 1.42 percentage points from 5.01% a year earlier and up 0.95 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Dollar General (DG) EBT Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jul 31, 2026, Dollar General's EBT Margin came in at 5.12%, up 1.44 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 30, 2026), it came in at 4.60%, up 1.05 percentage points from FY2025.
- EBT Margin has a five-year change of -5.49 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, EBT Margin came in at 3.55% in FY2025 (-1.93 pp), 5.48% in FY2024 (-2.76 pp), 8.24% in FY2023 (-0.72 pp) and 8.95% in FY2022 (-1.14 pp).
- The fiscal Q2 2027 figure ranks as the highest quarterly EBT Margin since fiscal Q1 2024.
- Year over year, EBT Margin has now increased in each of the last six quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.27 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year EBT Margin in five years was fiscal Q4 2026 (a gain of 2.78 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q3 2024 (a drop of 3.58 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2027 came in at 5.48% (Q1 2027), 5.00% (Q4 2026) and 3.47% (Q3 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walmart | 862.64 Bn | 825.34 Bn | 49.13 Bn | 4.26% |
| 2 | Costco Wholesale | 409.33 Bn | 338.62 Bn | 9.01 Bn | 4.17% |
| 3 | Sysco | 37.65 Bn | 31.90 Bn | 4.13 Bn | 3.25% |
| 4 | Kroger | 35.26 Bn | 21.42 Bn | 7.86 Bn | 2.43% |
| 5 | Dollar General | 27.43 Bn | 22.11 Bn | 3.68 Bn | 6.43% |
| 6 | Caseys General Stores | 22.41 Bn | 20.40 Bn | 1.24 Bn | 6.11% |
| 7 | Dollar Tree | 21.77 Bn | 18.40 Bn | 2.10 Bn | 14.03% |
| 8 | US Foods Holding | 20.27 Bn | 20.06 Bn | 1.92 Bn | 3.50% |
| 9 | Tractor Supply | 16.74 Bn | 15.90 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 9.91% |
| 10 | Performance Food | 14.36 Bn | 14.14 Bn | 2.17 Bn | 1.23% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 6.43% |
| May 1, 2026 | 5.48% |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 5.00% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 3.47% |
| Aug 1, 2025 | 5.01% |
| May 2, 2025 | 4.90% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 2.22% |
| Nov 1, 2024 | 2.51% |
| Aug 2, 2024 | 4.72% |
| May 3, 2024 | 4.78% |
| Feb 2, 2024 | 5.10% |
| Nov 3, 2023 | 3.62% |
| Aug 4, 2023 | 6.21% |
| May 5, 2023 | 7.04% |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 8.41% |
| Oct 28, 2022 | 7.20% |
| Jul 29, 2022 | 9.23% |
| Apr 29, 2022 | 8.07% |
| Jan 28, 2022 | 8.76% |
| Oct 29, 2021 | 7.35% |
Dollar General EBT Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebt-margin&ticker=DG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebt-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=ebt-margin&ticker=DG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();