Growth Metrics

Dollar General (DG) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2026)

Dollar General's FCF Payout Ratio history spans 12 years, with the latest figure at 0.22 for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 9.13% year-over-year to 0.22; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.22, down 29.48%, while the annual FY2026 figure was 0.22, 29.48% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio reached 0.22 in Q1 2026 per DG's latest filing, down from 1.14 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 1.14 in Q4 2025 to a low of 0.75 in Q2 2023.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.24, with a median of 0.19 recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for FCF Payout Ratio: crashed 462.66% in 2024, then skyrocketed 426.24% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Payout Ratio shows it stood at 0.43 in 2022, then crashed by 77.52% to 0.1 in 2023, then plummeted by 462.66% to 0.35 in 2024, then surged by 426.24% to 1.14 in 2025, then tumbled by 80.44% to 0.22 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DG's FCF Payout Ratio are 0.22 (Q1 2026), 1.14 (Q4 2025), and 0.13 (Q3 2025).