Growth Metrics

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

Dollar General filings provide 12 years of FCF Payout Ratio readings, the most recent being 0.22 for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, FCF Payout Ratio fell 9.13% to 0.22 in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was 0.22, a 29.48% decrease, with the full-year FY2026 number at 0.22, down 29.48% from a year prior.
  • FCF Payout Ratio hit 0.22 in Q1 2026 for Dollar General, 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.
  • Median FCF Payout Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.19 (2022), compared with a mean of 0.24.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Payout Ratio: plummeted 462.66% in 2024 and later surged 426.24% in 2025.
  • Dollar General's FCF Payout Ratio 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.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Payout Ratio were 0.22 (Q1 2026), 1.14 (Q4 2025), and 0.13 (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.