Growth Metrics

Dollar General (DG) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2026)

Dollar General filings provide 17 years of Free Cash Flow readings, the most recent being $582.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Free Cash Flow rose 10.2% to $582.0 million in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was $2.4 billion, a 41.94% increase, with the full-year FY2026 number at $2.4 billion, up 41.94% from a year prior.
  • Free Cash Flow hit $582.0 million in Q1 2026 for Dollar General, up from $113.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Free Cash Flow ranged from a high of $1.3 billion in Q4 2023 to a low of -$671.6 million in Q1 2023.
  • Median Free Cash Flow over the past 5 years was $348.0 million (2022), compared with a mean of $417.4 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: plummeted 292.98% in 2023 and later surged 822.82% in 2024.
  • Dollar General's Free Cash Flow stood at $286.6 million in 2022, then surged by 368.4% to $1.3 billion in 2023, then crashed by 127.63% to -$370.9 million in 2024, then soared by 130.68% to $113.8 million in 2025, then soared by 411.43% to $582.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Free Cash Flow were $582.0 million (Q1 2026), $113.8 million (Q4 2025), and $979.6 million (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.