Growth Metrics

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

Dollar General filings provide 17 years of Gross Margin readings, the most recent being 30.45% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin rose 105.0% to 30.45% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was 30.66%, a 107.0% increase, with the full-year FY2026 number at 30.66%, up 107.0% from a year prior.
  • Gross Margin hit 30.45% in Q1 2026 for Dollar General, up from 29.9% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 32.34% in Q3 2022 to a low of 28.83% in Q4 2024.
  • Median Gross Margin over the past 5 years was 30.48% (2022), compared with a mean of 30.5%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: tumbled -151bps in 2022 and later skyrocketed 137bps in 2025.
  • Dollar General's Gross Margin stood at 30.48% in 2022, then fell by -5bps to 29.01% in 2023, then decreased by -1bps to 28.83% in 2024, then grew by 4bps to 29.9% in 2025, then increased by 2bps to 30.45% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Gross Margin were 30.45% (Q1 2026), 29.9% (Q4 2025), and 31.34% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.