Dollar General (DG) Interest Coverage Ratio (2010 - 2024)
Dollar General's (DG) Interest Coverage Ratio came in at 7.52 for fiscal Q4 2024 (quarter ended Feb 2, 2024), down 39.7% from 12.47 a year earlier but up 42.7% from the prior quarter.
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Dollar General (DG) Interest Coverage Ratio (2010 - 2024) Analysis & Trends
For FY2024 (ended Feb 2, 2024), Dollar General's Interest Coverage Ratio stood at 7.49, down 52.5% from FY2023.
- Annual Interest Coverage Ratio has declined for three consecutive fiscal years.
- In prior fiscal years, Dollar General's Interest Coverage Ratio was 15.75 in FY2023 (-22.9%), 20.45 in FY2022 (-13.5%), 23.64 in FY2021 (+3.3%) and 22.89 in FY2020 (+8.0%).
- Quarterly Interest Coverage Ratio has run from a low of 5.27 in fiscal Q3 2024 to a high of 28.43 in fiscal Q1 2021 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Interest Coverage Ratio has declined in each of the last 14 quarters, with an average decline of 36.5% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Interest Coverage Ratio in the past five years was fiscal Q1 2021, with growth of 43.9%; the weakest was fiscal Q3 2024, with a decline of 61.6%.
- According to Business Quant data, Interest Coverage Ratio for the three prior fiscal quarters was 5.27 (Q3 2024), 8.21 (Q2 2024) and 8.92 (Q1 2024).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Interest Cover (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walmart | 862.64 Bn | 825.34 Bn | 49.13 Bn | 68.49 |
| 2 | Costco Wholesale | 409.33 Bn | 338.62 Bn | 9.01 Bn | 87.97 |
| 3 | Sysco | 37.65 Bn | 31.90 Bn | 4.13 Bn | - |
| 4 | Kroger | 35.26 Bn | 21.42 Bn | 7.86 Bn | 323.67 |
| 5 | Dollar General | 27.43 Bn | 22.11 Bn | 3.68 Bn | - |
| 6 | Caseys General Stores | 22.41 Bn | 20.40 Bn | 1.24 Bn | 21.99 |
| 7 | Dollar Tree | 21.77 Bn | 18.40 Bn | 2.10 Bn | - |
| 8 | US Foods Holding | 20.27 Bn | 20.06 Bn | 1.92 Bn | 5.75 |
| 9 | Tractor Supply | 16.74 Bn | 15.90 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 27.31 |
| 10 | Performance Food | 14.36 Bn | 14.14 Bn | 2.17 Bn | 3.18 |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2024 | 7.52 |
| Nov 3, 2023 | 5.27 |
| Aug 4, 2023 | 8.21 |
| May 5, 2023 | 8.92 |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 12.47 |
| Oct 28, 2022 | 13.70 |
| Jul 29, 2022 | 21.19 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | 18.81 |
| Jan 28, 2022 | 20.69 |
| Oct 29, 2021 | 16.98 |
| Jul 30, 2021 | 21.55 |
| Apr 30, 2021 | 22.50 |
| Jan 29, 2021 | 21.66 |
| Oct 30, 2020 | 19.19 |
| Jul 31, 2020 | 26.51 |
| May 1, 2020 | 28.43 |
| Jan 31, 2020 | 28.20 |
| Nov 1, 2019 | 20.25 |
| Aug 2, 2019 | 23.29 |
| May 3, 2019 | 19.75 |
API Access
Dollar General Interest Coverage Ratio API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=interest-coverage-ratio&ticker=DG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "interest-coverage-ratio", "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=interest-coverage-ratio&ticker=DG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();