Growth Metrics

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

Dollar General's Net Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 3.91% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Net Margin rose 205.0% year-over-year to 3.91%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 3.54%, up 77.0%, while the annual FY2026 figure was 3.54%, 77.0% up from the prior year.
  • Net Margin reached 3.91% in Q1 2026 per DG's latest filing, up from 2.65% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Net Margin ranged from a high of 7.19% in Q3 2022 to a low of 1.86% in Q1 2025.
  • Average Net Margin over 5 years is 4.41%, with a median of 3.91% recorded in 2026.
  • Peak YoY movement for Net Margin: plummeted -271bps in 2023, then soared 205bps in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 5.56% in 2022, then crashed by -49bps to 2.85% in 2023, then crashed by -32bps to 1.93% in 2024, then soared by 38bps to 2.65% in 2025, then soared by 47bps to 3.91% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DG's Net Margin are 3.91% (Q1 2026), 2.65% (Q4 2025), and 3.84% (Q3 2025).