Growth Metrics

Dollar General (DG) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Historic Operating Margin for Dollar General (DG) over the last 16 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 4.0%.

  • Dollar General's Operating Margin rose 8200.0% to 4.0% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Oct 2025 it was 4.49%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 4900.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 4.22% for FY2025, which is 21000.0% down from last year.
  • Per Dollar General's latest filing, its Operating Margin stood at 4.0% for Q4 2025, which was up 8200.0% from 5.55% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • Dollar General's Operating Margin's 5-year high stood at 10.82% during Q2 2021, with a 5-year trough of 2.86% in Q1 2025.
  • Moreover, its 5-year median value for Operating Margin was 7.42% (2022), whereas its average is 7.03%.
  • Per our database at Business Quant, Dollar General's Operating Margin plummeted by -33000bps in 2023 and then surged by 8200bps in 2025.
  • Dollar General's Operating Margin (Quarter) stood at 7.81% in 2021, then decreased by -1bps to 7.77% in 2022, then tumbled by -42bps to 4.47% in 2023, then decreased by -29bps to 3.18% in 2024, then increased by 26bps to 4.0% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are 4.0% in Q4 2025, 5.55% for Q3 2025, and 5.52% during Q2 2025.