Dollar General (DG) Price to Earnings (2011 - 2026)
Dollar General's Price to Earnings came in at 16.45 for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), down 18.0% from 20.06 a year earlier but up 2.0% from the prior quarter.
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Dollar General (DG) Price to Earnings (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jan 30, 2026), Dollar General's Price to Earnings was 20.89, up 50.4% from FY2025.
- Going back by fiscal year, Price to Earnings was 13.89 in FY2025 (-22.9%), 18.00 in FY2024 (-13.0%), 20.69 in FY2023 (+5.6%) and 19.59 in FY2022 (+11.0%).
- The five-year range for quarterly Price to Earnings is 13.46 (fiscal Q3 2025) to 24.73 (fiscal Q3 2023).
- Year-over-year, Price to Earnings increased in three of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 2.6%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Price to Earnings over five years came in fiscal Q4 2026 (growth of 50.4%), and the weakest in fiscal Q3 2024 (a decline of 44.8%).
- Business Quant data shows DG's Price to Earnings at 16.13 (Q1 2027), 20.89 (Q4 2026) and 17.00 (Q3 2026) in the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2027.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walmart | 827.17 Bn | 789.87 Bn | 49.13 Bn |
| 2 | Costco Wholesale | 408.32 Bn | 337.62 Bn | 9.01 Bn |
| 3 | Sysco | 37.11 Bn | 31.36 Bn | 4.13 Bn |
| 4 | Kroger | 34.86 Bn | 21.01 Bn | 7.86 Bn |
| 5 | Dollar General | 26.24 Bn | 20.91 Bn | 3.68 Bn |
| 6 | Caseys General Stores | 22.83 Bn | 20.83 Bn | 1.24 Bn |
| 7 | Dollar Tree | 21.05 Bn | 17.67 Bn | 2.10 Bn |
| 8 | US Foods Holding | 20.97 Bn | 20.76 Bn | 1.92 Bn |
| 9 | Tractor Supply | 16.22 Bn | 15.39 Bn | 1.68 Bn |
| 10 | Performance Food | 14.65 Bn | 14.43 Bn | 2.17 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 16.45 |
| May 1, 2026 | 16.13 |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 20.89 |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 17.00 |
| Aug 1, 2025 | 20.06 |
| May 2, 2025 | 17.22 |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 13.89 |
| Nov 1, 2024 | 13.46 |
| Aug 2, 2024 | 18.89 |
| May 3, 2024 | 20.02 |
| Feb 2, 2024 | 18.00 |
| Nov 3, 2023 | 13.64 |
| Aug 4, 2023 | 16.98 |
| May 5, 2023 | 20.20 |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 20.69 |
| Oct 28, 2022 | 24.73 |
| Jul 29, 2022 | 24.21 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | 23.71 |
| Jan 28, 2022 | 19.59 |
| Oct 29, 2021 | 21.00 |
API Access
Dollar General Price to Earnings 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=price-to-earnings&ticker=DG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "price-to-earnings", "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=price-to-earnings&ticker=DG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();