Dollar General (DG) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Dollar General has reported Return on Capital Employed for 16 years, with the latest figure at 1.69% in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed fell 532.0% year-over-year to 1.69%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at 1.69% (down 532.0% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was 1.71%, down 540.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 stood at 1.69%, down from 7.71% in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Return on Capital Employed was 15.99% in Q1 2022, with the low at 0.53% in Q4 2023.
• Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 8.03% across 5 years, with a median of 7.71% in 2025.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Capital Employed tumbled 1390 bps — and 2024, when it soared 762 bps.
• Dollar General's Return on Capital Employed stood at 14.43% in 2022, then tumbled by 96 bps to 0.53% in 2023, then surged by 1435 bps to 8.15% in 2024, then retreated by 5 bps to 7.71% in 2025, then sank by 78 bps to 1.69% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 1.69% (Q1 2026), 7.71% (Q4 2025), and 7.27% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.