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Dollar General (DG) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Dollar General filings provide 16 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 1.69% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 532.0% to 1.69% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Jan 2026 was 1.69%, a 532.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2026 number at 1.71%, down 540.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 1.69% in Q1 2026 for Dollar General, down from 7.71% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 15.99% in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.53% in Q4 2023.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 7.71% (2025), compared with a mean of 8.03%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: crashed -1390bps in 2023 and later surged 762bps in 2024.
  • Dollar General's Return on Capital Employed stood at 14.43% in 2022, then tumbled by -96bps to 0.53% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 1435bps to 8.15% in 2024, then fell by -5bps to 7.71% in 2025, then crashed by -78bps to 1.69% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 1.69% (Q1 2026), 7.71% (Q4 2025), and 7.27% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.