Growth Metrics

Dollar General (DG) Return on Equity (2016 - 2026)

Dollar General's Return on Equity history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.18% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Equity rose 3.0% year-over-year to 0.18%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.18%, up 3.0%, while the annual FY2026 figure was 0.19%, 3.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity reached 0.18% in Q1 2026 per DG's latest filing, up from 0.16% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.46% in Q1 2023 to a low of 0.15% in Q3 2025.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.28%, with a median of 0.25% recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Equity: rose 8bps in 2023, then decreased -24bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.38% in 2022, then decreased by -12bps to 0.34% in 2023, then crashed by -46bps to 0.18% in 2024, then dropped by -14bps to 0.16% in 2025, then grew by 15bps to 0.18% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DG's Return on Equity are 0.18% (Q1 2026), 0.16% (Q4 2025), and 0.15% (Q3 2025).