Growth Metrics

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

Dollar General's Return on Invested Capital history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.04% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Invested Capital fell 14.0% year-over-year to 0.04%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.04%, down 14.0%, while the annual FY2026 figure was 0.04%, 14.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital reached 0.04% in Q1 2026 per DG's latest filing, down from 0.18% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.38% in Q4 2022 to a low of 0.02% in Q4 2023.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.19%, with a median of 0.18% recorded in 2025.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Invested Capital: plummeted -36bps in 2023, then rose 19bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.38% in 2022, then plummeted by -96bps to 0.02% in 2023, then soared by 1207bps to 0.21% in 2024, then decreased by -15bps to 0.18% in 2025, then tumbled by -79bps to 0.04% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for DG's Return on Invested Capital are 0.04% (Q1 2026), 0.18% (Q4 2025), and 0.17% (Q3 2025).