Growth Metrics

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

Dollar General (DG) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 15 consecutive years, with 0.03% as the latest value for Q2 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q2 2025, Return on Invested Capital fell 21.0% year-over-year to 0.03%, compared with a TTM value of 0.03% through May 2025, down 21.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.03%, down 26.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital was 0.03% for Q2 2025 at Dollar General, up from 0.03% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.48% in Q1 2023 and bottomed at 0.06% in Q4 2021.
  • Average Return on Invested Capital over 5 years is 0.16%, with a median of 0.03% recorded in 2025.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Invested Capital surged 50bps in 2023, then decreased -24bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.06% in 2021, then skyrocketed by 81bps to 0.01% in 2022, then soared by 3062bps to 0.35% in 2023, then tumbled by -31bps to 0.24% in 2024, then plummeted by -87bps to 0.03% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for DG at 0.03% in Q2 2025, 0.03% in Q1 2025, and 0.24% in Q2 2024.