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

Dollar General's Return on Invested Capital history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.05% for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 5.0% year-over-year to 0.05% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 0.05% (up 5.0% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at 0.06%, up 4.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Invested Capital was 0.05% for Q1 2026 at Dollar General, up from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 4.65% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.01% in Q1 2025.
• A 5-year average of 0.29% and a median of 0.02% in 2025 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Invested Capital tumbled 642 bps — and 2026, when it gained 5 bps.
• Dollar General's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.01% in 2022, then jumped by 233 bps to 0.05% in 2023, then tumbled by 88 bps to 0.01% in 2024, then surged by 221 bps to 0.02% in 2025, then surged by 194 bps to 0.05% in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows DG's Return on Invested Capital at 0.05% in Q1 2026, 0.02% in Q4 2025, and 0.01% in Q3 2025.