Dollar General DG
NYSE DG
$123.41 +2.83 (+2.35%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:02 PM EDT

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

Dollar General's (DG) quarterly Return on Invested Capital came in at 0.05% in Q1 2026, up 5.0% YoY from 0.05% in Q1 2025, and up 194.23% on a QoQ basis from 0.02% in Q4 2025.

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

Dollar General (DG) has 16 years of Return on Invested Capital data on file, last reported at 0.05% in 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 advanced to 0.05% in Q1 2026, from 0.02% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 4.65% in Q1 2022 to a low of 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 plunged 642 bps — and 2026, when it grew 5 bps.
  • Tracing DG's Return on Invested Capital over 5 years: stood at 0.01% in 2022, then surged by 233 bps to 0.05% in 2023, then sank by 88 bps to 0.01% in 2024, then soared by 221 bps to 0.02% in 2025, then soared by 194 bps to 0.05% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Invested Capital figures came in at 0.05% (Q1 2026), 0.02% (Q4 2025), and 0.01% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Walmart 824.27 Bn 813.54 Bn 44.69 Bn 0.01%
2 Costco Wholesale 420.42 Bn 400.43 Bn 9.01 Bn -
3 Target 74.99 Bn 71.45 Bn 7.38 Bn 0.01%
4 Dollar General 27.11 Bn 25.76 Bn 3.41 Bn 0.25%
5 Dollar Tree 25.75 Bn 24.74 Bn 1.83 Bn 0.01%
6 BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings 12.37 Bn 12.34 Bn 1.03 Bn 0.01%
7 Bbb Foods 6.05 Bn 5.36 Bn 250.62 Mn 0.11%
8 Pricesmart 5.24 Bn 4.92 Bn 262.22 Mn 0.01%
9 Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings 4.63 Bn 4.38 Bn 275.96 Mn 0.97%

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 1, 2026 0.25%
Jan 30, 2026 0.05%
Oct 31, 2025 0.02%
Aug 1, 2025 0.01%
May 2, 2025 0.01%
Jan 31, 2025 0.01%
Nov 1, 2024 0.01%
Aug 2, 2024 0.01%
May 3, 2024 0.01%
Feb 2, 2024 0.01%
Nov 3, 2023 0.05%
Aug 4, 2023 0.04%
May 5, 2023 0.02%
Feb 3, 2023 0.02%
Oct 28, 2022 0.01%
Jul 29, 2022 0.02%
Apr 29, 2022 0.05%
Jan 28, 2022 4.65%
Oct 29, 2021 6.22%
Jul 30, 2021 6.44%