Growth Metrics

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

Dollar General (DG) has disclosed Return on Sales for 16 consecutive years, with 0.03% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Return on Sales rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.03%, compared with a TTM value of 0.04% through Oct 2025, changed 0.0%, and an annual FY2025 reading of 0.03%, down 2.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.03% for Q4 2025 at Dollar General, down from 0.05% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.1% in Q2 2021 and bottomed at 0.24% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.03%, with a median of 0.05% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales fell -6bps in 2021, then rose 30bps in 2023.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.06% in 2021, then decreased by -3bps to 0.06% in 2022, then crashed by -49bps to 0.03% in 2023, then dropped by -12bps to 0.03% in 2024, then surged by 38bps to 0.03% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for DG at 0.03% in Q4 2025, 0.05% in Q3 2025, and 0.04% in Q2 2025.