Dollar General (DG) Times Interest Earned (2010 - 2024)
Dollar General's Times Interest Earned came in at 7.52 for fiscal Q4 2024 (quarter ended Feb 2, 2024), down 39.7% from 12.47 a year earlier but up 42.7% from the prior quarter.
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Dollar General (DG) Times Interest Earned (2010 - 2024) Analysis & Trends
For FY2024 (ended Feb 2, 2024), Dollar General's Times Interest Earned was 7.49, down 52.5% from FY2023.
- Times Interest Earned has declined in each of the last three fiscal years.
- Going back by fiscal year, Times Interest Earned was 15.75 in FY2023 (-22.9%), 20.45 in FY2022 (-13.5%), 23.64 in FY2021 (+3.3%) and 22.89 in FY2020 (+8.0%).
- The five-year range for quarterly Times Interest Earned is 5.27 (fiscal Q3 2024) to 28.43 (fiscal Q1 2021).
- Year-over-year, Times Interest Earned has declined for 14 consecutive quarters, with an average decline of 36.5% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Times Interest Earned over five years came in fiscal Q1 2021 (growth of 43.9%), and the weakest in fiscal Q3 2024 (a decline of 61.6%).
- Business Quant data shows DG's Times Interest Earned at 5.27 (Q3 2024), 8.21 (Q2 2024) and 8.92 (Q1 2024) in the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2024.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Times Interest Earned (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walmart | 824.47 Bn | 787.18 Bn | 49.13 Bn | 68.49 |
| 2 | Costco Wholesale | 403.75 Bn | 333.05 Bn | 9.01 Bn | 87.97 |
| 3 | Sysco | 37.36 Bn | 31.61 Bn | 4.13 Bn | - |
| 4 | Kroger | 34.63 Bn | 20.79 Bn | 7.86 Bn | 323.67 |
| 5 | Dollar General | 26.38 Bn | 21.06 Bn | 3.68 Bn | - |
| 6 | Caseys General Stores | 22.49 Bn | 20.48 Bn | 1.24 Bn | 21.99 |
| 7 | Dollar Tree | 21.40 Bn | 18.02 Bn | 2.10 Bn | - |
| 8 | US Foods Holding | 19.94 Bn | 19.74 Bn | 1.92 Bn | 5.75 |
| 9 | Tractor Supply | 16.33 Bn | 15.49 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 27.31 |
| 10 | Performance Food | 14.29 Bn | 14.07 Bn | 2.17 Bn | 3.18 |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2024 | 7.52 |
| Nov 3, 2023 | 5.27 |
| Aug 4, 2023 | 8.21 |
| May 5, 2023 | 8.92 |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 12.47 |
| Oct 28, 2022 | 13.70 |
| Jul 29, 2022 | 21.19 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | 18.81 |
| Jan 28, 2022 | 20.69 |
| Oct 29, 2021 | 16.98 |
| Jul 30, 2021 | 21.55 |
| Apr 30, 2021 | 22.50 |
| Jan 29, 2021 | 21.66 |
| Oct 30, 2020 | 19.19 |
| Jul 31, 2020 | 26.51 |
| May 1, 2020 | 28.43 |
| Jan 31, 2020 | 28.20 |
| Nov 1, 2019 | 20.25 |
| Aug 2, 2019 | 23.29 |
| May 3, 2019 | 19.75 |
API Access
Dollar General Times Interest Earned API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=times-interest-earned&ticker=DG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "times-interest-earned", "ticker": "DG", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=times-interest-earned&ticker=DG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();