Dollar General Corporation (DG)
Consumer Defensive · end-of-day data as of Oct 16, 2026
The average 12-month analyst price target for DG is $137.05, 2.0% above the last close of $134.36 on Oct 16, 2026; targets range from $106.41 to $167.51. Rating consensus: Hold.
Snapshot
- P/E17.5x
- P/E vs sector-25.4%
- P/E vs own-1.1%
- Target upside+2.0%
- ConsensusHold
- Market cap$29.66B
- FCF yield+9.1%
- Insiders-$733K
- Earnings in48d
- News
Why it moved
Dollar General Corporation (DG) rose 0.4% on Oct 16, 2026.
The market (SPY) fell 1.1%; Consumer Defensive stocks rose 1.0%. Most of the move came from its sector.
1 story on the day (30-day average 1.1).
Market = SPY. Sector = equal-weight average of the tracked companies in the same sector, net of the market.
Price and events
Last close $134.36 · +31.8% over 1y · E earnings · D dividend · S split · A analyst rating change
Technicals
- Trendsideways
- Sector▲ +2.6%
- MAs20▲ 50▲ 100▲ 200▲
- Above MAs4 of 4 above
- MA20×50Death 10d ago
- RSI67
- Support-3.9%
- Resistance+10.9%
- Off 52w high-12.7%
- Off ATH-44.2%
- 52w range$134.36
- Bollingerabove upper
- MACD1.46
- ATR+2.9%
- Volume1.1x
Analyst price targets
22 firms with a target in the last 12 months · last close $134.36 · as of Oct 16, 2026
Strong buy 3 · Buy 10 · Hold 18 · Sell 1 · Strong sell 0
Revenue and free cash flow
Q2 FY2026: Revenue +5.2% year over year, free cash flow 3.3% of revenue, operating margin 6.8%.
| Q2 FY2026 | Jul 31, 2026 | $11.29B | 2.48 | $374M | 32.6% | 6.8% | 4.9% |
| Q1 FY2026 | May 1, 2026 | $10.79B | 2.00 | $365M | 31.6% | 5.9% | 4.1% |
| Q4 FY2025 | Jan 30, 2026 | $10.91B | 1.93 | $1.27B | 30.4% | 5.6% | 3.9% |
| Q3 FY2025 | Oct 31, 2025 | $10.65B | 1.28 | $690M | 29.9% | 4.0% | 2.7% |
| Q2 FY2025 | Aug 1, 2025 | $10.73B | 1.86 | $565M | 31.3% | 5.6% | 3.8% |
| Q1 FY2025 | May 2, 2025 | $10.44B | 1.78 | $556M | 31.0% | 5.5% | 3.8% |
| Q4 FY2024 | Jan 31, 2025 | $10.3B | 0.87 | $528M | 29.4% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Q3 FY2024 | Nov 1, 2024 | $10.18B | 0.89 | $201M | 28.8% | 3.2% | 1.9% |
Peers
| 20D | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | $118.81 | +0.8% | -11.3% | +11.9% | 43.0 | $945B | |
| 2 |  | $989.11 | +1.1% | -9.5% | +10.2% | 35.9 | $438B | |
| 3 |  | $154.26 | -1.5% | -9.2% | +6.0% | 16.0 | $70.07B | |
| 4 |  | $105.57 | +1.4% | -8.6% | +11.1% | 18.0 | $35.11B | |
| 5 |  | $170.83 | +1.3% | -26.6% | +18.2% | 23.3 | $34.32B | |
| 6 | | $134.36 | +0.4% | -12.7% | +2.0% | 17.5 | $29.66B | |
| 7 |  | $23.68 | +1.7% | -12.9% | -2.4% | — | $28.08B | |
| 8 |  | $124.18 | -0.2% | -12.1% | +11.2% | 15.2 | $23.3B |
Data as of Oct 16, 2026 close.
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