Dollar General dividend yield DG

Dividends per share over the last twelve months divided by the share price, since 2015.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 1.78%
10-year median: 1.1%
Against its 10-year history: 76th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 0.6% to 3.4%
Peer median: 3.0%

Dollar General pays 1.78% of its share price in dividends over a year, as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 1.1%, higher than on 76% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 0.6% in Oct 2020 to 3.4% in Jan 2025.

The median for 6 discount retailers of a similar size is 3.0%.

Dividend yield over time

median 1.1%

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	1.8%	1.5%	2.3%
2025	1.7%	1.7%	3.4%
2024	3.1%	1.5%	3.1%
2023	1.7%	0.9%	2.2%
2022	0.9%	0.7%	1.0%
2021	0.7%	0.7%	0.8%
2020	0.7%	0.6%	0.9%
2019	0.8%	0.8%	1.0%
2018	1.1%	1.0%	1.2%
2017	1.1%	1.1%	1.5%
2016	1.4%	1.0%	1.4%
2015	1.2%	0.3%	1.2%

Companies in Discount Stores nearest Dollar General's size, closest first, today.