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Dollar General PE ratio DG

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
17.3×
10-year median
19.3×
Against its 10-year history
32nd
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
10.6× to 27.4×
Peer median
19.8×

Dollar General's PE ratio is 17.3× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $132.69 against $7.69 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 19.3×, lower than on 68% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 10.6× in Oct 2023 to 27.4× in Apr 2020.

The median for 6 discount retailers of a similar size is 19.8×.

PE ratio over time

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

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far17.3×14.7×27.0×
202523.8×11.3×23.8×
202412.5×11.6×21.1×
202315.6×10.6×24.2×
202223.9×18.5×26.0×
202123.1×17.7×23.1×
202020.8×20.5×27.4×
201924.5×16.1×26.4×
201815.8×14.7×23.3×
201720.6×15.5×20.7×
201617.4×15.9×23.0×
201518.8×16.0×22.7×
201420.8×17.0×20.9×
201319.2×15.8×19.8×
201215.6×15.6×22.7×

Against its peers

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

CompanyPE ratio
DGDollar General17.3×
DLTRDollar Tree15.3×
BJBJ's Wholesale Club23.2×
TGTTarget15.9×
FIVEFive Below20.0×
PSMTPricesmart32.8×
OLLIOllie's Bargain Outlet19.6×
Peer median19.8×

Where Dollar General ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.