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FCF Margin for Dollar General (DG)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

6.7%

YoY change

+1.45pp

Trough year (1995)

-4.4%

Peak year (2020)

8.4%

FCF Margin history chart for Dollar General (DG) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: 5.6%

FCF Margin change chart for Dollar General (DG) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: +1.45pp

FCF Margin history table for Dollar General (DG) from 1989 to 2025

  • 20255.6%+1.45pp
  • 20244.2%+2.36pp
  • 20231.8%+0.67pp
  • 20221.1%-4.13pp
  • 20215.2%-3.19pp
  • 20208.4%+3.20pp
  • 20195.2%-0.26pp
  • 20185.5%+0.58pp
  • 20174.9%+0.17pp
  • 20164.8%+0.46pp
  • 20154.3%-0.69pp
  • 20145.0%+1.12pp
  • 20133.9%+0.36pp
  • 20123.5%-0.12pp
  • 20113.6%+0.52pp
  • 20103.1%-0.44pp
  • 20093.5%+0.01pp
  • 20083.5%+0.36pp
  • 20073.2%+1.61pp
  • 20061.6%-1.59pp
  • 20053.2%+1.89pp
  • 20041.3%-4.10pp
  • 20035.4%+0.46pp
  • 20024.9%+2.28pp
  • 20012.6%+2.66pp
  • 2000-0.0%+0.29pp
  • 1999-0.3%-2.75pp
  • 19982.4%+1.23pp
  • 19971.2%-2.82pp
  • 19964.0%+8.45pp
  • 1995-4.4%-2.88pp
  • 1994-1.6%-6.21pp
  • 19934.7%+2.71pp
  • 19922.0%+1.36pp
  • 19910.6%-1.68pp
  • 19902.3%-0.30pp
  • 19892.6%—

FCF Margin values are taken from Dollar General's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at Dollar General (DG)

According to Dollar General's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 6.7%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

As of the 2025 fiscal year, Dollar General (DG) reported free cash flow margin of 5.60% – expanded 1.4 percentage points year-over-year.

The record annual free cash flow margin stands at 8.44%, reached in 2020; the historical low of -4.44% was recorded in 1995.

Dollar General FCF Margin by Year

Dollar General FCF Margin 2025: 5.6%

2025's free cash flow margin for Dollar General came in at 5.60%, expanded 1.4 percentage points from 2024.

Dollar General FCF Margin 2024: 4.2%

Dollar General posted free cash flow margin of 4.15% in 2024, expanded 2.4 percentage points from 2023.

Dollar General FCF Margin 2023: 1.8%

In 2023, Dollar General reported free cash flow margin of 1.79%, expanded 0.7 percentage points from 2022.

Dollar General FCF Margin 2022: 1.1%

Dollar General free cash flow margin in 2022 was 1.12%, contracted 4.1 percentage points from 2021.

Dollar General FCF Margin 2021: 5.2%

Dollar General free cash flow margin in 2021 was 5.25%.

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