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Operating Cash Flow for Dollar General (DG)

As of · Reported

Metric

Latest period

$716.19M

YoY change

+21.3%

5Y CAGR

-1.3%

Peak year (2020)

$3.88B

Operating Cash Flow history chart for Dollar General (DG) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: $3.63B

Operating Cash Flow growth chart for Dollar General (DG) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: +21.3%

Operating Cash Flow history table for Dollar General (DG) from 1989 to 2025

  • 2025$3.63B+21.3%
  • 2024$3.00B+25.3%
  • 2023$2.39B+20.5%
  • 2022$1.98B-30.8%
  • 2021$2.87B-26.1%
  • 2020$3.88B+73.2%
  • 2019$2.24B+4.4%
  • 2018$2.14B+18.9%
  • 2017$1.80B+12.3%
  • 2016$1.61B+16.5%
  • 2015$1.38B+4.8%
  • 2014$1.31B+8.4%
  • 2013$1.21B+7.2%
  • 2012$1.13B+7.7%
  • 2011$1.05B+27.4%
  • 2010$824.68M+23.3%
  • 2009$668.64M+16.2%
  • 2008$575.18M+30.3%
  • 2007$441.55M+8.9%
  • 2006$405.36M-27.0%
  • 2005$555.49M+42.5%
  • 2004$389.74M-24.8%
  • 2003$518.55M+19.5%
  • 2002$434.04M+63.4%
  • 2001$265.63M+23.3%
  • 2000$215.50M+53.5%
  • 1999$140.36M-35.8%
  • 1998$218.61M+57.1%
  • 1997$139.12M-18.2%
  • 1996$170.09M-1057.2%
  • 1995−$17.77M-141.1%
  • 1994$43.26M-30.9%
  • 1993$62.60M+46.6%
  • 1992$42.70M+146.8%
  • 1991$17.30M-27.3%
  • 1990$23.80M-27.7%
  • 1989$32.90M—

Operating Cash Flow values are taken from Dollar General's reported cash flow 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 Operating Cash Flow at Dollar General (DG)

Operating Cash Flow for Dollar General (DG): headline value $716.19M · YoY +21.3%. Annual and quarterly series, chart, and tables are below.

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

The 2025 reading of Dollar General (DG) operating cash flow is $3.63B – grew 21.3% year-over-year.

Dollar General operating cash flow compound annual growth for the 2020–2025 (5 years) window is -1.3%, sustaining 3 straight years of year-over-year growth.

Between 2020 and 2025, Dollar General operating cash flow declined 6.2%, falling from $3.88B to $3.63B.

$3.88B stands as the all-time-high annual operating cash flow, posted in 2020, against a low of −$17.77M during 1995.

Dollar General Operating Cash Flow by Year

Dollar General Operating Cash Flow 2025: $3.63B

In 2025, Dollar General reported operating cash flow of $3.63B, grew 21.3% from 2024.

Dollar General Operating Cash Flow 2024: $3.00B

Dollar General operating cash flow in 2024 was $3.00B, grew 25.3% from 2023.

Dollar General Operating Cash Flow 2023: $2.39B

2023's operating cash flow for Dollar General came in at $2.39B, grew 20.5% from 2022.

Dollar General Operating Cash Flow 2022: $1.98B

Dollar General posted operating cash flow of $1.98B in 2022, plunged 30.8% below 2021.

Dollar General Operating Cash Flow 2021: $2.87B

Dollar General operating cash flow in 2021 was $2.87B.

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