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Operating Margin for Dollar General (DG)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

5.3%

YoY change

+0.94pp

Trough year (1986)

1.3%

Peak year (2020)

10.5%

Operating Margin history chart for Dollar General (DG) from 1985 to 2025

Latest: 5.2%

Operating Margin change chart for Dollar General (DG) from 1985 to 2025

Latest: +0.94pp

Operating Margin history table for Dollar General (DG) from 1985 to 2025

  • 20255.2%+0.94pp
  • 20244.2%-2.10pp
  • 20236.3%-2.47pp
  • 20228.8%-0.62pp
  • 20219.4%-1.12pp
  • 202010.5%+2.24pp
  • 20198.3%+0.04pp
  • 20188.3%-0.30pp
  • 20178.6%-0.83pp
  • 20169.4%-0.14pp
  • 20159.5%+0.17pp
  • 20149.4%-0.56pp
  • 20139.9%-0.41pp
  • 201210.3%+0.26pp
  • 201110.1%+0.29pp
  • 20109.8%+1.69pp
  • 20098.1%+2.53pp
  • 20085.6%+2.86pp
  • 20072.7%-0.02pp
  • 20062.7%-3.84pp
  • 20056.5%-0.72pp
  • 20047.3%-0.17pp
  • 20037.4%-0.06pp
  • 20027.5%+0.48pp
  • 20017.0%+3.63pp
  • 20003.4%-5.60pp
  • 19999.0%+0.00pp
  • 19989.0%+0.02pp
  • 19979.0%+0.08pp
  • 19968.9%+0.45pp
  • 19958.4%+0.08pp
  • 19948.4%+1.47pp
  • 19936.9%+0.56pp
  • 19926.3%+1.72pp
  • 19914.6%+1.06pp
  • 19903.5%+0.24pp
  • 19893.3%+0.67pp
  • 19882.6%+0.65pp
  • 19872.0%+0.63pp
  • 19861.3%-4.61pp
  • 19856.0%—

Operating 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 Operating Margin at Dollar General (DG)

According to Dollar General's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 5.3%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.

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 operating margin of 5.16% – expanded 0.9 percentage points year-over-year.

The record annual operating margin stands at 10.53%, reached in 2020; the historical low of 1.35% was recorded in 1986.

Dollar General Operating Margin by Year

Dollar General Operating Margin 2025: 5.2%

2025's operating margin for Dollar General came in at 5.16%, expanded 0.9 percentage points from 2024.

Dollar General Operating Margin 2024: 4.2%

Dollar General posted operating margin of 4.22% in 2024, contracted 2.1 percentage points from 2023.

Dollar General Operating Margin 2023: 6.3%

In 2023, Dollar General reported operating margin of 6.32%, contracted 2.5 percentage points from 2022.

Dollar General Operating Margin 2022: 8.8%

Dollar General operating margin in 2022 was 8.79%, contracted 0.6 percentage points from 2021.

Dollar General Operating Margin 2021: 9.4%

Dollar General operating margin in 2021 was 9.41%.

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