Dollar General Corporation

Dollar General Corporation, a discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, Midwestern, and eastern United States. It offers consumable products, including paper and cleaning products, such as paper towels, bath tissues, paper dinnerware, trash and storage bags, disinfectants, and laundry products; packaged food comprising cereals, pasta, canned soups, fruits and vegetables, condiments, spices, sugar, and flour; and perishables that include milk, eggs, bread, refrigerated and frozen food, beer, and wine. The company's consumable products also comprise snacks, such as candies, cookies, crackers, salty snacks, and carbonated beverages; health and beauty products, including over-the-counter medicines and personal care products, such as soaps, body washes, shampoos, cosmetics, and dental hygiene and foot care products; pet supplies and pet food; and tobacco products. In addition, it offers seasonal products comprising holiday items, toys, batteries, small electronics, greeting cards, stationery, prepaid phones and accessories, gardening supplies, hardware, and automotive and home office supplies; and home products that include kitchen supplies, cookware, small appliances, light bulbs, storage containers, frames, candles, craft supplies and kitchen, and bed and bath soft goods. Further, the company provides apparel, which comprise casual everyday apparel for infants, toddlers, girls, boys, women, and men, as well as socks, underwear, disposable diapers, shoes, and accessories. As of February 25, 2022, it operated 18,190 stores in 47 states in the United States. The company was formerly known as J.L. Turner & Son, Inc. and changed its name to Dollar General Corporation in 1968. Dollar General Corporation was founded in 1939 and is based in Goodlettsville, Tennessee.

Dollar General Corporation trades as DG on NYSE. The company is classified in Consumer Defensive / Discount Stores and reports in USD.

The current profile places the business in Discount Stores. This section is intended to summarize the operating segments, products, geographies, and main revenue lines from official filings.

Latest available fiscal data shows $42.72B of revenue and $1.51B of net income.

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Dollar General Corporation can be compared against peers such as Bunge Global S.A., BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc., Church & Dwight Co., Inc., Dollar Tree, Inc., Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V., General Mills, Inc..

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Current signals to investigate include market capitalization of $22.87B, beta of 0.26, and return on equity of +17.8%.

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DG currently shows total debt of $15.72B and beta of 0.26. Missing data should be treated as a research gap, not as low risk.

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Recent filings to review: 10-Q (2026-06-02 00:00:00), 8-K (2026-06-02 00:00:00), 4 (2026-06-01 00:00:00), 3 (2026-06-01 00:00:00).

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Company website: https://www.dollargeneral.com

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