Dollar General vs Dollar Tree DG vs DLTR
Dollar General and Dollar Tree on one sheet: valuation multiples, growth, margins, debt, dividends and returns, each section labelled with the period it covers, from the companies' filings. Add or remove a stock above the sheet; the link holds the set.
DGDLTR
What differs most
- Return on equity: Dollar Tree 47.1%, Dollar General 18.3%.
- Net margin: Dollar Tree 8.0%, Dollar General 3.9%.
- Operating margin: Dollar Tree 11.0%, Dollar General 5.6%.
- Free-cash-flow yield: Dollar General 8.1%, Dollar Tree 4.5%.
- Dollar Tree paid no dividend in the last twelve months.
Price return
2025-10-16 → 2026-10-16
DG+29.3%
DLTR+32.1%
Profile
latestSector
Consumer Defensive
Consumer Defensive
Industry
Discount Stores
Discount Stores
Market value
$29.66B
$23.30B
Enterprise value
$32.64B
$25.18B
Employees
194,000
150,000
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$225K
$134K
Our models
nightlythe valuation on each stock's pagePrice vs model
20% undervalued vs model
3% overvalued vs model
Model range
$55.46–301
$77.38–292
Models in the headline
1
1
FCF growth priced in, at a 10% return
8.0%
12.5%
Every model, its assumptions and its range: DG valuation · DLTR valuation. The growth priced in, at any return: DG reverse DCF · DLTR reverse DCF.
Trading
close 2026-10-16Last close
$134.36
$124.18
52-week high
$156.24
$141.21
52-week low
$95.94
$86.80
Price vs 52-week high
−14.0%
−12.1%
Price vs 52-week low
+40.0%
+43.1%
Average daily volume / shares
1.1%
1.3%
Beta
0.23
0.72
Returns
to 2026-10-161 month
+9.2%
+10.5%
3 months
+5.7%
−3.3%
6 months
+8.8%
+24.3%
Year to date
+1.2%
+1.0%
1 year
+29.3%
+32.1%
1 year, dividends added
+31.6%
+32.1%
2 years
+63.4%
+82.6%
Valuation
DG price × TTM to Jul 2026 · DLTR price × TTM to Aug 2026P/E (TTM)
17.5×
15.2×
P/E on consensus EPS (next FY)
17.0×
15.7×
Price / sales
0.7×
1.2×
EV / sales
0.7×
1.3×
EV / EBITDA
9.3×
—
Price / book
3.2×
6.8×
Price / free cash flow (FY)
12.4×
22.0×
Free-cash-flow yield (FY)
8.1%
4.5%
Growth
TTM and FY2026Revenue growth (TTM)
+3.6%
—
Revenue growth, consensus next FY
+4.2%
+6.6%
Revenue, 3-year CAGR
4.1%
−11.9%
Revenue, 5-year CAGR
4.8%
−5.3%
EPS growth (TTM)
+32.8%
—
EPS growth, consensus next FY
+15.5%
+27.1%
EPS, 3-year CAGR
−13.8%
−4.8%
Free cash flow, 3-year CAGR
78.1%
42.4%
Diluted shares, 3-year change
−2.4%
−7.9%
Profitability
DG TTM to Jul 2026 · DLTR TTM to Aug 2026Gross margin (FY)†
30.7%
36.4%
Operating margin
5.6%
11.0%
EBITDA margin
8.1%
—
Net margin
3.9%
8.0%
Free-cash-flow margin (FY)
5.6%
5.4%
Return on equity
18.3%
47.1%
Return on assets
5.3%
11.5%
Asset turnover
1.36
1.43
† Gross margin (FY): As filed. Companies draw the cost-of-revenue line in different places, so gross margins of two companies in one industry can differ for that reason alone; operating margin does not depend on where the line is drawn.
Balance sheet
DG MRQ Jul 2026 · DLTR MRQ Aug 2026Cash
$1.59B
$1.06B
Total debt
$4.57B
$2.93B
Net debt
$2.98B
$1.88B
Debt / equity
0.5×
0.9×
Net debt / EBITDA (TTM)
0.8×
—
Interest coverage (FY)
9.6×
18.7×
Current ratio (FY)
1.13
1.07
Dividends
trailing 12 monthsDividend yield
1.8%
0.0%
Dividends per share
$2.36
$0.00
Payout ratio (of TTM EPS)
30.7%
—
Dividend per share, 5-year CAGR
7.8%
—
Frequency
Quarterly
—
Ownership and activity
last 90 days · latest 13FTracked superinvestors holding (13F)
6
2
Insider open-market buys (Form 4)
$0
$0
Insider sales (Form 4)
$733K
$471K
Analyst upgrades
2
2
Analyst downgrades
0
0
Statements
DG income TTM to Jul 2026 · cash flow FY2026 · DLTR income TTM to Aug 2026 · cash flow FY2026Revenue
$43.64B
$20.05B
EBITDA
$3.52B
—
Operating income
$2.44B
$2.20B
Net income
$1.70B
$1.61B
EPS (diluted)
$7.69
$8.16
Operating cash flow
$3.63B
$2.19B
Capital expenditure
−$1.24B
−$1.13B
Free cash flow
$2.39B
$1.06B
Dividends paid
$519.5M
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Statements from the companies' SEC filings; prices, dividends and consensus estimates from Financial Modeling Prep; insider trades from Form 4 and holdings from 13F. Refreshed nightly. A comparison of filed numbers, not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any security.