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Forensic Analysis · Retail / Consumer Discretionary · as of Nov 8, 2026

Dollar General Corp (DG)

A forensic read on Dollar General Corp built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

B · Sound & dependable
Forensic grade
Grey Zone
Financial health
1.5
Distress distance
Clean
Earnings quality
1
Forensic signals
19.0%
ROE
5.2%
Revenue growth

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Dollar General Corp earns a B (Sound & dependable) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 1.5, placing it in the Grey zone. 1 forensic signal was flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

7.3%
FY2026
Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 7.3% in the latest fiscal year, against 7.9% in FY2024, having run between 5.6% and 7.9% across FY2024–FY2026 with no direction held. After-tax operating profit was $1.9B in FY2024 and $1.7B in FY2026, with operating income at 6.3% of revenue in FY2024, 4.2% in FY2025 and 5.2% in FY2026. The capital base behind it went from $24.3B in FY2024 to $23.4B in FY2026 (-4%), while the revenue it carried went from $38.7B to $42.7B.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$42.72B
Revenue Growth YoY+5.2%
Revenue CAGR (2yr)+5.1%
Net Margin3.5%
Free Cash Flow$2.39B
Return on Equity19.0%
Debt / Equity0.54x

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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Nov 8, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.

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