Company Dossier · Consumer Discretionary
Dollar General
- S&P 500
- Russell 1000
What Dollar General is doing, read from its filings, its own words and the news, with every figure dated and sourced. Not investment advice: no ratings, no price targets.
Open the full company record in Palanor: guidance, KPIs, ownership, calls, prices →
The latest read
Computed from the data on Oct 22, 2026. Every figure links back to its source in the sections below.
- Revenue over the four quarters to July 31, 2026: $43.6 billion, up 4.8% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure) over the four quarters to July 31, 2026: $2.01 billion, up 8.6% from a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Capital expenditure over the four quarters to July 31, 2026: $1.31 billion, about level with a year earlier.SEC EDGAR filings (XBRL)
- Share buybacks in the fiscal year to February 3, 2023: $2.75 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Long-term debt issued in the fiscal year to February 2, 2024: $1.50 billion.SEC EDGAR filings (10-K)
- Latest earnings call or results release (August 27, 2026): sentiment 0.80 on a −1 to +1 scale (confident, opportunity-framed), confidence 0.90 of 1.Palanor Discourse
- Guidance in the last 90 days: 3 outlook figures raised, 0 lowered, 1 held.Guidance Ledger (8-K results releases)
- Latest annual report (filed March 20, 2026): 0 risk factors added, 0 removed.Risk Factor Changes (10-K Item 1A)
- Insiders were net sellers in Q3 2026: $0.7 million on the open market.SEC Form 4
- 1,137 institutional managers reported a position at June 30, 2026 (−18 on the quarter before).SEC Form 13F
- H-1B filings certified in Q2 2026: 9 (8 a year earlier).U.S. Department of Labor (OFLC)
Risk events (12 months): 1 — latest OSHA inspection, Nov 17, 2025 →
Company Posture
How Company Posture is measured →What Dollar General is doing, on three axes, from its filings and its own words, as of 2026-10-22. A description, not a rating: Company Posture never says whether to buy.
Steady · Confident
Expanding ↔ Retrenching
Steady
- Capital spending49th pct
- Debt raised—
- Buybacks vs capex—
- Hiring filings73rd pct
- Deals and private raises48th pct
- Patent publications52nd pct
- + Hiring filings
- − Deals and private raises
- − Capital spending
Confident ↔ Hedging
Confident
- Call sentiment93rd pct
- Call confidence94th pct
- Guidance changes67th pct
- Risk factors added70th pct
- Insider open-market trades41st pct
- + Call sentiment
- + Call confidence
- + Guidance changes
Pressure
Components only: Not yet shown as a score: in the back-test it did not add to a naive reader's forecast of impairment, debt acceleration or bankruptcy filings (8-K 2.06, 2.04, 1.03) (not enough events (17 in half 1; needs 20)).
- Fails-to-deliver31st pct
- Stress filings50th pct
Credit
How these are built →Dollar General's borrowing from its SEC filings: the bonds it priced and the debt on its latest balance sheet. A description, not a rating.
Debt on the balance sheet
$4.6B
- Due within a year $0.0B
- Longer term $4.6B
- Default point $2.3B (short + ½ long)
Finance leases included · Jul 31, 2026 filing
Bonds priced, last 12 months
None
U.S. dollar tranches with a term sheet on EDGAR. Deals sold under Rule 144A file none and are not counted.
Charts
Live charts: each one redraws from today’s data and has an image link to paste into a document or slide.
Cash flow
Capital returned and raised
What the company says
Hiring and ownership
In the news
Headlines that name Dollar General, with the publisher and a link. The tone is read from each headline’s own words, never from a summary of the article.
- NeutralDollar General: The Instacart Deal Could Unleash The Massive Value Hiding In Plain Sight
seekingalpha.com · via Marketaux · Oct 9, 2026
Filings and records
The last two years of notable 8-Ks, offerings, annual reports, federal awards, lobbying reports, patents and other public records, newest first.
- Oct 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THE VOGEL GROUP)third_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Oct 13, 2026Trademark
- Aug 28, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Aug 21, 2026Trademark
- Jul 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THE VOGEL GROUP)second_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Jun 2, 20268-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 20, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THE VOGEL GROUP)first_quarter 2026 · $0.1 million
- Mar 24, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Mar 20, 202610-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Feb 23, 2026Trademark
- Feb 3, 20268-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jan 19, 2026LobbyingLobbying report (THE VOGEL GROUP)fourth_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
- Nov 17, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Nov 17, 2025Risk event
- Nov 13, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Oct 20, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (THE VOGEL GROUP)third_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
- Oct 1, 2025Risk event
- Sep 22, 2025Risk event
- Aug 20, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Aug 5, 2025Trademark
- Jul 21, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (THE VOGEL GROUP)second_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
- Jul 16, 20258-KDirector or officer changeItem 5.02
- Jul 15, 2025Trademark
- Jun 3, 20258-KShareholder vote resultsItem 5.07
- Apr 20, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (THE VOGEL GROUP)first_quarter 2025 · $0.1 million
- Mar 21, 202510-KAnnual report (10-K)2 risk factors added, 0 removed
- Mar 13, 20258-KMaterial agreement signedItem 1.01
- Feb 13, 2025Risk event
- Jan 21, 2025LobbyingLobbying report (THE VOGEL GROUP)fourth_quarter 2024 · $0.1 million
- Mar 25, 202410-KAnnual report (10-K)0 risk factors added, 0 removed
Peers
Companies in the same industry in the S&P 500, Russell 1000 or MidCap 400, closest in revenue first. Trailing twelve months, from SEC filings.
| Company | Revenue | Free cash flow | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dollar Tree DLTR | $20.1B | $2.0B | Aug 1, 2026 |
| Target Corp. TGT | $108B | $4.5B | Aug 1, 2026 |
| Walmart Inc. WMT | $728B | $13.5B | Jul 31, 2026 |
| Costco Wholesale COST | — | — | — |
| Best Buy Co. BBY | $42.2B | $1.8B | Aug 1, 2026 |
| Nike Inc. NKE | $45.9B | $2.1B | Aug 31, 2026 |
| Starbucks Corp. SBUX | $38.3B | $3.6B | Jun 28, 2026 |
| Lithia Motors LAD | $37.9B | −$0.5B | Jun 30, 2026 |