Dollar General Corporation (DG)

18 members of Congress have disclosed trading DG — 16 purchases and 14 sales worth an estimated $507,002. Most recent disclosure: Jun 11, 2025.

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 towels, bath tissues, paper dinnerware, trash and storage bags, disinfectants, and laundry products; packaged food, such as cereals, pasta, canned soups, canned meats, fruits and vegetables, condiments, spices, sugar, and flour; and perishables, including milk, eggs, bread, refrigerated and frozen food, beer, wine, and produce; candy, cookies, crackers, salty snacks, and carbonated beverages; over-the-counter medicines and personal care products including soap, body wash, shampoo, cosmetics, dental hygiene and foot care products; pet supplies and pet food; and tobacco products. The company also provides seasonal products comprising holiday items, toys, batteries, small electronics, greeting cards, stationery, prepaid phones and accessories, gardening supplies, hardware, automotive, and home office supplies; home products include kitchen supplies, cookware, small appliances, light bulbs, storage containers, frames, candles, craft supplies and kitchen, and bed and bath soft goods; and apparel products for infants, toddlers, girls, boys, women and men, as well as socks, underwear, disposable diapers, shoes and accessories. 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.

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• P/E ratio (16.9) — how many dollars you pay for each $1 of DG's yearly profit. That's a fairly normal range.
• ROE (18.91%) — how efficiently the company turns shareholders' money into profit. This is a middling level.
• Profit margin (3.63%) — of every $1 in sales, this is what's left as profit after all costs.
• Dividend yield (1.97%) — the cash payout you'd earn per year as a % of the share price, on top of any price gains.