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Dollar General Corp.: source evidence dated 2026-10-09.
- Daily close (USD)
- $127.23
- Market capitalization (USD)
- $28,069,074,191.7
- Price / earnings (TTM)
- 16.48
- Price / book
- 3.02
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Company overview
Dollar General Corporation, a discount retailer, provides various merchandise products in the southern, southwestern, midwestern, and eastern United States. The company 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. It 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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These values come from the daily market snapshot dated 2026-10-09. TTM means trailing twelve months. Use the market date when comparing DG with another company.
| Daily close (USD) | $127.23 |
| Market capitalization (USD) | $28,069,074,191.7 |
| Price / earnings (TTM) | 16.48 |
| Price / book | 3.02 |
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Company size
Dollar General Corp.'s recorded market capitalization is $28,069,074,191.7. It measures the market value of the company's equity, rather than its revenue or cash balance.
Price relative to earnings
DG's recorded P/E is 16.48: about $16.48 of share price for each $1 of trailing annual earnings per share. Compare that multiple with earnings growth and companies in the same business.
Price relative to book equity
DG's recorded price-to-book ratio is 3.02. That compares its market equity value with recorded book equity. Examine its business and balance sheet to understand why those values differ.
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