NYSE · Dividend

Dollar General Corporation (DG) Dividend

$132.69 NYSE: DG Market Cap $29.27B

Metric	Value
Dividend Yield	1.89%
Indicated Annual Dividend	$2.51
Payout Ratio	30.56%
FCF Yield	9.23%
Current Price	$132.69

Dividend Analysis

Dollar General Corporation (DG) currently pays a dividend yielding 1.89%, an indicated annual rate of roughly $2.51 per share. The payout ratio is 30.56%, meaning less than 40% of reported earnings were paid out as dividends. Free cash flow yield is 9.23%. FCF yield compares the cash a company generates with its market value and can be read alongside the earnings-based payout ratio.

Dollar General Corporation pays quarterly; the payout ratio is 30.6% of earnings; free cash flow yield of 9.23% covers the 1.78% dividend yield.

Payment schedule

Measure	Value
Indicated annual dividendYield times the current share price.	$2.36
Dividend yieldAnnual dividend as a percentage of the share price.	1.78%
Payments per yearThis stock pays quarterly.	4
Amount per paymentIndicated annual dividend divided by the number of payments.	$0.59

Dividend income by amount invested

At today's price and the current indicated dividend. Shares are not rounded to whole numbers, and a future dividend is never guaranteed.

Invested	Shares	Income per year	Per payment
$1,000	7.5	$17.80	$4.45
$5,000	37.7	$89.00	$22.25
$10,000	75.4	$178.00	$44.50
$25,000	188.4	$445.00	$111.25
$50,000	376.8	$890.00	$222.50

Yield across the 52-week range

Yield moves opposite the share price. Holding the current dividend constant, this is what the yield would have been at each end of the last year's range.

Share price	Price	Yield
At the 52-week high	$158.23	1.49%
Today	$132.69	1.78%
At the 52-week low	$95.11	2.48%

Dividend yield against peers

Dollar General Corporation ranks 2 of 6 by dividend yield among these companies; 1 yields more.

Company	Yield	P/E	Price
Kroger Company (The) (KR)	2.65%	31.63	$66.77
Dollar General Corporation (DG)	1.78%	17.17	$132.69
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)	0.64%	33.40	$1003.32
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (BJ)	0.00%	20.35	$105.84
Dollar Tree, Inc. (DLTR)	0.00%	13.91	$125.31
Avenue Supermarts Limited (DMART.NS)	0.00%	69.89	$3157.70