Dividends

DGDollar General

StockNYSEUnited StatesConsumer staplesEU retail investors: available

+2.2% today · +40.4% over a year

9/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 82% of the instruments we score

Dividend safety: among the best of its peers; priced lower than most peers. Dividend yield 1.73%.

Dollar General (DG) dividends: trailing yield 1.73%, Dividend Safety 83/100, not lowered for 11 years, 5-year growth 7.8% a year.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
1.73%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
1.73%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$2.36
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
83 / 100
Very safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
1.73% → 1.42%
Forward
1.73% → 1.42%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (United States)
15.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
82.35%
  • Source country assumed: United States (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 1.42%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

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Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+7.8%
Years without a lower dividend
11
Years without a cut of over 10 %
11
Payout ratio (earnings)
31%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
26%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 $0.25, 2017 $0.78, 2018 $1.13, 2019 $1.25, 2020 $1.40, 2021 $1.62, 2022 $2.62, 2023 $1.77, 2024 $2.36, 2025 $2.362016: $0.252017: $0.782018: $1.132019: $1.252020: $1.402021: $1.622022: $2.622023: $1.772024: $2.362025: $2.36

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
06 Oct 202620 Oct 2026$0.59RegularVerified3
07 Jul 202622 Jul 2026$0.59RegularVerified2
07 Apr 202622 Apr 2026$0.59RegularVerified2
06 Jan 202621 Jan 2026$0.59RegularVerified2

Each payment is checked against up to 3 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.

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