Dollar General reported second-quarter fiscal 2026 net sales up 5.2% to $11.3 billion, operating profit up 29.2% to $769.2 million and diluted EPS up 33.3% to $2.48. The company raised its fiscal 2026 diluted EPS guidance to $7.80 to $8.00 from $7.20 to $7.45, including an estimated $0.25 benefit from tariff refunds in the second quarter, and said it expects to resume share repurchases in the second half of the year.
Same-store sales rose 3.5%, with customer traffic up 2.0% and average transaction amount up 1.5%
Fiscal 2026 diluted EPS guidance is $7.80 to $8.00, up from $7.20 to $7.45 previously
Board declared a quarterly dividend of $0.59 per share, payable on or before October 20, 2026, to holders of record on October 6, 2026
Share repurchases of up to $700 million planned for fiscal 2026; $1.4 billion remained under the authorization at the end of the quarter
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From Dollar General's 10-Q and 10-K filings (SEC XBRL). YoY compares each quarter with the same quarter a year earlier; it is blank when the year-ago figure is missing or negative.
Annual results
Fiscal year
Revenue
Growth
EPS (diluted)
Growth
Net margin
FY2026
$42.72B
+5.2%
$6.85
+34.1%
3.5%
FY2025
$40.61B
+5.0%
$5.11
-32.3%
2.8%
FY2024
$38.69B
+2.2%
$7.55
-29.3%
4.3%
FY2023
$37.84B
+10.6%
$10.68
+5.0%
6.4%
FY2022
$34.22B
+1.4%
$10.17
-4.2%
7.0%
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What did Dollar General earn last quarter?
For the quarter ended Jul 2026, Dollar General reported diluted EPS of $2.48 (+33.3% year over year) on revenue of $11.29B (+5.2%).
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