What is DG's five-year median EV/Sales?

The median, or middle weekly reading, is 0.9× over the last five years. Available history contains 533 weekly observations from Aug 8, 2016 to Oct 19, 2026.

Does a low historical rank mean a stock is a buy?

No. The rank describes a stock’s own history. Changes in growth, financial risk and the business can change the multiple investors pay. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the previous twelve months.

Dollar General (DG) valuation history

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As of Oct 22, 2026

DG's EV/Sales of 0.7x is lower than 64% of its available weekly readings from the last five years.

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EV/Sales at year-end

Last weekly reading of each completed year. Rank runs from lowest (0%) to highest (100%) within the five years available on that date.

DG year-end valuation history
Reading date	EV/Sales	5-year rank
Dec 29, 2025	0.8×	28%
Dec 30, 2024	0.5×	1%
Dec 25, 2023	0.9×	7%
Dec 26, 2022	1.7×	75%
Dec 27, 2021	1.7×	92%
Dec 28, 2020	1.7×	87%
Dec 30, 2019	1.6×	90%
Dec 31, 2018	1.3×	84%
Dec 25, 2017	1.2×	93%
Dec 26, 2016	1.1×	Short history

Peers on the same measure

Stock	EV/Sales	5-year rank
COSTCostco	1.4×	60%
DLTRDollar Tree	1.3×	43%
TGTTarget Corporation	0.7×	50%
BF-BBrown–Forman	3.8×	13%

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What is DG's current EV/Sales?: DG's EV/Sales of 0.7x is lower than 64% of its available weekly readings from the last five years.
What is DG's five-year median EV/Sales?: The median, or middle weekly reading, is 0.9× over the last five years. Available history contains 533 weekly observations from Aug 8, 2016 to Oct 19, 2026.
Does a low historical rank mean a stock is a buy?: No. The rank describes a stock’s own history. Changes in growth, financial risk and the business can change the multiple investors pay. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the previous twelve months.