Discount retail · head to head

DG vs DLTR

DOLLAR GENERAL CORP and DOLLAR TREE, INC., side by side on the measures that account for debt and cash — each built from filed accounts.

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Side by side

The two diverge most on ev / sales: 0.7× for DG against 1.3× for DLTR. Whether that gap is justified is a judgement this page does not make.

DOLLAR GENERAL CORP compared with DOLLAR TREE, INC.
MeasureDGDLTRSector median
EV / EBITDA*9.5×10.7×10.7×
EV / Sales*0.7×1.3×1.2×
Net debt / EBITDA0.9×0.8×0.6×
Return on capital15.9%26.0%21.6%
Operating margin5.2%8.5%4.9%
Free cash flow margin5.6%5.4%2.8%

Green marks the reading conventionally read as cheaper or stronger on that row — a direction, not a recommendation, and the two companies frequently win different rows. * Price-based multiples are a snapshot taken 2026-09-09; the rest come from filed accounts. A dash means the measure could not be computed — each company page says why.

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The full picture

This page compares two companies on ratios. Neither ratio table shows what it would cost to buy either business, how that cost is built, or which filing each term came from — those are on the company pages.