Dollar General Corporation

DG stock score: 65/100

$134.19 · +0.69% · Scored Oct 20, 2026

Technical
63
Fundamental
67
News
56

The reading

Dollar General (DG) scores 65 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 84% of Consumer Defensive stocks and 89% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 63, fundamentals 67.

Among the fundamentals, Institutional Ownership at 100 and Earnings Growth (Annual) at 99 score highest, while Earnings Growth (5-Year) at 12 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 69 and contrarian oscillators 26 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is neutral at 56; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 42 to 68, and it is up 22 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward DG’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

67

Pulling it up

  • Institutional Ownership100

    Institutional ownership measures the percentage held by professional investors.

  • Earnings Growth (Annual)99

    Annual earnings growth tracks year-over-year profit expansion.

  • Earnings Growth (Quarterly)99

    Quarterly earnings growth measures profit increase versus the prior-year quarter.

Holding it back

  • Earnings Growth (5-Year)12

    5-year earnings growth evaluates long-term profit trajectory and consistency.

  • Asset Turnover16

    Asset turnover is revenue divided by total assets: how much sales a company generates from each dollar of assets.

  • Inventory Turnover27

    Inventory turnover is how many times a year a company sells through its inventory.

41 weighted scorers.

Technical · daily

65

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • VWAP100

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

  • Ichimoku Cloud100

    Ichimoku Cloud is a comprehensive indicator showing support/resistance, trend direction, and momentum.

Holding it back

  • Bollinger Bands (50)0

    Bollinger Bands (50-period) measure where price sits between bands two standard deviations around its 50-period average.

  • Bollinger Bands (20)6

    Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.

  • RSI (14)12

    Relative Strength Index (14-period) measures momentum by comparing recent gains to losses.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
56
Social Sentiment (1W)
56

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly581
Daily653
Weekly652
Monthly632
Quarterly602

Composite score, last 90 days

05010065Jul 25, 2026Oct 20, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 43Jul 26, 2026: 43Jul 27, 2026: 46Jul 28, 2026: 42Jul 29, 2026: 66Jul 30, 2026: 66Jul 31, 2026: 68Aug 2, 2026: 56Aug 3, 2026: 58Aug 4, 2026: 57Aug 5, 2026: 57Aug 6, 2026: 57Aug 7, 2026: 60Aug 8, 2026: 60Aug 9, 2026: 60Aug 10, 2026: 57Aug 11, 2026: 56Aug 12, 2026: 56Aug 13, 2026: 58Aug 14, 2026: 59Aug 15, 2026: 59Aug 16, 2026: 59Aug 17, 2026: 56Aug 18, 2026: 59Aug 19, 2026: 59Aug 20, 2026: 57Aug 22, 2026: 60Aug 23, 2026: 60Aug 24, 2026: 61Aug 25, 2026: 60Aug 26, 2026: 58Aug 27, 2026: 62Aug 28, 2026: 60Aug 29, 2026: 60Aug 30, 2026: 60Aug 31, 2026: 61Sep 1, 2026: 63Sep 2, 2026: 63Sep 3, 2026: 63Sep 4, 2026: 64Sep 5, 2026: 63Sep 6, 2026: 63Sep 7, 2026: 63Sep 8, 2026: 62Sep 9, 2026: 59Sep 10, 2026: 58Sep 11, 2026: 59Sep 12, 2026: 59Sep 13, 2026: 59Sep 14, 2026: 62Sep 15, 2026: 61Sep 16, 2026: 58Sep 17, 2026: 59Sep 18, 2026: 58Sep 19, 2026: 58Sep 20, 2026: 58Sep 21, 2026: 57Sep 22, 2026: 58Sep 23, 2026: 58Sep 24, 2026: 60Sep 25, 2026: 60Sep 26, 2026: 59Sep 27, 2026: 59Sep 28, 2026: 60Sep 29, 2026: 58Sep 30, 2026: 56Oct 1, 2026: 55Oct 2, 2026: 55Oct 3, 2026: 56Oct 4, 2026: 55Oct 5, 2026: 56Oct 6, 2026: 60Oct 7, 2026: 60Oct 8, 2026: 61Oct 9, 2026: 62Oct 10, 2026: 62Oct 11, 2026: 62Oct 12, 2026: 62Oct 13, 2026: 61Oct 14, 2026: 62Oct 15, 2026: 65Oct 16, 2026: 65Oct 17, 2026: 65Oct 18, 2026: 65Oct 19, 2026: 64Oct 20, 2026: 65
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Key facts

Market cap
$29.6B
Sector
Consumer Defensive
Industry
Discount Stores
Beta
0.23
Risk grade (1–10)
4
Next earnings
Aug 27, 2026

Discount Stores peers

CompanyMarket capScore
TGT Target$70.0B61
DLTR Dollar Tree$23.4B68
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club$12.9B65
TBBB BBB Foods$6.9B59
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet$5.5B66
PSMT PriceSmart$5.3B66

Questions

What is DG's stock score today?

DG scores 65/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 20, 2026: technical 63, fundamental 67, and news sentiment 56, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is DG a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 65 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the DG score calculated?

103 weighted scorers feed it today: 41 fundamental, scored against Consumer Defensive ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.