The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2025-07-13), Dollar General's share price is $113.14. Dollar General's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2025 was $35.01. Hence, Dollar General's PB Ratio of today is 3.23.
The historical rank and industry rank for Dollar General's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
DG'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.05 Med: 4.72 Max: 9.63
Current: 3.23
During the past 13 years, Dollar General's highest PB Ratio was 9.63. The lowest was 2.05. And the median was 4.72.
DG's PB Ratio is ranked worse than 72.61% of 303
companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 1.73
vs DG: 3.23
During the past 12 months, Dollar General's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.00% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.40% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 4.20% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 5.70% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Dollar General was 30.20% per year. The lowest was -1.70% per year. And the median was 12.80% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Dollar General PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Dollar General's PB Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Dollar General's PB Ratio
For the Discount Stores subindustry, Dollar General's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Dollar General's PB Ratio Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry
For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Dollar General's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Dollar General's PB Ratio falls into.
The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.
Dollar General's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.
The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.
Be Aware
Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.
Dollar General PB Ratio Related Terms
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With more than 20,000 locations, Dollar General's banner is nearly ubiquitous across the rural United States. Dollar General serves as a convenient shopping destination for fill-in store trips, with its value proposition most relevant to consumers in small communities with a dearth of shopping options. The retailer operates a frugal store of about 7,500 square feet and primarily offers an assortment of branded and private-label consumable items (80% of net sales) such as paper and cleaning products, packaged food, and health and beauty items at low prices. Dollar General also offers a limited assortment of seasonal merchandise, home products, and apparel. The firm sells most items at a price point of $10 or less.
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