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Dollar General stock buybacks

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—No share repurchases in the company’s standard SEC financial data for the last twelve months.

Dollar General’s filings haven’t reported share repurchases in standard form since Q1 2023.

Stock repurchases by quarter
$0$600M$1.2BQ4 '20Q4 '21Q4 '22Q4 '23Q4 '24Q3 '26
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PeriodValue
Q4 '20$901.9M
Q1 '21$899.9M
Q2 '21$1B
Q3 '21$699.8M
Q4 '21$359.8M
Q1 '22$489.8M
Q2 '22$746.8M
Q3 '22$348.6M
Q4 '22$546.5M
Q1 '23$1.1B
Q2 '23$0
Q3 '23$0
Q4 '23$0
Q1 '24$0
Q2 '24$0
Q3 '24$0
Q4 '24$0
Q1 '25$0
Q2 '25$0
Q3 '25$0
Q4 '25$0
Q1 '26$0
Q2 '26$0
Q3 '26$0
Diluted shares outstanding
221.1M234.4M247.7MQ4 '20Q4 '21Q4 '22Q4 '23Q4 '24Q4 '25Q3 '26
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PeriodValue
Q4 '20249.1M
Q1 '21245.4M
Q2 '21240.3M
Q3 '21236.4M
Q4 '21234.0M
Q1 '22232.5M
Q2 '22229.6M
Q3 '22227.5M
Q4 '22225.7M
Q1 '23222.4M
Q2 '23220.1M
Q3 '23220.0M
Q4 '23219.8M
Q1 '24219.9M
Q2 '24220.1M
Q3 '24220.1M
Q4 '24220.0M
Q1 '25220.0M
Q2 '25220.1M
Q3 '25220.9M
Q4 '25221.0M
Q1 '26221.3M
Q2 '26221.6M
Q3 '26221.5M
$0last quarter (Q3 2026)
−$100Mnet of stock compensation ($100M)
+0.3%diluted shares, 1 year
−11.7%diluted shares, 5 years
$520Mdividends, 12 months
0%of free cash flow ($2.0B) spent on buybacks
$0raised by issuing stock, 12 months
$1.4Bleft under its authorization as of Jan 30, 2026

Dollar General’s recent filings don’t report repurchases in the standard XBRL fields we read. That usually means it didn’t buy back stock, but some companies report buybacks only in custom fields. Check its latest 10-Q to be sure.

By fiscal year

Fiscal yearBuybacksDividendsStock payFree cash flowDiluted sharesFiling
2023$2.7B$494M$73M$424M226.3M10-K
2022$2.5B$392M$78M$1.8B235.8M10-K
2021$2.5B$356M$69M$2.8B250.1M10-K
2020$1.2B$328M$49M$1.5B258.1M10-K
2019$1.0B$307M$41M$1.4B266.1M10-K
2018$580M$283M$34M$1.2B273.4M10-K
2017$990M$281M$37M$1.0B282.3M10-K
2016$1.3B$258M$39M$887M295.2M10-K
2015$800M—$37M—305.7M10-K
2014$620M—$21M—323.9M10-K

Questions

Does Dollar General buy back its stock?
Dollar General’s filings haven’t reported share repurchases in standard form since Q1 2023.
How much did Dollar General spend on buybacks in fiscal 2023?
$2.7B, according to its 10-K for the fiscal year ending Feb 3, 2023.
Is Dollar General's share count going down?
Its diluted share count changed −11.7% over five fiscal years and +0.3% over the last year.
Does Dollar General have a buyback authorization?
Its filings show $1.4B remaining under its repurchase authorization as of Jan 30, 2026.

Latest filing used: 10-Q for the period ending Jul 31, 2026, filed Aug 27, 2026 · open on SEC.gov

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