DG

Dollar General
Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail · Consumer Staples · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$122.31
+1.2% on the session
1-year return
+11.1%
-18.7% over six months
Volatility
36.8%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-34.6%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Dollar General is a consumer staples merchandise retail name in the consumer staples sector. Over the past year it returned +11.1%, against +18.8% over three months and -0.7% over one. It sits 1.1% below its 200-day average, close enough that the trend is genuinely undecided. Annualized volatility of 36.8% is above the market's typical range.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -34.6%, and it has traded a median $299M a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.17 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Consumer Staples#17 of 34
Stronger than 52% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#331 of 500

How DG scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound — plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 4 others in Consumer Staples Merchandise Retail.

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Full metrics
1 day+1.2%
1 week+2.3%
1 month-0.7%
3 months+18.8%
6 months-18.7%
1 year+11.1%
12-1 momentum+11.9%
Volatility (1y, annualized)36.8%
Max drawdown (1y)-34.6%
Distance vs 200-day average-1.1%
Return per unit of risk0.30
Median daily dollar volume$299M
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