Is DG a high-quality business?

AlphaMadera's AlphaQuality grade scores Dollar General Corporation on six pillars — profitability, capital efficiency, balance-sheet strength, growth durability, cash generation, and shareholder yield. The composite letter grade reflects how DG compares to a Buffett-style quality bar.

What is Dollar General Corporation's AlphaQuality grade?

AlphaQuality assigns a letter grade (A through F) to DG based on a six-pillar quantitative model. The live page shows the composite grade plus each pillar's individual score with the underlying metrics.

What makes DG a quality stock?

AlphaQuality looks at return on capital, free-cash-flow margins, debt-to-equity, revenue stability, dividend and buyback policy, and operating-margin trend. Stocks scoring well across all six pillars earn higher grades — the methodology favors compounders over cyclicals.

DG - Dollar General Corporation

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AlphaQuality

Quantitative six-pillar business-quality grade

Stable Earnings Power

AlphaQuality — archetype-weighted quantitative grade

C+ 59.0 / 100 composite

Composite Grade

Composite of six pillars weighted for stable earnings power businesses. Purely quantitative — no stock price or analyst input.

Profitability

Weight: 20%

D+ 39.9

5yr Avg ROIC 8.2% 51/100
Operating Margin Trend -1.31 pp/yr 14/100

Capital Efficiency

Weight: 15%

A 90.9

5yr Avg ROE 21.4% 94/100
5yr Share-Count CAGR -1.6% 85/100

Growth Quality

Weight: 15%

C- 49.0

5yr Revenue CAGR 5.7% 64/100
5yr EPS CAGR -9.4% 1/100
Revenue-Growth Years (5) 5/5 100/100

Cash Generation

Weight: 15%

B- 63.4

5yr FCF Margin 3.6% 43/100
5yr FCF/NI Conversion 0.88x 88/100

Balance Sheet

Weight: 20%

C- 49.2

Net Debt / EBITDA 4.49x 23/100
Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int) 9.56x 83/100
Altman Z-Score 2.47 56/100

Stability

Weight: 15%

B 71.1

EPS Volatility (σ/μ) 0.35 51/100
Piotroski F-Score 7 78/100
Negative-Revenue Years (5) 0/5 100/100

4 of 5 gurus held; 2 added; 2 trimmed; 1 full exit.

Holders: 4 -1
Avg Δ position: +25.0%
New buys: 0
Full exits: 1

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How this is calculated

AlphaQuality grades six pillars from 0-100 and weights each by archetype:

Profitability (20%) — 5yr Avg ROIC, Operating Margin Trend
Capital Efficiency (15%) — 5yr Avg ROE, 5yr Share-Count CAGR
Growth Quality (15%) — 5yr Revenue CAGR, 5yr EPS CAGR, Revenue-Growth Years (5)
Cash Generation (15%) — 5yr FCF Margin, 5yr FCF/NI Conversion
Balance Sheet (20%) — Net Debt / EBITDA, Interest Coverage (EBIT/Int), Altman Z-Score
Stability (15%) — EPS Volatility (σ/μ), Piotroski F-Score, Negative-Revenue Years (5)

We deliberately ignore stock price, analyst targets, and consensus ratings so the grade is suitable for backtesting forward returns. A minimum of 5 fiscal years of audited statements is required; distressed and highly leveraged infrastructure businesses are declared ungradable rather than forced into a numeric score.