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Retail · US · Dollar General Corporation

4 of 6 ratios computed · receipts verified server-side

Idiot Index
14
out of 100 · 4/6 ratios · FY 2024

The full receipt

Latest published value for each ratio, with the sector median for context and year-over-year change where the prior year is available.

  • Markup →

    How much revenue per dollar of cost.

    1.4542× revenue / costverified
    $1 of cost becomes $1.45 of revenue
    Sector median: 1.5415Bottom 25% for extraction in sector
    FY 2024v1.0.0
  • Operational Markup →

    Revenue per dollar of cost + operating expenses. The multiplier after legitimate operations.

    Not computed: missing input.
    Needed but not in this company's XBRL filings: Operating Expenses.
    What this company did disclose: Stock Buybacks, CEO Total Compensation, Cost of Goods Sold, Dividends Paid, Total Employee Count, Median Employee Compensation, Net Income, Revenue
  • Labor Share →

    How much of every revenue dollar reaches workers.

    0.1211of revenue → workersapprox.verified
    12¢ of every $1 of revenue reaches workers
    Sector median: 0.1037Median range for extraction in sector
    FY 2024v1.0.0
  • Executive Extraction →

    How many times a CEO out-earns the median employee.

    113.6× CEO / median workerverified
    CEO earns 114× the median worker
    Sector median: 745.0Bottom 6% for extraction in sector
    FY 2024v1.0.0
  • Shareholder Extraction →

    Dollars sent to shareholders for every dollar invested in R&D.

    Not applicable to this sector.
    Companies in Retail typically don't report R&D — their growth investment goes to capex, not research expense.
    See Capital Extraction on this page — it's the universal version designed for sectors where Shareholder Extraction doesn't apply.
  • Capital Extraction →

    How much of net profit goes to shareholders rather than back into the business.

    1.3418× buybacks+dividends / net incomeverified
    134% of net profit returned to shareholders — funded beyond current-year earnings
    Sector median: 0.9729Median range for extraction in sector
    FY 2024v1.0.0

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Source data

Every raw line item this company disclosed in its XBRL filings. Click any filing to view the original on SEC.gov.

FY 2024· 8 facts
ConceptValueUnitPeriodFilingReceipt
CEO Total Compensation
CEOTotalCompensation
2,152,357USDFY0001104659-25-033041verified
Cost of Goods Sold
CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold
26,024,765,000USDFY0001558370-25-003413verified
Dividends Paid
PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock
493,726,000USDFY0001558370-25-003413verified
Median Employee Compensation
MedianEmployeeCompensation
18,951USDFY0001104659-25-033041verified
Net Income
NetIncomeLoss
2,415,989,000USDFY0001558370-25-003413verified
Revenue
RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax
37,844,863,000USDFY0001558370-25-003413verified
Stock Buybacks
PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock
2,748,014,000USDFY0001558370-25-003413verified
Total Employee Count
TotalEmployees
186,029employeesFY0001104659-25-033041verified