Share buybacks · 2011–2022

Dollar General share buybacks

$2.7B+7.8% · FY2022

Dollar General (DG) reported $2.7B in share buybacks for fiscal 2022, +7.8% year on year.

$187M2011$671M2012$620M2013$800M2014$1.3B2015$990M2016$580M2017$1.0B2018$1.2B2019$2.5B2020$2.5B2021$2.7B2022
Dollar General — Share buybacks, 2011–2022
Fiscal yearShare buybacksChangeFiling
FY20222023-02-03$2.7B+7.8%Open →
FY20212022-01-28$2.5B+3.4%Open →
FY20202021-01-29$2.5B+105.5%Open →
FY20192020-01-31$1.2B+19.1%Open →
FY20182019-02-01$1.0B+73.8%Open →
FY20172018-02-02$580M−41.5%Open →
FY20162017-02-03$990M−23.8%Open →
FY20152016-01-29$1.3B+62.4%Open →
FY20142015-01-30$800M+29.0%Open →
FY20132014-01-31$620M−7.7%Open →
FY20122013-02-01$671M+259.8%Open →
FY20112012-02-03$187M—Open →

Share buybacks — Share buybacks are the cash a company spent during the year repurchasing its own stock, taken from the financing section of the cash-flow statement. Most companies buy back nothing at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the minority that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2022 compound annual growth +27.7%

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