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How DOLLAR GENERAL CORP makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$42.7B · 100%Cost of revenue$29.6B · 69%Gross profit$13.1B · 31%Operating income$2.2B · 5%Income before tax$2.0B · 5%Income tax$452M · 1%Net income$1.5B · 4%As of 2026-01-30 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$42.7B100%
Cost of revenue$29.6B69%
$13.1B31%
$2.2B5%
Income before tax$2.0B5%
Income tax$452M1%
$1.5B4%
Source: · event Jan 30, 2026 · retrieved Oct 15, 2026 · annual-row source set
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