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$1,000 in Dollar General Corporation in 2024 → $954 today

If you'd invested $1,000 in Dollar General Corporation (DG) on January 1, 2024 — at the December 2023 month-end close of $128 — and held to the latest close (2026-08-), you'd have $954. That's a -4.6% total return — trailing the S&P 500, where the same $1,000 became $1,616.

$1,000 in 2024$954Total return-4.6%Multiple95%CAGR-1.7%

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FAQ

How much is $1,000 invested in DG in 2024 worth today?

$1,000 invested in Dollar General Corporation (DG) at the month-end close of 2023-12- would be worth $954 at the latest month-end close (2026-08-), a total return of -4.6% with dividends reinvested.

Did $1,000 in DG in 2024 beat the market?

Over the same span, $1,000 in the S&P 500 index would be worth $1,616 — so Dollar General Corporation (DG) trailed the index by +40.9%.

What does "month-end close" mean for this calculation?

The scenario invests at the December 2023 month-end close (the price entering 2024) and values the position at the most recent month-end close (2026-08-). Intra-month extremes are shown on the DG calculator page.

Is the 2024–2026 return in DG typical?

No single year is typical. DG's best calendar-year return since 2009 was about +79.6%, and its worst was -44.1%.

Methodology

Dollar General Corporation (DG) total-return data from January 2024 through the latest month-end close (2026-08-).

The entry price is the 2023 December month-end close and the exit is the latest available month-end close, both from adjusted (split and dividend) Yahoo Finance historical data.

Month-end resolution, no taxes or fees, and history never guarantees the future. For exact-date precision (including buying at a panic low), use the DG calculator page.

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Data: Yahoo Finance. As of 2026-08-. Not financial advice.