Dollar General Corporation Dividends
The next dividend date for Dollar General Corporation is October 7, 2025.
A dividend of $0.59 per share is scheduled.
What is a Dividend Date
When we talk about a dividend date, we’re referring specifically to the ex-dividend date.
This is the date on which all stockholders will earn a dividend. Technically, a person needs to be the owner of a share of stock as of the night before the ex-dividend date in order to earn the dividend.
The ex-dividend date is different than the date when the dividend is issued. Although you earn a dividend on the ex-dividend date, that dividend is typically not disbursed to your account until several weeks later.
Most brokerages will automatically credit the dividend to your account once it’s issued.
Historical Dividends for Dollar General Corporation (DG)
More About Dollar General Corporation
Inflation might be cutting down the weight of the dollar, but at DG you can still make your “Washingtons” go a long way. This discount retailer offers customers over 2000 household essentials and consumer products for—you guessed it—a dollar. DG has been a standout performer in the retail sector for its ability to keep prices bottom low. If you are looking for an investment opportunity that offers value to both consumers and investors, DG might be your stock.
Owning Dollar General Corporation Stock on the Dividend Date
If you own Dollar General Corporation stock on the ex-dividend date, then you earn the associated dividend.
Theoretically, the price of Dollar General Corporation stock should go down by the amount of the dividend (in addition to any other pressures that market forces have on the price of Dollar General Corporation stock).
Therefore, it is typically not expected that there is any incremental profit to be gained from buying Dollar General Corporation stock right before the ex-dividend date and then selling it immediately after. It’s not like you get the Dollar General Corporation dividend payout for free just by doing that since there is typically an equivalent commensurate drop in the stock price.
Owning Dollar General Corporation Options on the Dividend Date
Unlike the stock price, which will normally have an abrupt decrease by the amount of the dividend on the ex-dividend date, option prices typically do not reflect the same phenomenon.
The reason is that in the time leading up to the ex-dividend date, that projected drop in Dollar General Corporation stock price from the dividend is already baked into Dollar General Corporation option prices.
That means the prices of call options that overlap the Dollar General Corporation ex-dividend date typically go down in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
The prices of put options that overlap the Dollar General Corporation ex-dividend date typically go up in the period leading up to the ex-dividend date.
Owners of Dollar General Corporation call options do not receive the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date. Owners of Dollar General Corporation put options are not responsible to pay the dividend, even if they own the options on the ex-dividend date.
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