DOLLAR GENERAL CORP: operating cash flow
Operating cash flow for DOLLAR GENERAL CORP. Inspect selected reporting periods, original units and SEC filing links; download the financial history.
All DOLLAR GENERAL CORP financial histories
What this measure means
Cash generated or used by operating activities. Working-capital timing can make this differ substantially from reported income.
Exact concept: us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities. Each value covers an annual-duration reporting interval, shown with both start and end dates. Different units remain separate; no currency conversion or interpolation is applied.
Coverage of this history
Selected reporting periods run from 2015-01-31 to 2026-01-30. The SEC response was captured on 2026-09-19.
Selected filing history
| Period start | Period end | Value | Unit | Filed | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-01 | 2026-01-30 | 3,634,500,000 | USD | 2026-03-20 | 10-K · 0001104659-26-032325 |
| 2024-02-03 | 2025-01-31 | 2,996,064,000 | USD | 2026-03-20 | 10-K · 0001104659-26-032325 |
| 2023-02-04 | 2024-02-02 | 2,391,798,000 | USD | 2026-03-20 | 10-K · 0001104659-26-032325 |
| 2022-01-29 | 2023-02-03 | 1,984,555,000 | USD | 2025-03-21 | 10-K · 0001558370-25-003413 |
| 2021-01-30 | 2022-01-28 | 2,865,811,000 | USD | 2024-03-25 | 10-K · 0001558370-24-003813 |
| 2020-02-01 | 2021-01-29 | 3,876,159,000 | USD | 2023-03-24 | 10-K · 0001558370-23-004574 |
| 2019-02-02 | 2020-01-31 | 2,237,998,000 | USD | 2022-03-18 | 10-K · 0001558370-22-003921 |
| 2018-02-03 | 2019-02-01 | 2,143,550,000 | USD | 2021-03-19 | 10-K · 0001558370-21-003245 |
| 2017-02-04 | 2018-02-02 | 1,802,108,000 | USD | 2020-03-19 | 10-K · 0001558370-20-002915 |
| 2016-01-30 | 2017-02-03 | 1,605,041,000 | USD | 2019-03-22 | 10-K · 0001558370-19-002383 |
| 2015-01-31 | 2016-01-29 | 1,391,686,000 | USD | 2018-03-23 | 10-K · 0001558370-18-002366 |
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- Entity
- DOLLAR GENERAL CORP / CIK 0000029534
- Captured
- 2026-09-19T10:53:41.999Z
- SEC response SHA-256
16157a14c6c91f04a8b3e89ccedfc91ee0d5ea6978f8c6ed1d25d8cfe73541cf
Current SEC company facts · Download the original response snapshot (gzip) · Download the selected JSON
Latest-filed annual-report facts per unit and reporting period at capture time. Duration facts cover 300 to 400 days. This selection can include restatements and is not a point-in-time backtest dataset. Missing concepts are omitted, never zero-filled. Values retain original units and are not currency converted.
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import json
from urllib.request import urlopen
with urlopen("https://canlicapital.com/company-data/0000029534.json") as response:
record = json.load(response)
print(record["fetched_at"])
print(record["policy"])
for concept in record["concepts"]:
print(concept["tag"], next(iter(concept["observations"])))