DOLLAR GENERAL CORP vs MINISO Group Holding Limited, two Discount Stores stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Dollar General sells cheap staples through small rural stores; Miniso sells its own low-priced lifestyle goods across China and beyond. Miniso keeps far more of each sale, a 15.51% net margin to Dollar General's 3.63%, and earns more on equity, 25.45% to 17.69%. Price is where Dollar General wins: 16.9 times earnings and 2.99 times book against Miniso's 39.14 and 9.88. Dollar General throws off a strong 8.32% free cash yield and pays 1.98%; Miniso yields 2.12% and pays nothing. Dollar General carries 0.52 debt to equity while Miniso runs none. The cheap, cash-rich domestic grinder versus the higher-margin, higher-priced overseas brand.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | DG | MNSO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $118.83 | $11.78 |
| Market cap | $26.3B | $14.6B |
| Sector | Discount Stores | Discount Stores |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +36.9% |
| P/E | 16.8 | 40.5 |
| P/B | 2.98 | 10.22 |
| P/S | 0.61 | 6.23 |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.9 | 24.1 |
| Revenue growth | +4.7% | +5.4% |
| Gross margin | 31.6% | 44.9% |
| Operating margin | 5.9% | 19.5% |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 15.5% |
| Return on equity | 17.7% | 25.4% |
| Return on assets | 4.9% | 14.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 12.7% | 25.2% |
| FCF yield | 8.4% | 2.0% |
| Dividend yield | 2.0% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.52 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.17 | 2.04 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.37 | 8.27 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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