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General Dynamics Corporation GD SPXR3KDEFENCE

Industrials · Aerospace & Defense · United States
https://www.gd.com
Company Profile ↓
$359.39
+15.19% 1Y
Mkt Cap$97.24B
P/E21.90
P/B3.95
Div. Yield1.64%
52W High$395.97
52W Low$308.14
Book Value$99.30
EPS (TTM)$16.41

Company Overview

General Dynamics Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems, and Technologies. The Aerospace segment produces and sells business jets; and offers aircraft maintenance and repair, management, aircraft-on-ground support, customer support and custom completion services, modifications, upgrades, and lifecycle sustainment support services. The Marine Systems segment designs and builds nuclear-powered submarines, surface combatants, and auxiliary ships for the United States Navy and Jones Act ships for commercial customers, as well as provides maintenance, modernization, and lifecycle support services for navy ships; offers and program management, planning, engineering, and design support services for submarine construction programs. The Combat Systems segment manufactures land combat solutions, such as wheeled and tracked combat vehicles, Stryker wheeled combat vehicles, piranha vehicles, weapons systems, energetics and munitions, mobile bridge systems with payloads, tactical vehicles, main battle tanks, and armored vehicles; and offers modernization programs, support and sustainment services, and development programs. The Technologies segment provides information technology solutions and mission support services; mobile communication, computers, and command-and-control mission systems; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions to military, intelligence, and federal civilian customers; cloud services, cybersecurity, network modernization, artificial intelligence; machine learning; application development, high-performance computing, and 5G and advanced communications services; and unmanned undersea vehicle manufacturing and assembly services. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

Why Investors Should Care

Strong Return on Equity

Generates a return on equity of 17.8%, reflecting efficient use of shareholder capital.

Reasonable Valuation

Trades at a P/E of 21.9, below the sector median of 27.4.

Conservative Balance Sheet

Carries low leverage with a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35.

Positive Free Cash Flow

Generates positive free cash flow, funding growth and shareholder returns internally.

Recent Developments

  • Dec 2025 Revenue of $52.55B (+10.1% YoY); net profit $4.21B.
  • Trailing 12 Months Year-on-year growth — revenue +8.1%, earnings +13.4%.
  • 5-Year Trend Long-term compounding — revenue CAGR 3.7%, profit CAGR 4.0%.

Growth & Price Performance

Compounded Sales Growth

5 Years:3.72%
1 Year:8.10%

Compounded Profit Growth

5 Years:4.02%
1 Year:13.40%

Stock Price Performance

1 Year:+15.19%
6 Months:-0.23%
3 Months:+4.19%
1 Month:-7.12%

Highlights auto-generated from reported financials and price data; not investment advice. Verify with official filings before acting.

Technical Snapshot Mixed
52-Week Range 58% of range
$308.14 $395.97
Trend Signals
  • Price vs 50-DMABelow
  • Price vs 200-DMAAbove
  • RSI (14)31.10 · Neutral
Price Performance
1M-7.12%
3M+4.19%
6M-0.23%
1Y+15.19%
Valuation vs Sector

P/E of 21.90 is below the sector median of 27.38 — relatively cheaper than peers.

Auto-generated from price history and fundamentals; not investment advice.

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Fundamental Growth Charts

Interactive charts for Revenue, Net Income, EBITDA, Free Cash Flow, EPS, ROE, ROCE, Gross/Net/Operating Margin and more — switch metric and period using the dropdowns above. CAGR is computed across the displayed window (quarterly CAGR is annualised). Visual growth charts make it easy to spot multi-year compounding trends at a glance — far faster than reading raw numbers in a table.

PROS

  • Generates positive free cash flow.
  • In a confirmed uptrend (50-DMA above 200-DMA).

CONS

No notable concerns flagged.

* The pros and cons are auto-generated from financial metrics.

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Valuation

Stock P/E
21.90
Industry PE
27.38
Forward P/E
19.41
PEG Ratio
2.69
Book Value
$99.30
Price to Book
3.95
P/S
1.93
EV/EBITDA
16.74
Dividend Yield
1.64%

Growth (CAGR)

Revenue 5Y
3.72%
Profit 5Y
4.02%
Revenue (YoY)
8.10%
Earnings (YoY)
13.40%

Profitability & Returns

ROCE
13.24%
ROE
17.80%
ROA
6.08%
Profit Margin
8.18%
Op Margin
10.38%
Gross Margin
15.38%
EPS (Latest Qtr)
$3.14
EPS (TTM)
$16.41

Balance Sheet & Liquidity

Debt/Equity
0.35
Quick Ratio
0.85
Current Ratio
1.44
Debt
$9.48B
Total Assets
$59.03B
Current Assets
$24.25B
Working Capital
$7.45B

Ownership

Promoter Holding
0.56%
Chg in Prom Hold
0.01%
FII / Inst Holding
87.58%
Chg in FII Hold
0.02%

Financial Snapshot

Enterprise Value
$97.24B
Total Revenue (TTM)
$54.86B
EBITDA
$6.63B
Free Cash Flow
$4.40B
Operating Cash Flow
$7.69B
Shares Outstanding
270.56M
Gross Margin
15.38%
Payout Ratio
37.68%

Peer comparison

Peer companies in the same sector (Industrials).

#NameCMP $P/E Mkt CapDiv Yld % ROCE %ROE % Rev CAGR 5Y %Profit CAGR 5Y %
1 GD General Dynamics Corporation SPXR3KDEFENCE 359.39 21.90 $97.24B 1.64% 13.24% 17.80% 3.72% 4.02%
2 SPCX Space Exploration Technologies Corp. R3KAIDEFENCE 147.95 -134.50 $1.12T 0.00% -3.22% -11.95% 34.08% -3.34%
3 CAT Caterpillar Inc. SPXR3K 813.94 35.05 $374.15B 0.76% 17.98% 56.97% 2.29% 5.24%
4 GE GE Aerospace SPXR3KDEFENCE 337.12 39.85 $349.78B 0.50% 9.52% 48.23% -7.42% -5.36%
5 RTX RTX Corporation SPXR3KDEFENCE 200.79 35.41 $270.62B 1.31% 8.28% 12.27% 2.61% 2.62%
6 GEV GE Vernova Inc. SPXR3KAI 941.95 26.98 $250.87B 0.20% 6.30% 82.58% 8.68% -
7 DE Deere & Company SPXR3K 693.53 39.29 $187.33B 1.05% 12.53% 18.35% 3.43% 5.10%
8 UNP Union Pacific Corporation SPXR3K 291.88 23.83 $173.40B 1.92% 15.22% 39.70% 2.30% 7.77%
9 BA The Boeing Company SPXR3KDEFENCE 212.25 76.08 $167.63B 0.00% -9.01% - 1.67% -3.28%
Financial Statements Quarterly Results · Profit & Loss · Balance Sheet · Cash Flows · Ratios

Quarterly Results

Figures in USD.

Metric Mar 2013Jun 2013Sep 2013Mar 2014Jun 2014Sep 2014Apr 2015Jul 2015Oct 2015Apr 2016Jul 2016Oct 2016Apr 2017Jul 2017Oct 2017Apr 2018Jul 2018Sep 2018Mar 2019Jun 2019Sep 2019Mar 2020Jun 2020Sep 2020Apr 2021Jul 2021Oct 2021Apr 2022Jul 2022Oct 2022Apr 2023Jul 2023Oct 2023Mar 2024Jun 2024Sep 2024Mar 2025Jun 2025Sep 2025Apr 2026
Revenue --------------7.58B7.54B9.19B9.09B9.26B9.55B9.76B8.75B9.26B9.43B9.39B9.22B9.57B9.39B9.19B9.97B9.88B10.15B10.57B10.73B11.98B11.67B12.22B13.04B12.91B13.48B
Operating Income 847.00M961.00M961.00M874.00M949.00M999.00M1.03B1.08B1.03B924.00M1.03B1.01B1.05B1.07B1.06B1.01B1.09B1.14B1.01B1.09B1.22B934.00M834.00M1.07B938.00M959.00M1.08B908.00M978.00M1.10B938.00M962.00M1.06B1.04B1.16B1.18B1.27B1.30B1.33B1.42B
Net Income 571.00M640.00M651.00M595.00M541.00M696.00M716.00M752.00M733.00M641.00M714.00M647.00M763.00M749.00M764.00M799.00M786.00M851.00M745.00M806.00M913.00M706.00M625.00M834.00M708.00M737.00M860.00M730.00M766.00M902.00M730.00M744.00M836.00M799.00M905.00M930.00M994.00M1.01B1.06B1.12B
Diluted EPS 1.621.811.841.711.582.062.142.272.282.042.442.092.48-2.52--2.85--3.14-------------------

Profit & Loss (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Dec 2007Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Revenue 27.24B29.30B31.98B32.47B32.68B30.99B30.93B30.85B31.78B30.56B30.97B36.19B39.35B37.92B38.47B39.41B42.27B47.72B52.55B
Cost of Revenue ---------------32.78B35.60B40.35B44.60B
Gross Profit ---------------6.62B6.67B7.36B7.95B
Operating Expenses ---------------2.41B2.43B2.57B2.60B
Operating Income 3.11B3.65B3.67B3.94B3.83B765.00M3.69B3.89B4.29B3.74B4.24B4.39B4.57B4.13B4.16B4.21B4.25B4.80B5.36B
EBITDA ---------------5.31B5.25B5.82B6.43B
Interest Expense ---------------391.00M399.00M393.00M402.00M
Pretax Income ---------------4.04B3.98B4.54B5.10B
Tax Provision ---------------646.00M669.00M758.00M893.00M
Net Income 2.07B2.46B2.39B2.62B2.53B-332.00M2.36B2.53B3.04B2.57B2.91B3.35B3.48B3.17B3.26B3.39B3.31B3.78B4.21B
Diluted EPS 5.086.176.176.816.87-0.946.677.429.298.299.5611.1811.9811.0011.5512.1912.0213.6315.45
R&D Expense -686.00M925.00M1.20B1.54B1.61B-------------

Balance Sheet (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Dec 2006Dec 2007Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Total Assets --28.37B31.08B32.55B34.88B34.31B35.47B35.34B32.54B33.17B35.05B45.89B49.35B51.31B50.07B51.59B54.81B55.88B57.25B
Current Assets ----------------21.06B23.61B24.39B24.25B
Cash & Equivalents 1.60B2.89B1.62B2.26B2.61B2.65B3.30B5.30B4.39B2.79B2.33B2.98B963.00M902.00M2.82B1.60B1.24B1.91B1.70B2.33B
Inventory ----------------6.32B8.58B9.72B9.23B
Receivables ----------------3.01B3.00B2.98B2.41B
Total Liabilities ----------------33.02B33.51B33.82B31.63B
Current Liabilities --10.36B10.37B11.18B11.14B11.62B12.26B13.75B12.45B13.45B13.10B14.74B16.80B15.96B13.98B15.34B16.43B17.82B16.80B
Long Term Debt --3.11B3.16B2.43B3.91B3.91B3.91B3.39B2.90B2.99B3.98B11.44B9.01B9.99B10.49B9.24B8.75B7.26B7.01B
Total Debt ----------------12.11B11.08B10.68B9.79B
Total Equity 9.83B11.77B10.05B12.42B13.32B13.23B11.39B14.50B11.83B10.44B10.30B11.80B12.11B13.98B15.66B17.64B18.57B21.30B22.06B25.62B
Shares Outstanding ----------------274.41M481.88M481.88M270.39M

Cash Flows (Annual)

Figures in USD.

Metric Dec 2007Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Operating Cash Flow 2.95B3.12B2.85B2.99B3.24B2.61B3.11B3.73B2.50B-3.88B3.15B2.98B3.86B4.27B4.58B4.71B4.11B5.12B
Investing Cash Flow -875.00M-3.66B-1.39B-408.00M-1.97B-642.00M-363.00M-1.10B200.00M--788.00M-10.23B-994.00M-974.00M-882.00M-1.49B-941.00M-953.00M-1.28B
Financing Cash Flow -786.00M-718.00M-806.00M-2.23B-1.20B-1.38B-725.00M-3.58B-4.26B--2.40B5.09B-2.00B-903.00M-4.59B-3.47B-3.09B-3.37B-3.19B
Capital Expenditure -474.00M-490.00M-385.00M-370.00M-458.00M-436.00M-436.00M-521.00M-569.00M-392.00M-428.00M-690.00M-987.00M-967.00M-887.00M-1.11B-904.00M-916.00M-1.16B
Free Cash Flow 2.48B2.63B2.47B2.62B2.78B2.17B2.67B3.21B1.93B-3.45B2.46B1.99B2.89B3.38B3.46B3.81B3.20B3.96B
Share Buybacks 505.00M1.52B209.00M1.19B1.47B602.00M740.00M3.38B3.23B2.00B1.56B1.77B231.00M587.00M1.83B1.23B434.00M1.50B637.00M
Dividends Paid 445.00M533.00M577.00M631.00M673.00M893.00M591.00M822.00M873.00M911.00M986.00M1.07B1.15B1.24B1.31B1.37B1.43B1.53B1.59B

Ratios (Annual)

Figures in %.

Metric Dec 2007Dec 2008Dec 2009Dec 2010Dec 2011Dec 2012Dec 2013Dec 2014Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025
Gross Margin % ---------------16.8%15.8%15.4%15.1%
Operating Margin % 11.4%12.5%11.5%12.2%11.7%2.5%11.9%12.6%13.5%12.3%13.7%12.1%11.6%10.9%10.8%10.7%10.0%10.1%10.2%
Net Margin % 7.6%8.4%7.5%8.1%7.7%-1.1%7.6%8.2%9.6%8.4%9.4%9.2%8.9%8.4%8.5%8.6%7.8%7.9%8.0%
ROE % 17.6%24.5%19.3%19.7%19.1%-2.9%16.3%21.4%29.1%25.0%24.7%27.6%24.9%20.2%18.5%18.3%15.6%17.1%16.4%
ROCE % -20.3%17.7%18.5%16.1%3.4%15.9%18.0%21.4%19.0%19.3%14.1%14.0%11.7%11.5%11.6%11.1%12.6%13.2%

Shareholding Pattern

Insiders
0.56%
Institutions
87.58%
Public Float
88.07%

Top Institutional Holders

#Holder% HeldSharesValue
1 Longview Asset Management, LLC 10.00% 27.06M $10.26B
2 Blackrock Inc. 7.14% 19.31M $7.32B
3 Vanguard Capital Management LLC 6.16% 16.67M $6.32B
4 Newport Trust Company, LLC 4.95% 13.40M $5.08B
5 State Street Corporation 4.37% 11.81M $4.48B
6 Bank of America Corporation 2.72% 7.35M $2.79B
7 Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC 2.52% 6.81M $2.58B
8 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2.30% 6.22M $2.36B
9 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.95% 5.28M $2.00B
10 Morgan Stanley 1.64% 4.44M $1.68B

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GD — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the current share price of General Dynamics Corporation (GD)?

As of 2026-09-07 16:24 PDT, General Dynamics Corporation (GD) trades at $359.39 on NYSE. Its 52-week range is $308.14 to $395.97.

What is the market capitalisation of GD?

General Dynamics Corporation (GD) has a market capitalisation of $97.24B on NYSE.

What is the P/E ratio of GD?

GD trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 21.90. The industry average P/E is 27.38. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 3.95.

Does GD pay a dividend?

General Dynamics Corporation (GD) currently offers a dividend yield of 1.64%.

What is the return on equity (ROE) of GD?

GD has a return on equity (ROE) of 17.80%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is 13.24%.

Is GD a good stock to buy?

This page provides a data-driven analysis of General Dynamics Corporation (GD), including valuation ratios, profitability, growth trends, auto-generated pros and cons, peer comparison and AI exposure. Review these fundamentals alongside your own research and risk tolerance. This is informational content, not investment advice.

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