general dynamics corp. - GD

GD

Close Chg Chg %
323.05 -1.22 -0.38%

Open Market

321.84

-1.22 (0.38%)

Volume: 423.80K

Last Updated:

Sep 8, 2025, 3:22 PM EDT

Company Overview: general dynamics corp. - GD

GD Key Data

Open

$322.43

Day Range

319.73 - 323.14

52 Week Range

239.20 - 326.03

Market Cap

$86.85B

Shares Outstanding

268.99M

Public Float

267.35M

Beta

0.51

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

21.68

EPS

$15.06

Yield

180.88%

Dividend

$1.50

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Oct 10, 2025

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

864.29K

 

GD Performance

1 Week
 
-0.53%
 
1 Month
 
2.78%
 
3 Months
 
16.78%
 
1 Year
 
10.27%
 
5 Years
 
122.11%
 

GD Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 25
Full Ratings ➔

About general dynamics corp. - GD

General Dynamics Corp. is a global aerospace and defense company, which engages in design, engineering, and manufacturing to deliver solutions. It operates through the following business segments: Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems, and Technologies. The Aerospace segment includes the production of business jets, technology aircraft, repair, support and completion services. The Marine Systems segment involves the design and building of nuclear-powered submarines, surface combatant, and auxiliary ship design and construction. The Combat Systems segment focuses on manufacturing and integrating land combat solutions, wheeled and tracked combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions. The Technologies segment consists of services, technologies, and products for electronic hardware with its software. The company was founded on February 21, 1952 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

GD At a Glance

General Dynamics Corp.
11011 Sunset Hills Road
Reston, Virginia 20190-5311
Phone 1-703-876-3000 Revenue 47.72B
Industry Aerospace & Defense Net Income 3.78B
Sector Electronic Technology 2024 Sales Growth 12.879%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025 Employees 117,000
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GD Valuation

P/E Current 21.651
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 19.332
Price to Sales Ratio 1.532
Price to Book Ratio 3.229
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 17.781
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 14.448
Enterprise Value to Sales 1.72
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.13

GD Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 407,829.06
Income Per Employee 32,324.786
Receivables Turnover 4.251
Total Asset Turnover 0.862

GD Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.368
Quick Ratio 0.823
Cash Ratio 0.095

GD Profitability

Gross Margin 15.433
Operating Margin 10.051
Pretax Margin 9.515
Net Margin 7.926
Return on Assets 6.833
Return on Equity 17.444
Return on Total Capital 11.552
Return on Invested Capital 12.109

GD Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 48.389
Total Debt to Total Capital 32.609
Total Debt to Total Assets 19.105
Long-Term Debt to Equity 40.135
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 27.047
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Annual Financials for General Dynamics Corp. - GD

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
38.47B 39.41B 42.27B 47.72B
Sales Growth
+1.43% +2.44% +7.27% +12.88%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
32.06B 32.78B 35.60B 40.35B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
890.00M 884.00M 863.00M 886.00M
Depreciation
568.00M 586.00M 669.00M 706.00M
Amortization of Intangibles
322.00M 298.00M 194.00M 180.00M
COGS Growth
+1.46% +2.26% +8.59% +13.35%
Gross Income
6.41B 6.62B 6.67B 7.36B
Gross Income Growth
+1.31% +3.34% +0.76% +10.37%
Gross Profit Margin
+16.66% +16.80% +15.78% +15.43%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
2.25B 2.41B 2.43B 2.57B
Research & Development
415.00M 480.00M 510.00M 565.00M
Other SG&A
1.83B 1.93B 1.92B 2.00B
SGA Growth
+2.42% +7.39% +0.66% +5.81%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
- - - -
-
EBIT after Unusual Expense
4.16B 4.21B 4.25B 4.80B
Non Operating Income/Expense
141.00M 216.00M 138.00M 137.00M
Non-Operating Interest Income
7.00M 27.00M 56.00M 69.00M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
431.00M 391.00M 399.00M 393.00M
Interest Expense Growth
-11.86% -9.28% +2.05% -1.50%
Gross Interest Expense
431.00M 391.00M 399.00M 393.00M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
3.87B 4.04B 3.98B 4.54B
Pretax Income Growth
+3.61% +4.21% -1.29% +13.96%
Pretax Margin
+10.07% +10.24% +9.42% +9.51%
Income Tax
616.00M 646.00M 669.00M 758.00M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
545.00M 701.00M 646.00M 654.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
137.00M 123.00M 200.00M 190.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(58.00M) (207.00M) (124.00M) (94.00M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(8.00M) 29.00M (53.00M) 8.00M
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
3.26B 3.39B 3.31B 3.78B
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
3.26B 3.39B 3.31B 3.78B
Net Income Growth
+2.84% +4.08% -2.21% +14.09%
Net Margin Growth
+8.47% +8.60% +7.84% +7.93%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
3.26B 3.39B 3.31B 3.78B
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
3.26B 3.39B 3.31B 3.78B
EPS (Basic)
11.6144 12.3134 12.1365 13.8101
EPS (Basic) Growth
+5.22% +6.02% -1.44% +13.79%
Basic Shares Outstanding
280.43M 275.31M 273.14M 273.86M
EPS (Diluted)
11.549 12.1868 12.0228 13.6296
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+4.99% +5.52% -1.35% +13.36%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
282.02M 278.17M 275.73M 277.49M
EBITDA
5.05B 5.09B 5.11B 5.68B
EBITDA Growth
+0.84% +0.83% +0.26% +11.24%
EBITDA Margin
+13.14% +12.93% +12.08% +11.91%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 341.059
Number of Ratings 25 Current Quarters Estimate 3.684
FY Report Date 09 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 15.204
Last Quarter’s Earnings 3.74 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 13.63 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 16.997
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 20 20 21 21
Mean Estimate 3.68 4.15 15.20 17.00
High Estimates 3.83 4.39 15.55 17.90
Low Estimate 3.49 4.00 14.85 16.29
Coefficient of Variance 2.52 2.78 1.08 2.49

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 8 8 7
OVERWEIGHT 3 3 4
HOLD 13 13 15
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 1 1 1
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for General Dynamics Corp. - GD

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Aug 27, 2025 Mark M. Malcolm Director 10,186 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $319.04 per share 3,249,741.44
Aug 27, 2025 Mark M. Malcolm Director 11,396 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $140.87 per share 1,605,354.52
Aug 27, 2025 Mark M. Malcolm Director N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 21, 2025 Phebe N. Novakovic Chairman and CEO; Director N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 21, 2025 Phebe N. Novakovic Chairman and CEO; Director 118,573 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 21, 2025 Phebe N. Novakovic Chairman and CEO; Director 769,607 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $313.5 per share 241,271,794.50
Aug 21, 2025 Phebe N. Novakovic Chairman and CEO; Director 780,124 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $167.61 per share 130,756,583.64
Aug 21, 2025 Phebe N. Novakovic Chairman and CEO; Director 769,607 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $314.43 per share 241,987,529.01
Aug 21, 2025 Phebe N. Novakovic Chairman and CEO; Director 888,180 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $167.61 per share 148,867,849.80
Aug 19, 2025 William A. Moss Vice President and Controller 8,920 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 19, 2025 William A. Moss Vice President and Controller N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 19, 2025 William A. Moss Vice President and Controller 16,627 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $316.48 per share 5,262,112.96
Aug 19, 2025 William A. Moss Vice President and Controller 25,547 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $165.47 per share 4,227,262.09
Aug 19, 2025 William A. Moss Vice President and Controller 25,407 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $223.93 per share 5,689,389.51
Aug 19, 2025 William A. Moss Vice President and Controller 16,627 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $316.32 per share 5,259,452.64
Aug 13, 2025 Marguerite Amy Gilliland Executive Vice President N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 13, 2025 Marguerite Amy Gilliland Executive Vice President 78,932 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $167.61 per share 13,229,792.52
Aug 13, 2025 Marguerite Amy Gilliland Executive Vice President 45,192 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $315.2 per share 14,244,518.40
Aug 7, 2025 David Paddock Vice President N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Aug 7, 2025 David Paddock Vice President 35,434 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $167.61 per share 5,939,092.74

General Dynamics Corp. in the News

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