General Dynamics Corporation

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General Dynamics Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $52.6 billion, up 10.1% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 8.07%, EPS grew 13.5%, free cash flow grew 17.6% and total debt fell 13.7%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years, revenue growth for five.

371.83 1.01 +0.27%
Market cap
$100.3B
P/E
22.4×
Fwd P/E
20.6×
Dividend yield
1.69%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
4.18
Beneish M
−2.52
Dividend safety
96/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 95.19
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 1 1 — 1 4 — 1 1 1 3 1 —
Insider Ownership 0.50%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 100,330.00
Revenue 54,861.00
Net Income 4,487.00
Free Cash Flow 6,447.00
Net Debt 3,183.00
Current Ratio 1.44
Debt/Equity 0.28 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 22.39
Fwd P/E 20.60
P/S ratio 1.83
P/B ratio 3.74
Past 5Y EPS Growth 7.04%
This Y EPS Growth 10.18%
Next Y EPS Growth 9.36%
Next Y revenue growth 6.46%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 9.14%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 89.31%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 82.37%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 54.39%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 67.02%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 11.46%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.38
Annual Dividend Rate 6.27
Annual Dividend Yield 1.69%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 6.27
1.50
1.59
1.59
1.59
2025 5.92
1.42
1.50
1.50
1.50
2024 5.58
1.32
1.42
1.42
1.42
2023 5.22
1.26
1.32
1.32
1.32
2022 4.97
1.19
1.26
1.26
1.26
2021 4.67
1.10
1.19
1.19
1.19
2020 4.32
1.02
1.10
1.10
1.10
2019 3.99
0.93
1.02
1.02
1.02
2018 3.63
0.84
0.93
0.93
0.93
2017 3.28
0.76
0.84
0.84
0.84
2016 2.97
0.69
0.76
0.76
0.76
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 1,913 1,697 2,333 4,333
Receivables 11,001 11,225 10,786 11,653
Inventory 8,578 9,724 9,232 9,097
Other 2,123 1,740 1,897 1,955
23,615 24,386 24,248 27,038
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 3,095 3,344 2,678 2,874
ST’ Debt 507 1,502 1,006 1,256
Other 3,266 3,487 3,288 3,601
16,432 17,824 16,796 18,765

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 5.16% 6.74% 10.07%
Cash Flow 6.98% 5.82% 3.79%
Earnings 3.32% 5.86% 7.49%
Book Value 9.09% 10.35% 11.33%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 4.10 4.24 — — —
’25 3.66 3.74 3.88 4.17 15.46
’24 2.88 3.26 3.35 4.15 13.63
’23 2.64 2.70 3.04 3.64 12.02
’22 2.61 2.75 3.26 3.58 12.19
’21 2.48 2.61 3.07 3.39 11.55
’20 2.43 2.18 2.90 3.49 11.00
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 13,481 14,094 — — —
’25 12,223 13,041 12,907 14,379 52,550
’24 10,731 11,976 11,671 13,338 47,716
’23 9,881 10,152 10,571 11,668 42,272
’22 9,392 9,189 9,975 10,851 39,407
’21 9,389 9,220 9,568 10,292 38,469
’20 8,749 9,264 9,431 10,481 37,925
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 2,155 1,880 — — —
’25 (148) 1,598 2,109 1,561 5,120
’24 (278) 814 1,416 2,160 4,112
’23 1,462 731 1,321 1,196 4,710
’22 1,968 659 1,283 669 4,579
’21 3 1,115 1,471 1,682 4,271
’20 (666) 843 1,119 2,562 3,858
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,952 1,646 — — —
’25 (290) 1,400 1,897 952 3,959
’24 (437) 613 1,215 1,805 3,196
’23 1,301 519 1,094 892 3,806
’22 1,827 435 1,028 175 3,465
’21 (131) 943 1,275 1,297 3,384
’20 (851) 622 903 2,217 2,891
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.1
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Price, $
Price, $ Low 121.61 172.43 143.87 152.44 100.55 144.50 200.65 202.35 247.36 239.20 +7.8% ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡
High 180.09 214.81 230.00 193.76 190.08 210.21 256.86 259.88 316.90 360.50 +8.0% ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡
People
People Employees 98,800 98,600 105,600 102,900 100,700 103,100 106,500 111,600 117,000 117,000 +1.9% ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡
Revenue/emp, $m 0.31 0.31 0.34 0.38 0.38 0.37 0.37 0.38 0.41 0.45 +4.2% ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡‡‡
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 30,561 30,973 36,193 39,350 37,925 38,469 39,407 42,272 47,716 52,550 +6.2% 55,946 58,611 61,312 +5.3%
Gross margin, % 18.54 20.15 18.39 17.76 16.68 16.66 16.80 15.78 15.43 15.13 (3.4) pt
EBT 3,656 4,077 4,085 4,202 3,738 3,873 4,036 3,984 4,540 5,103 +3.8%
EBT margin, % 11.96 13.16 11.29 10.68 9.86 10.07 10.24 9.42 9.51 9.71 (2.2) pt
Net income 2,572 2,912 3,345 3,484 3,167 3,257 3,390 3,315 3,782 4,210 +5.6%
Depreciation 453 441 763 829 878 890 884 863 886 924 +8.2%
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 100.30 103.53 122.58 136.50 132.18 137.18 143.14 154.76 174.24 195.30 +7.7%
Earnings 8.44 9.73 11.33 12.09 11.04 11.61 12.31 12.14 13.81 15.65 +7.1%
Cash flow 7.10 12.96 10.66 10.34 13.45 15.23 16.63 17.24 15.02 19.03 +11.6%
Capex (1.29) (1.43) (2.34) (3.42) (3.37) (3.16) (4.05) (3.31) (3.34) (4.31) +14.4%
Free cash flow 5.81 11.53 8.32 6.92 10.08 12.07 12.59 13.93 11.67 14.71 +10.9%
Book value 33.81 38.22 39.73 48.49 54.58 62.91 67.44 77.98 80.56 95.22 +12.2%
Shares, m 305 299 295 288 287 280 275 273 274 269 (1.4%)
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 18.09 20.61 13.88 14.59 13.48 17.93 20.20 21.32 19.08 21.54 18.1
P/S 1.75 1.94 1.28 1.29 1.13 1.52 1.74 1.67 1.51 1.72 1.6
P/B 5.19 5.25 3.96 3.64 2.73 3.31 3.69 3.32 3.27 3.54 3.8
EV/Sales 1.80 1.97 1.60 1.57 1.39 1.78 1.97 1.84 1.66 1.83 1.7
EV/FCF 31.06 17.69 23.54 31.03 18.29 20.20 22.42 20.49 24.79 24.32 23.4
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 2,163 3,876 3,148 2,981 3,858 4,271 4,579 4,710 4,112 5,120 +10.0%
Capex (392) (428) (690) (987) (967) (887) (1,114) (904) (916) (1,161) +12.8%
Free cash flow 1,771 3,448 2,458 1,994 2,891 3,384 3,465 3,806 3,196 3,959 +9.3%
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 3,084 5,229 3,450 3,487 5,579 6,009 5,722 7,183 6,562 7,452 +10.3%
Total debt 3,888 3,982 12,417 11,930 12,998 11,495 10,496 9,261 8,762 8,013 +8.4%
Net debt 1,554 999 11,454 11,028 10,174 9,892 9,254 7,348 7,065 5,680 +15.5%
Shareholders’ equity 10,301 11,435 11,732 13,978 15,661 17,641 18,568 21,299 22,063 25,622 +10.7%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 7.89 8.54 8.32 7.35 6.29 6.43 6.67 6.23 6.83 7.44 (0.5) pt
ROIC 19.74 21.29 11.84 11.42 10.00 9.45 9.46 9.26 10.29 10.69 (9.0) pt
ROE 24.45 26.79 28.88 27.10 21.37 19.56 18.72 16.63 17.44 17.66 (6.8) pt
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026 · fundamentals updated 25 Oct 2026

Where the money comes from and where it goes Fiscal 2025

Fiscal 2025: revenue by segment, and margins
Marine Systems 16,723 31.82%
Technologies 13,471 25.63%
Aerospace 13,110 24.95%
Combat Systems 9,246 17.59%
Gross margin 15.13%
Operating margin 10.19%
Pre-tax margin 9.71%

Revenue by segment since 2008

General Dynamics Corporation vs peers in Aerospace & Defense (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation $148.7B 23.4× 19.7× +10.51% (above 0%: growing) +446.58% (above 0%: growing) +2,044.67% (above 0%: growing) 12.19% 12.36% Compare
BA The Boeing Company $136.8B 64.2× — (loss-making) +7.96% (above 0%: growing) n/m +417.59% (above 0%: growing) 9.83% 0.64% Compare
GD General Dynamics Corporation $100.3B 22.4× 20.6× +8.07% (above 0%: growing) +13.49% (above 0%: growing) +17.57% (above 0%: growing) 15.49% 10.36%
HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. $82.1B 42.8× 33.7× +24.06% (above 0%: growing) +31.68% (above 0%: growing) +38.04% (above 0%: growing) 37.34% 27.92% Compare
NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation $79.9B 17.7× 18.5× +5.07% (above 0%: growing) −5.75% (below 0%: shrinking) +53.53% (above 0%: growing) 19.50% 10.08% Compare
TDG Transdigm Group Incorporated $65.0B 34.9× 30.7× +22.53% (above 0%: growing) +10.86% (above 0%: growing) +13.44% (above 0%: growing) 59.39% 44.76% Compare
LHX L3Harris Technologies Inc $51.9B 27.9× 21.3× +8.39% (above 0%: growing) +28.57% (above 0%: growing) +37.43% (above 0%: growing) 25.54% 11.12% Compare
HONA Honeywell Aerospace inc. $50.7B — — — — — 34.96% 14.95% Compare
HEI Heico Corporation $38.7B 52.7× 46.9× +23.13% (above 0%: growing) +33.07% (above 0%: growing) +47.74% (above 0%: growing) 41.12% 25.14% Compare
Median of peers $72.4B 34.9× 26.0× +10.51% +30.13% +47.74% 30.25% 13.66%

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Business profile

Updated

General Dynamics is an aerospace and defense company that designs, manufactures and supports business jets, military ships and submarines, combat vehicles, weapons and technology systems. Its customers include the U.S. government, allied governments, businesses and individual aircraft owners.

The company operates through four segments. Aerospace builds Gulfstream business jets and provides aircraft maintenance, management and other services through Gulfstream and Jet Aviation. Marine Systems designs and builds submarines and surface ships, principally for the U.S. Navy, and maintains and modernizes vessels after delivery.

From the latest earnings call

Updated

  • CEO Phebe Novakovic said aerospace demand extended across Gulfstream models, while President Danny Deep said supply chains had improved but some single-source components remained a constraint.
  • CFO Kim Kuryea said orders exceeded revenue across all four segments and raised her full-year free-cash-flow conversion expectation to around 105% of net income.

Largest institutional holders 13F, quarter to 30 June 2026

Held by institutions 84.58%
Held by the ten largest 46.32%
Holder Shares Stake Change
LONGVIEW ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 27.06m 10.00% 0.00
Vanguard 26.12m 9.65% +1.09m
BlackRock 19.31m 7.14% +708.65k
Newport Trust Company, LLC 13.40m 4.95% −172.34k
State Street 11.81m 4.37% +374.68k
Bank of America 7.35m 2.72% −780.06k
Geode Capital Management 6.22m 2.30% −45.87k
JPMorgan Chase 5.28m 1.95% −101.48k
Morgan Stanley 4.44m 1.64% −735.51k
Wells Fargo 4.33m 1.60% −183.88k
13F filings for the quarter to 30 June 2026: long positions in US-listed shares reported by managers with $100m or more, ~45 days after the quarter.

Pay and ownership Proxy statement filed 27 March 2026

Chief executive’s pay

Year Total pay Actually paid $100 invested
2025 25.92m 51.23m 253.00
2024 23.79m 25.95m 194.00
2023 22.58m 31.65m 187.00
2022 21.48m 48.65m 175.00
2021 23.55m 42.56m 144.00
Total pay is as the Summary Compensation Table states it; actually paid revalues the year’s share awards at its end, as the SEC’s pay-versus-performance rule asks. $100 invested is what $100 in the company’s shares at the start of the earliest year shown was worth at each year’s end. Read the proxy statement

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