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.
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General Dynamics Corporation (GD) Altman Z-score
General Dynamics Corporation's Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is 4.18, in the safe zone (above 2.99).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 4.18 | 0.58 |
| FY2024 | 3.60 | 0.14 |
| FY2023 | 3.46 | 0.03 |
| FY2022 | 3.42 | 0.16 |
| FY2021 | 3.26 | 0.49 |
| FY2020 | 2.77 | (0.18) |
| FY2019 | 2.95 | 0.01 |
| FY2018 | 2.94 | (1.13) |
| FY2017 | 4.06 | 0.24 |
| FY2016 | 3.82 | 0.04 |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.13 | — | 0.16 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 0.77 | — | 1.08 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.09 | — | 0.31 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 2.86 | — | 1.72 | |
| Sales / total assets | 0.92 | — | 0.92 | |
| Altman Z-score | Safe zone | 4.18 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Safe zone | 4.84 | ||
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| RKLB Rocket Lab Corporation compare | 36.7× |
| HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. compare | 10.6× |
| HEI Heico Corporation compare | 8.2× |
| GD General Dynamics Corporation | 4.2× |
| LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation compare | 3.3× |
| NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation compare | 3.0× |
| LHX L3Harris Technologies Inc compare | 2.4× |
| TDG Transdigm Group Incorporated compare | 2.0× |
| BA The Boeing Company compare | 1.5× |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets
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