General Dynamics Corporation

GD Industrials Aerospace & Defense

General Dynamics Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $52.6 billion, up 10.1% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+12.9%
EPS
+15.8%
Free cash flow
−35.2%
Total debt
−12.5%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

355.15 1.20 −0.34%
Market cap
$96.3B
P/E
20.7×
Fwd P/E
21.9×
Dividend yield
1.76%
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
4.18
Beneish M
−2.52
Dividend safety
96/100

General Dynamics Corporation (GD) Free cash flow margin

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General Dynamics Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 10.2%, up 2.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.53%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.07% (fiscal 2019) to 11.1% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Aerospace & Defense industry median of 0.00% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.06%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 7.53% 0.83
FY2024 6.70% (2.30)
FY2023 9.00% 0.21
FY2022 8.79% (0.01)
FY2021 8.80% 1.18
FY2020 7.62% 2.55
FY2019 5.07% (1.72)
FY2018 6.79% (4.34)
FY2017 11.1% 5.34
FY2016 5.79% (0.62)

Against its own ten years

Low 5.07% High 11.1%
Ten-year median 7.53%
Current reading's percentile 55

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. compare 22.2%
HEI Heico Corporation compare 19.9%
TDG Transdigm Group Incorporated compare 19.3%
LHX L3Harris Technologies Inc compare 15.7%
LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation compare 10.6%
GD General Dynamics Corporation 10.2%
NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation compare 9.64%
BA The Boeing Company compare 0.12%
HONA Honeywell Aerospace inc. compare 0.00%
Aerospace & Defense industry median 0.00%
Industrials sector median 2.06%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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