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. 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) Free cash flow margin
General Dynamics Corporation's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 11.8%, up 4.2 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 1.43% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.43%.
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
Free cash flow margin against peers
| Company | Free cash flow margin |
|---|---|
| HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. compare | 22.1% |
| HEI Heico Corporation compare | 19.9% |
| HEI.A Heico Corporation compare | 19.9% |
| TDG Transdigm Group Incorporated compare | 19.3% |
| LHX L3Harris Technologies Inc compare | 12.2% |
| GD General Dynamics Corporation | 11.8% |
| LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation compare | 11.3% |
| NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation compare | 8.50% |
| BA The Boeing Company compare | −0.14% |
| Aerospace & Defense industry median | 1.43% |
| Industrials sector median | 2.43% |
| 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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