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) Return on assets

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General Dynamics Corporation's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 7.91%, up 0.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (7.44%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.23% (fiscal 2023) to 9.02% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Aerospace & Defense industry median of 1.90% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.20%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 7.44% 0.61
FY2024 6.83% 0.60
FY2023 6.23% (0.44)
FY2022 6.67% 0.24
FY2021 6.43% 0.14
FY2020 6.29% (1.06)
FY2019 7.35% (0.97)
FY2018 8.32% (0.22)
FY2017 8.54% 0.65
FY2016 7.89% (1.13)

Against its own ten years

Low 6.23% High 9.02%
Ten-year median 7.35%
Current reading's percentile 64

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. compare 16.8%
LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation compare 10.4%
HEI Heico Corporation compare 9.18%
NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation compare 8.88%
GD General Dynamics Corporation 7.91%
TDG Transdigm Group Incorporated compare 7.73%
LHX L3Harris Technologies Inc compare 4.74%
BA The Boeing Company compare 4.56%
HONA Honeywell Aerospace inc. compare 0.00%
Aerospace & Defense industry median 1.90%
Industrials sector median 1.20%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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