General Dynamics Corp (GD)

General Dynamics Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems, and Technologies. The Aerospace segment produces and sells business jets; and offers aircraft maintenance and repair, management, aircraft-on-ground support, customer support and custom completion services, modifications, upgrades, and lifecycle sustainment support services. The Marine Systems segment designs and builds nuclear-powered submarines, surface combatants, and auxiliary ships for the United States Navy and Jones Act ships for commercial customers, as well as provides maintenance, modernization, and lifecycle support services for navy ships; offers and program management, planning, engineering, and design support services for submarine construction programs. The Combat Systems segment manufactures land combat solutions, such as wheeled and tracked combat vehicles, Stryker wheeled combat vehicles, piranha vehicles, weapons systems, energetics and munitions, mobile bridge systems with payloads, tactical vehicles, main battle tanks, and armored vehicles; and offers modernization programs, support and sustainment services, and development programs. The Technologies segment provides information technology solutions and mission support services; mobile communication, computers, and command-and-control mission systems; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions to military, intelligence, and federal civilian customers; cloud services, cybersecurity, network modernization, artificial intelligence; machine learning; application development, high-performance computing, and 5G and advanced communications services; and unmanned undersea vehicle manufacturing and assembly services. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

Ticker
GD
Exchange
NYSE
Sector
Industrials
Industry
Aerospace & Defense
Market cap
$95.68B
52-week range
$306.77 - $400.00

Valuation

Share price
$354.06 (close of Nov 6, 2026)
P/E (TTM)
20.52x
Price to book
3.51x
Price to free cash flow
16.56x
Enterprise value
$100.32B
Book value per share
$101.00

Price performance

PeriodChange
1 day-0.64%
5 days-4.97%
1 month+6.86%
3 months-8.49%
6 months+1.96%
Year to date+5.17%
1 year+4.04%
3 years+45.15%
5 years+76.15%
10 years+136.34%
All time+49,160.52%

Short interest

As of
Oct 15, 2026
Short % of float
0.83%
Shares short
1.99M
Days to cover
1.47
Change since prior report
-8.17%
Source
FINRA consolidated short interest

Members of Congress who disclosed GD trades

Julie Johnson · Jared Moskowitz · Gilbert Ray Cisneros · John Boozman · Alan Armstrong · Dwight Evans · Jonathan Jackson · Rick Larsen · Robert Bresnahan · Scott Franklin · Shelley Moore Capito · Tim Moore

Super investors holding GD

Ken Griffin (Citadel) · Richard Pzena (Pzena Investment Management) · Robert Olstein (Olstein Capital Management) · Ray Dalio (Bridgewater Associates) · First Eagle Investment (First Eagle Investment Management, LLC)

Profitability and growth

Return on equity
16.43%
Return on invested capital
12.60%
Return on assets
7.35%
Return on capital employed
13.24%
Gross margin
15.13%
Net margin
8.01%
EBITDA margin
11.95%
Revenue growth
10.13%
Net income growth
11.32%
Free cash flow growth
23.87%

Cash flow and balance sheet

Free cash flow yield (TTM)
6.04%
Current ratio
1.43x
Net debt to EBITDA
0.67x

Latest reported year

Period end
Dec 31, 2025
Fiscal year
2025
Revenue
$52.55B
Cost of revenue
$44.60B
Gross profit
$7.95B
EBITDA
$6.28B
Net income
$4.21B
Earnings per share
$15.65
Interest expense
$402.00M
Shares outstanding
269.08M

Income statement by year

Period endRevenueGross profitNet incomeEPS
2025-12-31$52.55B$7.95B$4.21B$15.65
2024-12-31$47.72B$7.36B$3.78B$13.81
2023-12-31$42.27B$6.67B$3.31B$12.14
2022-12-31$39.41B$6.62B$3.39B$12.31
2021-12-31$38.47B$6.41B$3.26B$11.61
2020-12-31$37.92B$6.33B$3.17B$11.04
2019-12-31$39.35B$7.06B$3.48B$12.09
2018-12-31$36.19B$6.71B$3.35B$11.33
2017-12-31$30.97B$6.24B$2.91B$9.73
2016-12-31$30.56B$5.67B$2.57B$8.44

Margins and returns by year

Period endGross marginNet marginReturn on equityReturn on capital
2025-12-3115.13%8.01%16.43%12.60%
2024-12-3115.43%7.93%17.14%12.33%
2023-12-3115.78%7.84%15.56%11.04%
2022-12-3116.80%8.60%18.26%11.62%
2021-12-3116.66%8.47%18.46%11.51%
2020-12-3116.68%8.35%20.22%11.72%
2019-12-3117.94%8.85%24.92%13.87%
2018-12-3118.55%9.24%27.62%14.95%
2017-12-3120.15%9.40%24.68%19.46%
2016-12-3118.54%8.42%24.97%19.50%

Cash and debt by year

Period endCashDebt
2025-12-31$2.33B$7.01B
2024-12-31$1.70B$7.26B
2023-12-31$1.91B$8.75B
2022-12-31$1.24B$9.24B
2021-12-31$1.60B$10.49B
2020-12-31$2.82B$9.99B
2019-12-31$902.00M$9.01B
2018-12-31$963.00M$11.44B
2017-12-31$2.98B$3.98B
2016-12-31$2.30B$2.99B

Free cash flow by year

Period endFree cash flowStock-based compensation
2025-12-31$3.96B$196.00M
2024-12-31$3.20B$183.00M
2023-12-31$3.81B$181.00M
2022-12-31$3.46B$165.00M
2021-12-31$3.38B$126.00M
2020-12-31$2.89B$128.00M
2019-12-31$1.99B$133.00M
2018-12-31$2.46B$140.00M
2017-12-31$3.45B$123.00M
2016-12-31$1.77B$95.00M

Dividend history

Most recent payment
Oct 9, 2026
Paid in the last twelve months
$6.27
Payment dateDividend per share
2026-10-09$1.59
2026-07-02$1.59
2026-04-10$1.59
2026-01-16$1.50
2025-10-10$1.50
2025-07-03$1.50
2025-04-11$1.50
2025-01-17$1.42

Investor relations

Past earnings dates

ReportedFiscal periodEPS estimate
2026-10-30Sep 2026$4.14
2026-07-29Jun 2026$3.95
2026-04-29Mar 2026$3.68
2026-01-28Dec 2025$4.11
2025-10-24Sep 2025$3.73
2025-07-23Jun 2025$3.59
2025-04-23Mar 2025$3.47
2025-01-29Dec 2024$4.13

Filings and sources

Company website
gd.com
SEC filings
10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
Earnings calendar
All upcoming reports

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