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general dynamics corp. - GD

GD

Close Chg Chg %
269.45 -0.36 -0.13%

Closed Market

269.09

-0.36 (0.13%)

Volume: 1.24M

Last Updated:

Mar 28, 2025, 3:59 PM EDT

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Company Overview: general dynamics corp. - GD

GD Key Data

Open

$269.02

 Day Range

267.58 - 270.21

52 Week Range

240.00 - 316.90

 Market Cap

$72.86B

Shares Outstanding

270.35M

 Public Float

268.56M

Beta

0.59

 Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

19.78

 EPS

$13.81

Yield

210.70%

 Dividend

$1.50

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Apr 11, 2025

 SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

1.62M

  

GD Performance

1 Week
 
 2.31%
 
1 Month
 
 6.69%
 
3 Months
 
 1.26%
 
1 Year
 
 -4.60%
 
5 Years
 
 107.19%
 

GD Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 27
Full Ratings ➔

About general dynamics corp. - GD

General Dynamics Corp. is a global aerospace and defense company, which engages in design, engineering, and manufacturing to deliver solutions. It operates through the following business segments: Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems, and Technologies. The Aerospace segment includes the production of business jets, technology aircraft, repair, support and completion services. The Marine Systems segment involves the design and building of nuclear-powered submarines, surface combatant, and auxiliary ship design and construction. The Combat Systems segment focuses on manufacturing and integrating land combat solutions, wheeled and tracked combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions. The Technologies segment consists of services, technologies, and products for electronic hardware with its software. The company was founded on February 21, 1952 and is headquartered in Reston, VA.

GD At a Glance

General Dynamics Corp.
11011 Sunset Hills Road
Reston, Virginia 20190-5311
Phone 1-703-876-3000 Revenue 47.72B
Industry Aerospace & Defense Net Income 3.78B
Sector Electronic Technology 2024 Sales Growth 12.879%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025 Employees 117,000
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GD Valuation

P/E Current 19.779
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 19.332
Price to Sales Ratio 1.532
Price to Book Ratio 3.229
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 17.781
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 14.448
Enterprise Value to Sales 1.72
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.13

GD Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 407,829.06
Income Per Employee 32,324.786
Receivables Turnover 4.251
Total Asset Turnover 0.862

GD Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.368
Quick Ratio 0.823
Cash Ratio 0.095

GD Profitability

Gross Margin 15.433
Operating Margin 10.051
Pretax Margin 9.515
Net Margin 7.926
Return on Assets 6.833
Return on Equity 17.444
Return on Total Capital 11.552
Return on Invested Capital 12.109

GD Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 48.389
Total Debt to Total Capital 32.609
Total Debt to Total Assets 19.105
Long-Term Debt to Equity 40.135
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 27.047
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Annual Financials for General Dynamics Corp. - GD

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
38.47B 39.41B 42.27B 47.72B
Sales Growth
+1.43% +2.44% +7.27% +12.88%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
32.06B 32.78B 35.60B 40.35B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
890.00M 884.00M 863.00M 886.00M
Depreciation
568.00M 586.00M 669.00M 706.00M
Amortization of Intangibles
322.00M 298.00M 194.00M 180.00M
COGS Growth
+1.46% +2.26% +8.59% +13.35%
Gross Income
6.41B 6.62B 6.67B 7.36B
Gross Income Growth
+1.31% +3.34% +0.76% +10.37%
Gross Profit Margin
+16.66% +16.80% +15.78% +15.43%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
2.25B 2.41B 2.43B 2.57B
Research & Development
415.00M 480.00M 510.00M 565.00M
Other SG&A
1.83B 1.93B 1.92B 2.00B
SGA Growth
+2.42% +7.39% +0.66% +5.81%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
- - - -
-
EBIT after Unusual Expense
4.16B 4.21B 4.25B 4.80B
Non Operating Income/Expense
141.00M 216.00M 138.00M 137.00M
Non-Operating Interest Income
7.00M 27.00M 56.00M 69.00M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
431.00M 391.00M 399.00M 393.00M
Interest Expense Growth
-11.86% -9.28% +2.05% -1.50%
Gross Interest Expense
431.00M 391.00M 399.00M 393.00M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
3.87B 4.04B 3.98B 4.54B
Pretax Income Growth
+3.61% +4.21% -1.29% +13.96%
Pretax Margin
+10.07% +10.24% +9.42% +9.51%
Income Tax
616.00M 646.00M 669.00M 758.00M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
545.00M 701.00M 646.00M 654.00M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
137.00M 123.00M 200.00M 190.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(58.00M) (207.00M) (124.00M) (94.00M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(8.00M) 29.00M (53.00M) 8.00M
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
3.26B 3.39B 3.31B 3.78B
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
3.26B 3.39B 3.31B 3.78B
Net Income Growth
+2.84% +4.08% -2.21% +14.09%
Net Margin Growth
+8.47% +8.60% +7.84% +7.93%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
3.26B 3.39B 3.31B 3.78B
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
3.26B 3.39B 3.31B 3.78B
EPS (Basic)
11.6144 12.3134 12.1365 13.8101
EPS (Basic) Growth
+5.22% +6.02% -1.44% +13.79%
Basic Shares Outstanding
280.43M 275.31M 273.14M 273.86M
EPS (Diluted)
11.549 12.1868 12.0228 13.6296
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+4.99% +5.52% -1.35% +13.36%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
282.02M 278.17M 275.73M 277.49M
EBITDA
5.05B 5.09B 5.11B 5.68B
EBITDA Growth
+0.84% +0.83% +0.26% +11.24%
EBITDA Margin
+13.14% +12.93% +12.08% +11.91%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 284.529
Number of Ratings 27 Current Quarters Estimate 3.469
FY Report Date 03 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 14.889
Last Quarter’s Earnings 4.15 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 13.63 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 16.764
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 21 21 22 21
Mean Estimate 3.47 3.39 14.89 16.76
High Estimates 3.64 3.72 15.90 18.40
Low Estimate 3.16 3.30 14.75 16.03
Coefficient of Variance 2.68 3.45 1.60 3.57

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 10 10 12
OVERWEIGHT 4 4 4
HOLD 12 12 11
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 1 1 1
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for General Dynamics Corp. - GD

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Mar 21, 2025 Laura J. Schumacher Director 11,542 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $264.5 per share 3,052,859.00
Mar 21, 2025 Catherine B. Reynolds Director 6,732 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $264.5 per share 1,780,614.00
Mar 21, 2025 C. Howard Nye Director 6,147 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $264.5 per share 1,625,881.50
Mar 21, 2025 John G. Stratton Director 7,790 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $264.5 per share 2,060,455.00
Mar 21, 2025 Charles W. Hooper Director 979 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $264.5 per share 258,945.50
Mar 21, 2025 Cecil D. Haney Director 2,803 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $264.5 per share 741,393.50
Mar 21, 2025 Mark M. Malcolm Director 10,075 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $264.5 per share 2,664,837.50
Mar 21, 2025 Rudy F. de Leon Director 5,428 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $264.5 per share 1,435,706.00
Mar 13, 2025 Marguerite Amy Gilliland Senior Vice President 72,754 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $223.93 per share 16,291,803.22
Mar 13, 2025 Marguerite Amy Gilliland Senior Vice President 48,014 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $272.08 per share 13,063,649.12
Mar 13, 2025 Marguerite Amy Gilliland Senior Vice President 45,192 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $272.41 per share 12,310,752.72
Mar 13, 2025 Marguerite Amy Gilliland Senior Vice President N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Mar 7, 2025 Phebe N. Novakovic Chairman and CEO; Director 788,792 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $253.95 per share 200,313,728.40
Mar 7, 2025 Shane Berg Senior Vice President 20,600 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 7, 2025 Phebe N. Novakovic Chairman and CEO; Director 769,607 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $263.48 per share 202,776,052.36
Mar 7, 2025 Phebe N. Novakovic Chairman and CEO; Director 809,843 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 7, 2025 Laura J. Schumacher Director 1,370 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 7, 2025 Rudy F. de Leon Director 1,370 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 7, 2025 John G. Stratton Director 1,370 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 7, 2025 Catherine B. Reynolds Director 1,370 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

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