Stock Evaluator: General Dynamics Corporation (GD)

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General Dynamics Corporation GD

$383.42 1.22 0.32%
July 31, 2026 4:00:03 PM EST November 10, 2021 Volume: 1,523,662
After Hours: $120.37   0.15  |  0.12% November 10, 2021 7:59 PM EST Volume: 72,713
USD NYSE | DELAYED PRICE
SECTOR INDUSTRY
Industrials Aerospace & Defense

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COMPANY SUMMARY
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.

Commentary & Analysis


Financial Summary

Share Statistics GD Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Market Cap (Mil) $103,251.4 $3,507.1 97%
Shares Out (Mil) 274.1 74.6 82%
Institutional Ownership 99.3% 87.4% 87%
Float (Mil) 254.5 63.5 78%
Beta 0.34 0.94 19%
Avg Daily Volume (000s) 1,319 636 75%
Price Change
(52-week)
21.5% 69.2% 63%
Growth GD Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Sales (5yr) 6.7% 9.9% 44%
Net Income (5yr) 5.9% 17.1% 48%
EPS (5yr) 7.0% 16.8% 41
Dividends (5yr) 6.4% 0.0% 98%
Cash Flow (5yr) (18.8%) 1.8% 36%
Estimates Qtrly Current
Fiscal
Year
Next
Fiscal
Year
# of Estimates 14 15 22
Current EPS $4.114 $16.936 $18.433
Month Ago EPS $4.065 $16.661 $18.172
# Rev Up 2 2 1
# Rev Down 0 0 0
Three Months Ago EPS $4.071 $16.537 $18.025
Year/Year Chg 0.3% 9.6% 28.9%
Financials GD Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Sales (TTM) (Mil) $53,808 $887 97%
Net Income (TTM) (Mil) $4,341 $32 96%
EPS (TTM) $16.116 $0.500 97%
Operating Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) $7,412 $24 97%
Net Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) $2,412 $48 98%
Long-Term Debt (Q1) (Mil) $7,770 $320 90%
Enterprise Value (Q1) (Mil) $101,208 $4,124 96%
Valuation GD Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
P/B 3.96 3.76 73%
P/E 24.1 42.2 59%
Dividend Yield 1.7% 0.0% 74%
PEG (5yr hist) 3.4 1.7 81%
Ratios GD Industry
Median
Percentile
(All Stocks)
Gross Margin 15.1% 27.3% 14%
Net Margin 8.2% 5.6% 59%
ROA 7.5% 3.1% 82%
ROE 18.0% 10.3% 77%
Liabilities to Assets 55.8% 53.0% 48%
F-Score 7 4 84%

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As of 7/30/2026, from a list of 60 stock screening strategies, GD meetings the criteria of 2 screen:

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