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Ticker
GD

Price
342.52
Stock movement down
-5.12 (-1.47%)
Company name
General Dynamics Corporation
Exchange
(NYSE
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Industrials >
Aerospace & Defense
Market cap
92.61B
Ent value
121.91B
Price/Sales
1.76
Price/Book
3.61
Div yield
1.75%
Div growth
0.46%
Growth years
29
FCF payout
40.24%
Trailing P/E
22.00
Forward P/E
18.78
PEG
2.01
EPS growth
6.92%
1 year return (CAGR)
39.15%
3 year return (CAGR)
14.42%
5 year return (CAGR)
16.50%
10 year return (CAGR)
9.82%
Last updated: 2026-02-18

DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share6.00
Dividend yield1.75%
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Maximum yield2.94%
Average yield2.17%
Minimum yield1.63%
Discount to avg yield-23.77%
Upside potential-19.21%
Yield as % of max yield59.67%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield1.75%
Current yield distribution95.79%
Yield at 100% (Min)1.63%
Yield at 90%1.86%
Yield at 80%1.94%
Yield at 50% (Median)2.16%
Yield at 20%2.39%
Yield at 10%2.49%
Yield at 0% (Max)2.94%

Dividend per share

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Dividend per share data
Years of growth29 years
CCC statusDividend Champion
Dividend per share6.00
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Ex-div date16 Jan 2026
EPS (TTM)15.37
EPS (1y forward)18.24
EPS growth (5y)6.92%
EPS growth (5y forward)10.95%

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
GDS&P500
DGR MR5.63%-13.74%
DGR TTM6.09%6.60%
DGR 3 years-3.83%7.31%
DGR 5 years0.46%4.69%
DGR 10 years5.09%6.30%
DGR 15 years6.83%8.16%
Time since last change announced260 days
EPS growth (5y)6.92%
EPS growth (5y forward)10.95%

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM37.84%40.24%
Average--
Forward32.89%-

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VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E22.00
Price to OCF18.09
Price to FCF23.39
Price to EBITDA14.54
EV to EBITDA19.13

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales1.76
Price to Book3.61
EV to Sales2.32

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FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count270.39M
EPS (TTM)15.37
FCF per share (TTM)14.45

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)52.55B
Gross profit (TTM)7.95B
Operating income (TTM)5.36B
Net income (TTM)4.21B
EPS (TTM)15.37
EPS (1y forward)18.24

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)15.13%
Operating margin (TTM)10.19%
Profit margin (TTM)8.01%

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash2.33B
Net receivables10.79B
Total current assets24.25B
Goodwill21.01B
Intangible assets1.38B
Property, plant and equipment15.13B
Total assets57.25B
Accounts payable2.68B
Short/Current long term debt9.79B
Total current liabilities16.80B
Total liabilities31.63B
Shareholder's equity25.62B
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)5.12B
Capital expenditures (TTM)1.16B
Free cash flow (TTM)3.96B
Dividends paid (TTM)1.59B

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity16.43%
Return on Assets7.35%
Return on Invested Capital12.41%
Cash Return on Invested Capital11.67%

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STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open346.97
Daily high350.00
Daily low340.09
Daily Volume1.70M
All-time high368.69
1y analyst estimate394.41
Beta0.40
EPS (TTM)15.37
Dividend per share6.00
Ex-div date16 Jan 2026
Next earnings date22 Apr 2026

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
GDS&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-7.10%-1.82%
Highest price drop-64.24%-56.47%
Date of highest drop11 Apr 19949 Mar 2009
Avg drop from high-14.75%-10.84%
Avg time to new high19 days12 days
Max time to new high1412 days1805 days

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COMPANY DETAILS
GD (General Dynamics Corporation) company logo
Marketcap
92.61B
Marketcap category
Large-cap
Description
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.
Employees
117000
SEC filings
CEO
Phebe Novakovic
Country
USA
City
Reston
Stock type
Common stock
CCC status
Dividend Champion
Dividend Frequency
Quarterly
EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS
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