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General Dynamics Corporation

Aerospace & Defense · United States

USD 330.48-0.4% daily changeQuote 2026-10-06 · USD
Market cap (USD)
US$89.41B
Trailing P/E
20.16x
Forward P/E
17.77x
Quarterly revenue growth
8.1%
Trailing net margin
8.2%
Indicated dividend yield
1.9%

Snapshot 2026-10-06 · Latest financial period 2026-07-05 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.

Next earnings: 2026-10-28 (provider estimate, not issuer-confirmed).

Company background

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.

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Q2 2026

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MetricGDGeneral Dynamics CorporationSnapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-07-05
Market capMarket value, converted to USDUS$89.41B
Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate17.77x
EV / EBITDAEnterprise value / trailing EBITDA14.29x
Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter8.1%
Operating marginLatest reported quarter10.4%
Free cash flow yieldTrailing cash flow / market cap4.9%
Net debt / EBITDANet debt / trailing EBITDA0.78x
Debt / equityTotal debt / positive book equity0.35x
Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings20.16x
Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share3.33x
EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue1.73x
Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter13.4%
Gross marginTrailing twelve months15.4%
Net marginTrailing twelve months8.2%
Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only17.8%
Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue8.0%
Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price1.9%
Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout37.7%
Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities1.44x
BetaProvider historical market sensitivity0.33

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Q2 20262026-07-29
Q1 20262026-04-29

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