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General Dynamics Corporation (GD) 10-Year Financial Performance & Capital Metrics

GD • • Industrial / General
IndustrialsAerospace & DefenseAircraft ManufacturingMilitary Aircraft & Defense Platforms
AboutGeneral 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 designs, manufactures, and sells business jets; and offers aircraft maintenance and repair, management, charter, aircraft-on-ground support and completion, staffing, and fixed-base operator 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 builds crude oil and product tankers, and container and cargo ships. This segment also provides navy ships maintenance and modernization services; lifecycle support and repair services for navy surface ships; and program management, planning, engineering, and design support services for submarines and surface ships. The Combat Systems segment manufactures land combat solutions, such as wheeled and tracked combat vehicles, Stryker wheeled combat vehicles, piranha vehicles, weapons systems, munitions, mobile bridge systems with payloads, tactical vehicles, main battle tanks, armored vehicles, and armaments. This segment also offers modernization programs, engineering, support, and sustainment services. The Technologies segment provides information technology solutions and mission support services; mobile communication, computers, and command-and-control mission systems; and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions to military, intelligence, and federal civilian customers. This segment also offers cloud computing, artificial intelligence; machine learning; big data analytics; development, security, and operations; software-defined networks; everything-as-a-service; defense enterprise office system solutions; and unmanned undersea vehicle manufacturing and assembly services. General Dynamics Corporation was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.Show more
  • Revenue $47.72B +12.9%
  • EBITDA $5.68B +11.2%
  • Net Income $3.78B +14.1%
  • EPS (Diluted) 13.63 +13.4%
  • Gross Margin 15.43% -2.2%
  • EBITDA Margin 11.91% -1.5%
  • Operating Margin 10.05%
  • Net Margin 7.93% +1.1%
  • ROE 17.44% +4.9%
  • ROIC 11.7% +10.0%
  • Debt/Equity 0.48 -7.0%
  • Interest Coverage 12.20 +14.7%
Technical Analysis

Key Insights

Based on financial data analysis

✓Strengths

  • ✓11 consecutive years of dividend growth
  • ✓Good 3Y average ROE of 17.6%
  • ✓Trading near 52-week high

✗Weaknesses

No significant weaknesses identified

* These insights are generated automatically based on available financial data. Please conduct your own research before making investment decisions.

Price & Volume

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Growth Metrics

Revenue CAGR

10Y4.46%
5Y3.93%
3Y7.44%
TTM11.86%

Profit (Net Income) CAGR

10Y4.09%
5Y1.65%
3Y5.11%
TTM15.83%

EPS CAGR

10Y6.27%
5Y2.61%
3Y5.67%
TTM17.59%

ROCE

10Y Avg15.07%
5Y Avg11.9%
3Y Avg11.86%
Latest12.55%

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NameMarket CapCurrent PriceP/E RatioRevenue Growth 1YNet MarginROEFCF YieldDebt/Equity
HIIHuntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.16.44B418.8630.000.71%4.74%11.42%0.16%0.73
GDGeneral Dynamics Corporation99.59B368.6927.0512.88%8.18%17.25%3.21%0.48
LMTLockheed Martin Corporation133.72B577.8925.905.14%5.73%67.95%3.95%3.38
NOCNorthrop Grumman Corporation93.43B654.6123.104.44%9.82%25.14%2.81%1.20

Profit & Loss

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Sales/Revenue+31.78B30.56B30.97B36.19B39.35B37.92B38.47B39.41B42.27B47.72B
Revenue Growth %0.03%-0.04%0.01%0.17%0.09%-0.04%0.01%0.02%0.07%0.13%
Cost of Goods Sold+25.55B24.9B24.73B29.54B32.36B31.6B32.06B32.78B35.6B40.35B
COGS % of Revenue0.8%0.81%0.8%0.82%0.82%0.83%0.83%0.83%0.84%0.85%
Gross Profit+6.23B5.67B6.24B6.66B6.99B6.33B6.41B6.62B6.67B7.36B
Gross Margin %0.2%0.19%0.2%0.18%0.18%0.17%0.17%0.17%0.16%0.15%
Gross Profit Growth %0.06%-0.09%0.1%0.07%0.05%-0.09%0.01%0.03%0.01%0.1%
Operating Expenses+1.94B1.92B2.01B2.26B2.42B2.19B2.25B2.41B2.43B2.57B
OpEx % of Revenue0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.05%
Selling, General & Admin1.94B1.92B2.01B2.26B2.42B2.19B2.25B2.41B2.43B2.57B
SG&A % of Revenue0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.05%
Research & Development000000000565M
R&D % of Revenue---------0.01%
Other Operating Expenses000000000-565M
Operating Income+4.29B3.74B4.24B4.39B4.57B4.13B4.16B4.21B4.25B4.8B
Operating Margin %0.14%0.12%0.14%0.12%0.12%0.11%0.11%0.11%0.1%0.1%
Operating Income Growth %0.1%-0.13%0.13%0.04%0.04%-0.1%0.01%0.01%0.01%0.13%
EBITDA+4.78B4.2B4.68B5.16B5.4B5.01B5.05B5.09B5.11B5.68B
EBITDA Margin %0.15%0.14%0.15%0.14%0.14%0.13%0.13%0.13%0.12%0.12%
EBITDA Growth %0.09%-0.12%0.11%0.1%0.05%-0.07%0.01%0.01%0%0.11%
D&A (Non-Cash Add-back)482M453M441M763M829M878M890M884M863M886M
EBIT4.32B3.75B4.19B4.46B4.67B4.23B4.3B4.43B4.38B4.93B
Net Interest Income+-83M-91M-103M-356M-460M-477M-424M-364M-343M-324M
Interest Income15M8M14M18M12M12M7M27M56M69M
Interest Expense98M99M117M374M472M489M431M391M399M393M
Other Income/Expense-76M-88M-159M-309M-368M-395M-290M-175M-261M-256M
Pretax Income+4.22B3.66B4.08B4.08B4.2B3.74B3.87B4.04B3.98B4.54B
Pretax Margin %0.13%0.12%0.13%0.11%0.11%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.09%0.1%
Income Tax+1.18B977M1.17B727M718M571M616M646M669M758M
Effective Tax Rate %0.72%0.7%0.71%0.82%0.83%0.85%0.84%0.84%0.83%0.83%
Net Income+3.04B2.57B2.91B3.35B3.48B3.17B3.26B3.39B3.31B3.78B
Net Margin %0.1%0.08%0.09%0.09%0.09%0.08%0.08%0.09%0.08%0.08%
Net Income Growth %0.2%-0.15%0.13%0.15%0.04%-0.09%0.03%0.04%-0.02%0.14%
Net Income (Continuing)3.04B2.68B2.91B3.36B3.48B3.17B3.26B3.39B3.31B3.78B
Discontinued Operations0-107M0-13M000000
Minority Interest0000000000
EPS (Diluted)+9.088.299.5611.1811.9811.0011.5512.1912.0213.63
EPS Growth %0.22%-0.09%0.15%0.17%0.07%-0.08%0.05%0.06%-0.01%0.13%
EPS (Basic)9.238.449.7311.3312.0911.0411.6112.3112.1413.81
Diluted Shares Outstanding326.7M310.4M304.6M299.2M290.84M287.91M282.02M278.17M275.73M277.49M
Basic Shares Outstanding321.3M304.7M299.2M295.3M288.29M286.92M280.43M275.31M273.14M277.48M
Dividend Payout Ratio0.29%0.35%0.34%0.32%0.33%0.39%0.4%0.4%0.43%0.4%

Balance Sheet

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Total Current Assets+14.57B15.45B18.28B18.19B20.29B21.54B19.99B21.06B23.61B24.39B
Cash & Short-Term Investments2.79B2.33B2.98B963M902M2.82B1.6B1.24B1.91B1.7B
Cash Only2.79B2.33B2.98B963M902M2.82B1.6B1.24B1.91B1.7B
Short-Term Investments0000000000
Accounts Receivable3.45B7.61B8.86B10.34B11.4B11.19B11.54B11.8B11B11.22B
Days Sales Outstanding39.5890.9104.37104.23105.75107.65109.48109.3294.9985.86
Inventory7.72B8.8B5.3B5.98B6.31B5.75B5.34B6.32B8.58B9.72B
Days Inventory Outstanding110.33129.0978.2773.8671.1266.3660.7970.3887.9587.96
Other Current Assets617M1.47B1.19B914M1.68B1.79B1.5B1.7B2.12B1.74B
Total Non-Current Assets+17.43B17.43B16.72B27.22B29.06B29.77B30.09B30.52B31.2B31.49B
Property, Plant & Equipment3.47B3.47B3.52B4.35B4.47B5.1B5.42B5.9B6.2B6.47B
Fixed Asset Turnover9.17x8.81x8.81x8.32x8.79x7.44x7.10x6.68x6.82x7.38x
Goodwill11.44B11.45B11.91B19.59B19.68B20.05B20.1B20.33B20.59B20.56B
Intangible Assets763M678M702M2.58B2.31B2.12B1.98B1.82B1.66B1.52B
Long-Term Investments0-1.36B00-33M0-41M-39M00
Other Non-Current Assets1.75B1.83B585M692M2.59B2.5B2.59B2.46B2.75B2.95B
Total Assets+32B32.87B34.99B45.41B48.84B51.31B50.07B51.59B54.81B55.88B
Asset Turnover0.99x0.93x0.89x0.80x0.81x0.74x0.77x0.76x0.77x0.85x
Asset Growth %-0.09%0.03%0.06%0.3%0.08%0.05%-0.02%0.03%0.06%0.02%
Total Current Liabilities+12.45B12.85B13.05B14.74B16.8B15.96B13.98B15.34B16.43B17.82B
Accounts Payable1.96B2.54B3.21B3.18B3.16B2.95B3.17B3.4B3.1B3.34B
Days Payables Outstanding28.0637.2147.3339.2935.6634.136.0537.8331.7330.25
Short-Term Debt501M900M2M973M2.92B3B1B1.25B507M1.5B
Deferred Revenue (Current)1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K
Other Current Liabilities3.66B7.42B2.11B2.37B2.38B2.08B1.85B1.5B1.39B1.45B
Current Ratio1.17x1.20x1.40x1.23x1.21x1.35x1.43x1.37x1.44x1.37x
Quick Ratio0.55x0.52x0.99x0.83x0.83x0.99x1.05x0.96x0.92x0.82x
Cash Conversion Cycle121.85182.78135.31138.8141.21139.91134.22141.88151.2143.57
Total Non-Current Liabilities+8.81B9.05B10.51B18.94B18.57B19.68B18.45B17.68B17.08B15.99B
Long-Term Debt2.9B2.99B3.98B11.44B9.01B9.99B10.49B9.24B8.75B7.26B
Capital Lease Obligations00001.25B1.4B1.34B1.33B1.5B1.59B
Deferred Tax Liabilities75M72M244M577M588M461M-1.25B000
Other Non-Current Liabilities5.84B6.43B6.29B6.92B7.01B6.95B6.62B4.93B4.25B4.14B
Total Liabilities21.26B21.9B23.56B33.68B35.26B35.65B32.43B33.02B33.51B33.82B
Total Debt+3.4B3.89B3.98B12.42B13.43B14.73B13.18B12.11B11.08B10.68B
Net Debt614M1.55B999M11.45B12.53B11.91B11.57B10.87B9.17B8.98B
Debt / Equity0.32x0.35x0.35x1.06x0.99x0.94x0.75x0.65x0.52x0.48x
Debt / EBITDA0.71x0.93x0.85x2.41x2.49x2.94x2.61x2.38x2.17x1.88x
Net Debt / EBITDA0.13x0.37x0.21x2.22x2.32x2.38x2.29x2.13x1.80x1.58x
Interest Coverage43.83x37.82x36.21x11.75x9.68x8.45x9.66x10.77x10.64x12.20x
Total Equity+10.74B10.98B11.44B11.73B13.58B15.66B17.64B18.57B21.3B22.06B
Equity Growth %-0.09%0.02%0.04%0.03%0.16%0.15%0.13%0.05%0.15%0.04%
Book Value per Share32.8735.3637.5439.2146.6854.3962.5566.7577.2579.51
Total Shareholders' Equity10.74B10.98B11.44B11.73B13.58B15.66B17.64B18.57B21.3B22.06B
Common Stock482M482M482M482M482M482M482M482M482M482M
Retained Earnings23.2B25.23B26.44B29.33B31.63B33.5B35.42B37.4B39.27B41.49B
Treasury Stock-12.39B-14.16B-15.54B-17.24B-17.36B-17.89B-19.62B-20.72B-21.05B-22.45B
Accumulated OCI-3.29B-3.4B-2.82B-3.78B-4.22B-3.55B-1.92B-2.15B-1.16B-1.52B
Minority Interest0000000000

Cash Flow

Dec 2015Dec 2016Dec 2017Dec 2018Dec 2019Dec 2020Dec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024
Cash from Operations+2.5B2.2B3.88B3.15B2.98B3.86B4.27B4.58B4.71B4.11B
Operating CF Margin %0.08%0.07%0.13%0.09%0.08%0.1%0.11%0.12%0.11%0.09%
Operating CF Growth %-0.33%-0.12%0.76%-0.19%-0.05%0.29%0.11%0.07%0.03%-0.13%
Net Income2.96B2.96B2.91B3.35B3.48B3.17B3.26B3.39B3.31B3.78B
Depreciation & Amortization482M454M441M763M829M878M890M884M863M886M
Stock-Based Compensation110M100M123M140M133M128M126M165M181M183M
Deferred Taxes167M376M401M-3M92M-127M-66M-178M-177M-86M
Other Non-Cash Items24M-51M186M-272M37M-23M-617M-362M-107M-69M
Working Capital Changes-1.25B-1.64B-184M-825M-1.59B-165M681M680M635M-584M
Change in Receivables604M-161M-195M417M176M371M138M46M38M16M
Change in Inventory75M-1.19B-182M-591M-376M502M405M-980M-2.22B-1.2B
Change in Payables-89M567M657M-197M6M-215M194M224M-303M247M
Cash from Investing+200M-426M-791M-10.23B-994M-974M-882M-1.49B-945M-959M
Capital Expenditures-569M-392M-428M-690M-987M-967M-887M-1.11B-904M-916M
CapEx % of Revenue0.02%0.01%0.01%0.02%0.03%0.03%0.02%0.03%0.02%0.02%
Acquisitions----------
Investments----------
Other Investing264M-34M36M555M12M196M5M-375M-37M-43M
Cash from Financing+-4.26B-2.17B-2.4B5.09B-2B-903M-4.59B-3.47B-3.09B-3.37B
Debt Issued (Net)----------
Equity Issued (Net)----------
Dividends Paid-873M-911M-986M-1.07B-1.15B-1.24B-1.31B-1.37B-1.43B-1.53B
Share Repurchases----------
Other Financing79M246M60M-503M-55M-95M50M127M18M161M
Net Change in Cash----------
Free Cash Flow+1.93B1.81B3.45B2.46B1.99B2.89B3.38B3.46B3.81B3.2B
FCF Margin %0.06%0.06%0.11%0.07%0.05%0.08%0.09%0.09%0.09%0.07%
FCF Growth %-0.4%-0.06%0.91%-0.29%-0.19%0.45%0.17%0.02%0.1%-0.16%
FCF per Share5.915.8211.338.226.8610.0412.0012.4613.8011.52
FCF Conversion (FCF/Net Income)0.82x0.85x1.33x0.94x0.86x1.22x1.31x1.35x1.42x1.09x
Interest Paid0000000000
Taxes Paid0000000000

Key Ratios

Metric2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Return on Equity (ROE)26.91%23.69%25.99%28.88%27.53%21.66%19.56%18.72%16.63%17.44%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)28.38%23.52%25.45%18.5%13.91%11.55%11%10.77%10.63%11.7%
Gross Margin19.61%18.54%20.15%18.39%17.76%16.68%16.66%16.8%15.78%15.43%
Net Margin9.55%8.42%9.4%9.24%8.85%8.35%8.47%8.6%7.84%7.93%
Debt / Equity0.32x0.35x0.35x1.06x0.99x0.94x0.75x0.65x0.52x0.48x
Interest Coverage43.83x37.82x36.21x11.75x9.68x8.45x9.66x10.77x10.64x12.20x
FCF Conversion0.82x0.85x1.33x0.94x0.86x1.22x1.31x1.35x1.42x1.09x
Revenue Growth3.01%-3.84%1.35%16.85%8.72%-3.62%1.43%2.44%7.27%12.88%

Revenue by Segment

2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Marine Systems8.01B8.2B8B8.5B9.18B9.98B10.53B11.04B12.46B14.34B
Marine Systems Growth-2.36%-2.41%6.22%8.01%8.67%5.48%4.88%12.87%15.10%
Technologies-----12.65B12.46B12.49B12.92B13.13B
Technologies Growth-------1.51%0.28%3.44%1.59%
Aerospace8.85B8.36B8.13B8.46B9.8B8.07B8.13B8.57B8.62B11.25B
Aerospace Growth--5.52%-2.79%4.01%15.92%-17.61%0.74%5.31%0.63%30.48%
Combat Systems5.64B5.6B5.95B6.24B7.01B7.22B7.35B7.31B8.27B9B
Combat Systems Growth--0.67%6.19%4.91%12.27%3.08%1.77%-0.58%13.14%8.82%
Information Technology---8.27B8.42B-----
Information Technology Growth----1.85%-----
Mission Systems---4.73B4.94B-----
Mission Systems Growth----4.46%-----

Revenue by Geography

2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
North America24.34B24.12B24.43B29.33B32.83B33.35B33.52B35.27B38.08B42.31B
North America Growth--0.88%1.29%20.05%11.94%1.57%0.52%5.21%7.98%11.12%
Europe2.48B2.35B2.56B2.77B2.81B2.85B2.67B2.24B2.77B3.16B
Europe Growth--5.23%8.62%8.37%1.30%1.35%-6.01%-16.34%23.55%14.32%
Other Africa Middle East2.51B2.67B1.66B1.56B1.74B1.25B1.7B1.36B1.15B1.68B
Other Africa Middle East Growth-6.38%-37.97%-5.44%11.12%-28.18%36.35%-19.85%-15.97%46.47%
Asia Pacific1.68B1.91B2.01B2.25B1.67B1.29B1.27B1.22B1.09B1.55B
Asia Pacific Growth-14.06%5.07%11.98%-25.84%-22.63%-1.78%-3.55%-11.27%42.36%
South America461M294M315M271M299M266M234M246M153M292M
South America Growth--36.23%7.14%-13.97%10.33%-11.04%-12.03%5.13%-37.80%90.85%

Frequently Asked Questions

Valuation & Price

General Dynamics Corporation (GD) has a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 27.0x. This suggests investors expect higher future growth.

Growth & Financials

General Dynamics Corporation (GD) reported $51.51B in revenue for fiscal year 2024. This represents a 58% increase from $32.68B in 2011.

General Dynamics Corporation (GD) grew revenue by 12.9% over the past year. This is steady growth.

Yes, General Dynamics Corporation (GD) is profitable, generating $4.21B in net income for fiscal year 2024 (7.9% net margin).

Dividend & Returns

Yes, General Dynamics Corporation (GD) pays a dividend with a yield of 1.49%. This makes it attractive for income-focused investors.

General Dynamics Corporation (GD) has a return on equity (ROE) of 17.4%. This is reasonable for most industries.

General Dynamics Corporation (GD) generated $4.81B in free cash flow for fiscal year 2024. Positive FCF indicates the company can fund dividends, buybacks, or reinvestment.

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