General Dynamics Corporation (GD) Stock

About General Dynamics Corporation

General Dynamics Corporation is led by CEO Phebe N. Novakovic, employs 110,000 people, headquartered in Reston, US, publicly traded since 1978.

General Dynamics Corporation (GD) stock trades at $349.36 with a market capitalization of $94.52B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 20.25, price-to-book of 3.39, price-to-sales of 1.66. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $306.77 and $400.00, and currently trades 12.7% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.89%.

On profitability, General Dynamics Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 17.43%, above the typical market range of roughly 12-15%, return on capital employed of 13.68%, an operating margin of 10.19%, a net profit margin of 8.18%.

In its most recent fiscal year, General Dynamics Corporation reported annual revenue of $52.5B, net profit of $4.2B. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue grew at an average annual rate of 6.7%, and net profit grew at an average annual rate of 5.9%.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35 (debt below half of shareholders' equity), a current ratio of 1.38, total assets of $57.2B, $2.3B in cash and equivalents.

GD has an average daily trading volume of 1,208,017 shares, a beta of 0.32 (historically less volatile than the overall market).

General Dynamics Corporation by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 General Dynamics Corporation reported revenue of $30.6B rising to $52.5B, a change of +72.0% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 6.7% a year over five years, 10.1% over three, 10.1% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $4.2B.

Operating margin went from 12.3% in 2016 to 10.2% in 2025, a fall of 2.1 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 8.18%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $53.8B and net profit $4.3B.

Borrowings rose from $3.9B to $9.8B, cash on hand is $3.7B, cash from operations was $5.1B in the latest year, positive in 10 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 17.2% over five years, and was 16.4% in the most recent year.

The share price itself has compounded at 15.7% a year over five years, 20.3% over three, 23.0% over the last year. Past price movement is history, not a forecast.

Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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