GD Stock - General Dynamics Corporation
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Financial Statements
| Metric | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $47.72B | $42.27B | $39.41B | $38.47B | $37.92B |
| Gross Profit | $7.36B | $6.67B | $6.62B | $6.41B | $6.33B |
| Gross Margin | 15.4% | 15.8% | 16.8% | 16.7% | 16.7% |
| Operating Income | $4.80B | $4.25B | $4.21B | $4.16B | $4.13B |
| Net Income | $3.78B | $3.31B | $3.39B | $3.26B | $3.17B |
| Net Margin | 7.9% | 7.8% | 8.6% | 8.5% | 8.4% |
| EPS | $13.81 | $12.14 | $12.31 | $11.61 | $11.04 |
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 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.
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Recent Analyst Actions
| Date | Firm | Action | Rating | Price Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 16th 2025 | Morgan Stanley | Upgrade | Overweight | $408 |
| December 12th 2025 | Citigroup | Initiation | Neutral | $371 |
| November 18th 2025 | BNP Paribas Exane | Initiation | Outperform | $410 |
| October 27th 2025 | Vertical Research | Upgrade | Buy | $400 |
| September 29th 2025 | Seaport Research Partners | Upgrade | Buy | $376 |
| July 24th 2025 | Wolfe Research | Upgrade | Outperform | $360 |
| July 8th 2025 | Deutsche Bank | Upgrade | Buy | $342 |
| April 16th 2025 | Morgan Stanley | Downgrade | Equal Weight | $305 |
| February 21st 2025 | William Blair | Downgrade | Market Perform | - |
| February 13th 2025 | BTIG Research | Downgrade | Neutral | - |
| January 14th 2025 | Robert W. Baird | Downgrade | Neutral | $283← $345 |
| January 6th 2025 | Vertical Research | Downgrade | Hold | $290← $352 |
| December 19th 2024 | RBC Capital Mkts | Downgrade | Sector Perform | $290← $330 |
| December 12th 2024 | Goldman | Downgrade | Sell | $245← $283 |
| December 11th 2024 | Wolfe Research | Downgrade | Peer Perform | - |
Earnings History & Surprises
GDEPS Surprise History
Quarterly EPS Details
| Period | Report Date | Estimated EPS | Actual EPS | Surprise | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2 2026 | Apr 21, 2026 | — | — | — | — |
Q1 2026 | Feb 4, 2026 | $4.11 | — | — | — |
Q4 2025 | Oct 24, 2025 | $3.70 | $3.88 | +4.9% | ✓ BEAT |
Q3 2025 | Jul 23, 2025 | $3.55 | $3.74 | +5.4% | ✓ BEAT |
Q2 2025 | Apr 23, 2025 | $3.49 | $3.66 | +4.9% | ✓ BEAT |
Q1 2025 | Jan 29, 2025 | $4.07 | $4.15 | +2.0% | ✓ BEAT |
Q4 2024 | Oct 23, 2024 | $3.48 | $3.35 | -3.7% | ✗ MISS |
Q3 2024 | Jul 24, 2024 | $3.27 | $3.26 | -0.3% | ✗ MISS |
Q2 2024 | Apr 24, 2024 | $2.93 | $2.88 | -1.7% | ✗ MISS |
Q1 2024 | Jan 24, 2024 | $3.68 | $3.64 | -1.1% | ✗ MISS |
Q4 2023 | Oct 25, 2023 | $2.91 | $3.04 | +4.5% | ✓ BEAT |
Q3 2023 | Jul 26, 2023 | $2.56 | $2.70 | +5.5% | ✓ BEAT |
Q2 2023 | Apr 26, 2023 | $2.59 | $2.64 | +1.9% | ✓ BEAT |
Q1 2023 | Jan 25, 2023 | $3.54 | $3.58 | +1.1% | ✓ BEAT |
Q4 2022 | Oct 26, 2022 | $3.15 | $3.26 | +3.5% | ✓ BEAT |
Q3 2022 | Jul 27, 2022 | $2.72 | $2.75 | +1.1% | ✓ BEAT |
Q2 2022 | Apr 27, 2022 | $2.51 | $2.61 | +4.0% | ✓ BEAT |
Q1 2022 | Jan 26, 2022 | $3.37 | $3.39 | +0.6% | ✓ BEAT |
Q4 2021 | Oct 27, 2021 | $2.98 | $3.07 | +3.0% | ✓ BEAT |
Q3 2021 | Jul 28, 2021 | $2.55 | $2.61 | +2.4% | ✓ BEAT |
Latest News
JP Morgan Maintains Overweight on General Dynamics, Raises Price Target to $385
📈 PositiveTrump Administration Plans Executive Order To Limit Defense Contractors Dividends, Buybacks And Executive Pay For Over-Budget And Delayed Contracts
📉 NegativeGeneral Dynamics IT Wins $285M Virginia Contract To Provide Advanced Cybersecurity, AI And Zero Trust Solutions For Agencies Statewide
📈 PositiveMorgan Stanley Upgrades General Dynamics to Overweight, Raises Price Target to $408
📈 PositiveCitigroup Initiates Coverage On General Dynamics with Neutral Rating, Announces Price Target of $371
➖ NeutralGeneral Dynamics Announces Danny Deep Promoted To President, Effective December 3, 2025
➖ NeutralReported Earlier, General Dynamics NASSCO Joins DSEC And Samsung Heavy Industries To Collaborate On Ship Design And Manufacturing Automation Technology
📈 PositiveGeneral Dynamics Land Systems And BAE Systems Have Signed A Teaming Agreement To Offer The Bvs10 Beowulf Platform For The Canadian Army's Domestic Arctic Mobility Enhancement Project
📈 PositiveGeneral Dynamics' Unit General Dynamics Information Technology Expands Its Collaboration With Google Public Sector To Accelerate Innovation For The U.S. Government
📈 PositiveGeneral Dynamics Gulfstream Poised For Output Growth Through 2029 Despite China Market Slowdown From Trade Tensions
📈 PositiveLive On CNBC, Josh Brown Hosts Segment Titled "Best Stocks In The Market: L3Harris Technologies; General Dynamics; RTX "
📈 PositiveGeneral Dynamics NASSCO Awarded $1.7B Contract To Build U.S. Navy Fleet Replenishment Oilers T-AO 215 And T-AO 216
📈 PositiveJP Morgan Maintains Overweight on General Dynamics, Raises Price Target to $380
📈 PositiveB of A Securities Maintains Buy on General Dynamics, Raises Price Target to $400
📈 PositiveBernstein Maintains Market Perform on General Dynamics, Raises Price Target to $388
➖ NeutralSusquehanna Maintains Positive on General Dynamics, Raises Price Target to $405
📈 PositiveUBS Maintains Neutral on General Dynamics, Raises Price Target to $381
➖ NeutralGeneral Dynamics Raises FY2025 GAAP EPS Guidance from $15.05-$15.15 to $15.30-$15.35 vs $15.23 Est; Raises FY2025 Sales Guidance from $51.200B to $52.000B vs $51.257B Est
📈 PositiveGeneral Dynamics shares are trading higher after the company reported Q3 EPS and sales above expectations.
📈 PositiveGeneral Dynamics Q3 Orders $19.3B; Consolidated Book-Bill Ratio 1.5-to-1
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