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Key financial summary
Financials in USD| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | TTM | 2026E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | $bn | 37.9 | 38.5 | 39.4 | 42.3 | 47.7 | 52.6 | 56.5 | 56.6 |
| Operating profit | $bn | 5.36 | 5.86 | ||||||
| Net profit | $bn | 3.17 | 3.26 | 3.39 | 3.32 | 3.78 | 4.21 | 4.66 | 4.71 |
| EPS reported | $ | 15.46 | 17.01 | ||||||
| Operating cashflow per share | $ | 18.97 | 27.04 | ||||||
| Capex per share | $ | 4.30 | 5.65 | ||||||
| FCF per share | $ | 14.67 | 21.39 | ||||||
| Free cash flow | $bn | 3.96 | 5.78 | ||||||
| Net debt | $bn | 5.68 | 2.63 | ||||||
| Book value equity | $bn | 25.6 | 27.3 | ||||||
| Book value per share | $ | 93.55 | 99.69 | ||||||
| Number of shares | m | 273.9 | 273.78 | ||||||
| DPS (TTM paid) | $ | 5.92 | 6.27 |
Financial summary
Financials in USD| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | TTM | 2026E | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | |||||||||
| P/E TTM | x | 21.78 | 21.59 | ||||||
| P/B LTM | x | 3.55 | 3.64 | ||||||
| P/S LTM | x | 1.73 | 1.76 | ||||||
| P/FCF LTM | x | 22.95 | 17.17 | ||||||
| EV/EBITDA LTM | x | 15.51 | 14.79 | ||||||
| EV/Sales LTM | x | 1.87 | 1.80 | ||||||
| Earnings Yield LTM | % | 4.59% | 4.63% | ||||||
| FCF Yield | % | 4.36% | 5.82% | ||||||
| Quality | |||||||||
| ROE | % | 16.43% | 17.60% | ||||||
| ROIC | % | 10.58% | 11.35% | ||||||
| Operating margin | % | 10.19% | 10.37% | ||||||
| Gross margin | % | 15.13% | 15.42% | ||||||
| FCF/Sales | % | 7.53% | 10.22% | ||||||
| Growth and momentum | |||||||||
| EPS Growth YoY | % | +13.43% | +10.17% | ||||||
| Sales Growth YoY | % | +10.13% | +9.73% | ||||||
| Net Income Growth YoY | % | +11.32% | +10.49% | ||||||
| FCF Growth | % | +23.87% | +20.10% | ||||||
| Operating Profit Growth | % | +11.68% | +9.99% | ||||||
| Dividend and capital structure | |||||||||
| Dividend Yield | % | 1.75% | 1.71% | ||||||
| Dividend Growth | % | +6.09% | +5.91% | ||||||
| Payout Ratio | % | 37.62% | 35.80% | ||||||
| FCF/Debt | x | 0.40 | 0.64 | ||||||
| Net Debt/EBITDA | x | 1.18 | 0.67 | ||||||
| EBIT/Net interest | x | 17.06 | 25.92 | ||||||
| Net debt/market cap | % | 6.25% | 2.65% | ||||||
| Net debt/Equity | x | 0.22 | 0.10 | ||||||
| Gross debt/equity | x | 0.38 | 0.33 | ||||||
ETFs that hold General Dynamics
| Fund | Ticker | Position# | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF | ITA | 7 | 4.76% |
| Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF | PPA | 5 | 5.72% |
| Global X - Defense Tech ETF | SHLD | 4 | 9.19% |
| State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF | XAR | 8 | 3.29% |
| iShares Defense Industrials Act | IDEF | 3 | 4.44% |
| Amplify Cybersecurity ETF | HACK | 5 | 5.05% |
| HANetf ICAV - Future of Defence UCITS ETF - Accumulating | NATO.L | 4 | 4.76% |
| First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF | MISL | 10 | 4.42% |
| Global X Defence Tech UCITS ETF | ARMR.L | 4 | 9.20% |
| BetaShares - Global Defence ETF | ARMR.AX | 2 | 8.60% |
Funds with General Dynamics among their ten largest holdings, largest fund first.
Price target estimates
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Ratings
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Company overview
General Dynamics Corporation is a global leader in the aerospace and defense industry, with its operations structured across four key divisions: Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems, and Technologies. The Aerospace segment focuses on the design, production, and sale of business jets, alongside offering a full suite of aviation services including aircraft maintenance, repair, management, charter services, and ground support. Marine Systems specializes in shipbuilding for the U.S. Navy, constructing nuclear-powered submarines, surface warships, and auxiliary vessels. This division also builds various commercial ships, such as tankers and cargo carriers. Furthermore, it provides extensive maintenance, modernization, and lifecycle support, along with engineering and design services for both naval and commercial fleets. Combat Systems is dedicated to creating land-based defense solutions, manufacturing a diverse range of products including wheeled and tracked combat vehicles (like the Stryker and Piranha), main battle tanks, armored vehicles, weapon systems, munitions, and mobile bridge systems. This segment also delivers modernization programs, engineering expertise, and ongoing sustainment services. The Technologies division offers sophisticated information technology and mission support services, catering primarily to military, intelligence, and federal civilian clients. Its offerings span mobile communication, computing, command-and-control systems, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities. Additionally, this segment is deeply involved in cutting-edge areas such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data analytics, DevOps, software-defined networks, "everything-as-a-service" models, defense enterprise office systems, and the assembly of unmanned undersea vehicles. Established in 1899, General Dynamics Corporation is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.
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| Fund | Ticker | Position# | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF | ITA | 7 | 4.76% |
| Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF | PPA | 5 | 5.72% |
| Global X - Defense Tech ETF | SHLD | 4 | 9.19% |
| State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF | XAR | 8 | 3.29% |
| iShares Defense Industrials Act | IDEF | 3 | 4.44% |
| Amplify Cybersecurity ETF | HACK | 5 | 5.05% |
| HANetf ICAV - Future of Defence UCITS ETF - Accumulating | NATO.L | 4 | 4.76% |
| First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF | MISL | 10 | 4.42% |
| Global X Defence Tech UCITS ETF | ARMR.L | 4 | 9.20% |
| BetaShares - Global Defence ETF | ARMR.AX | 2 | 8.60% |
Funds with General Dynamics among their ten largest holdings, largest fund first.
Consensus from external analysts. Not Kvantra's opinion.
Based on consensus from external analysts. Not Kvantra's opinion.
General Dynamics Corporation is a global leader in the aerospace and defense industry, with its operations structured across four key divisions: Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems, and Technologies. The Aerospace segment focuses on the design, production, and sale of business jets, alongside offering a full suite of aviation services including aircraft maintenance, repair, management, charter services, and ground support. Marine Systems specializes in shipbuilding for the U.S. Navy, constructing nuclear-powered submarines, surface warships, and auxiliary vessels. This division also builds various commercial ships, such as tankers and cargo carriers. Furthermore, it provides extensive maintenance, modernization, and lifecycle support, along with engineering and design services for both naval and commercial fleets. Combat Systems is dedicated to creating land-based defense solutions, manufacturing a diverse range of products including wheeled and tracked combat vehicles (like the Stryker and Piranha), main battle tanks, armored vehicles, weapon systems, munitions, and mobile bridge systems. This segment also delivers modernization programs, engineering expertise, and ongoing sustainment services. The Technologies division offers sophisticated information technology and mission support services, catering primarily to military, intelligence, and federal civilian clients. Its offerings span mobile communication, computing, command-and-control systems, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities. Additionally, this segment is deeply involved in cutting-edge areas such as cloud computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data analytics, DevOps, software-defined networks, "everything-as-a-service" models, defense enterprise office systems, and the assembly of unmanned undersea vehicles. Established in 1899, General Dynamics Corporation is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.
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