Is General Dynamics (GD) overvalued or fairly valued?

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Does General Dynamics's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (1.23×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is General Dynamics's revenue?

General Dynamics reported revenue of $52.5B for FY2025, with net profit of $4.2B, per official filings.

What is the share price of General Dynamics (GD)?

General Dynamics last traded at $393.48 (-0.6% on the day), as of 8/18/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

General Dynamics

GD · NYSE · Industrials · United States

Snapshot

TickerGD

ExchangeNYSE

SectorIndustrials

IndustryAerospace & Defense

CountryUnited States

Employees117,000

HeadquartersReston, United States

Websitewww.gd.com

Filings tracked13

About General Dynamics

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.

Who owns it

Insiders0.5%
Institutions88.1%
Public & other11.3%

2,621 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Longview Asset Management, LLC10.00%
Blackrock Inc.7.14%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC6.16%
Newport Trust Company, LLC4.95%
State Street Corporation4.37%
Bank of America Corporation2.72%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC2.52%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.30%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

No major accounting red flags in the fundamentals we have — profit is backed by cash and returns look healthy.

Cash conversion1.23×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend7.8% → 8.0%

Margin has held broadly steady over the period — stable profitability.

Return on equity16.4%

Latest ROE of 16.4% — capital is generating a healthy return.

Growth qualityrev 11% · PAT 13%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $14.7B · EPS 4.51

Est. earnings growth +8.6%

Next fiscal year

Rev $58.5B · EPS 18.59

Est. earnings growth +9.1%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$52.5B

Net margin

8.0%

ROE

16.4%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+11.5%

Profit CAGR (2y)

+12.7%

EPS (FY2025)

15.45

Net profit (FY2025)

$4.2B

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$52.5B	$4.2B	15.45	8.0%	16.4%
FY2024	$47.7B	$3.8B	13.63	7.9%	17.1%
FY2023	$42.3B	$3.3B	12.02	7.8%	15.6%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	Net margin
2026Q2	$13.5B	$1.1B	8.3%
2025Q3	$12.9B	$1.1B	8.2%
2025Q2	$13.0B	$1.0B	7.8%
2025Q1	$12.2B	$994.0M	8.1%
2024Q3	$11.7B	$930.0M	8.0%
2024Q2	$12.0B	$905.0M	7.6%
2024Q1	$10.7B	$799.0M	7.4%
2023Q4	$10.6B	$836.0M	7.9%
2023Q3	$10.2B	$744.0M	7.3%
2023Q2	$9.9B	$730.0M	7.4%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

8-K — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC8/7/2026material
8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC8/4/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC7/29/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/29/2026material
8-K — Shareholder vote results
SEC5/11/2026material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC4/29/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC4/29/2026
10-K filing
SEC1/30/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC1/28/2026material

2025

8-K — Executive/director change
SEC12/5/2025material
8-K — Executive/director change
SEC12/5/2025material
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC10/24/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC10/24/2025

In the news

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