General Dynamics Corporation (GD)

Last Closing Price: 285.27 (2024-04-18)

Company Description

General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company that specializes in high-end design, engineering and manufacturing to deliver state-of-the-art solutions to customers. It offers a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation; ship construction and repair; land combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions; and technology products and services. It comprises 10 business units, which are organized into 4 operating segments: Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems and Technologies. It refers to the latter 3 collectively as its defense segments. It invests in Aerospace to bring to market an all-new lineup of business jet aircraft, capital investments in Marine Systems to support significant growth in the U.S. Navy ship and submarine construction, development of next-generation platforms & technologies to meet customers? emerging requirements in Combat Systems, and strategic acquisitions to achieve critical mass and build out a complete spectrum of solutions.

Financials, Fundamental Metrics & Ratios
Revenue (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $42.27B
Net Income (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $3.31B
PE Ratio (Current Year Earnings Estimate) 19.58
PE Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 23.73
PEG Ratio (Long Term Growth Estimate) 1.81
Price to Sales Ratio (Trailing 12 Months) 1.85
Price to Book Ratio (Most Recent Quarterly Book Value per Share) 3.67
Price to Cash Ratio (Most Recent Annual Cash Flow per Share) 18.71
Pre-Tax Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 9.42%
Net Margin (Trailing 12 Months) 7.84%
Return on Equity (Trailing 12 Months) 16.61%
Return on Assets (Trailing 12 Months) 6.23%
Current Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 1.44
Quick Ratio (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.92
Debt to Common Equity (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) 0.41
Inventory Turnover (Trailing 12 Months) 4.52
Book Value per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $77.74
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Quarter) $3.64
Earnings per Share (Most Recent Fiscal Year) $12.02
Diluted Earnings per Share (Trailing 12 Months) $12.02
Stock
Exchange NYSE
Sector Industrials
Industry Aerospace & Defense
Common Shares Outstanding 274.37M
Free Float 270.20M
Market Capitalization $78.27B
Average Volume (Last 20 Days) 0.96M
Beta (Past 60 Months) 0.68
Percentage Held By Insiders (Latest Annual Proxy Report) 1.52%
Percentage Held By Institutions (Latest 13F Reports) 86.14%
Annual Dividend (Based on Last Quarter) $5.68
Dividend Yield (Based on Last Quarter) 1.99%