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General Dynamics

NYQ:GD · US3695501086
Aerospace & DefenseMedium

360

88
EV / EBIT79
Price / Owner Earnings73
Owner Earnings Yield86
Dividend Yield95
Price/Sales75
EV / Gross Profit64
Price/Book50
Return on Capital65
Cash Return on Capital66
Return on Equity53
EBIT Margin49
Gross Profitability45
Cash Conversion71
Accruals89
Owner Earnings Margin58
Sales growth14
Profit Growth94
Long-Term EPS Growth11
Owner Earnings Growth30
Reinvestment78
Price momentum49
Debt load68
Refinancing65
Debt Payback66
Liquidity91
Analyst ratings17
Opinion Changes50
Price Target Upside23
Market mood88
Value Creation12/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

General Dynamics clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryAerospace & Defense
SizeMedium
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNYSE
Founded1952
Employees6,612
Websitegd.com
ISINUS3695501086
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Indices
S&P 500 (USA)D.J. US Aerospace & Defense
Themes
Drone TechnologyMachine LearningSpaceTechDevSecOpsCloud InfrastructureNetwork Security5GArtificial IntelligenceDefenseTechMarine TransportationSimulationAerospaceNational SecurityPublic Transportation

Description

General Dynamics Corporation (General Dynamics) operates as a global aerospace and defense company that specializes in high-end design, engineering and manufacturing to deliver state-of-the-art solutions to its customers. The company offers a broad…

Analysis

Bargain bin

General Dynamics Corporation is priced cheaply, and that invites the natural question of why, since the underlying business scores below average.

On valuation, the picture is fair. The owner-earnings multiple stands at 23.8×; owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year. The implied growth embedded in that price is around 9% a year, against analyst forecasts of 9%. The price, in other words, assumes less than the experts do.

Growth is tepid; the safety picture is sturdy. The company scores 12/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

No flags apply to this company at this time: accounts, balance sheet, and cash quality all pass. A clean bill of health is meaningful, not just the absence of a warning. This analysis describes numbers; it is not investment advice.

360° rank · history

1007550250
98
2023202420252026

All-time high

98

Jun 2026

All-time low

52

Jan 2026

Average rank

80

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
75
51
38
53
Price/Earnings
61
53
53
55
Price/Book
50
42
32
36
Dividend Yield
95
92
89
84
Value (overall)
94
73
65
54

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

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1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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