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Industrials
Aerospace & Defense

Performance overview

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Forward-looking statistics

Beta
0.54
Risk
20.67%

Detailed forecast

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Individual forecast components (weighted-sum)

Company Profile

General Dynamics is a defense contractor and business jet manufacturer. The firm's segments include aerospace, marine, combat systems, and technology. General Dynamics' aerospace segment creates Gulfstream business jets and operates a global aircraft servicing operation. Combat systems produces land-based combat vehicles such as the M1 Abrams tank and Stryker armored personnel carrier, as well as munitions. The marine segment builds and services nuclear-powered submarines, destroyers, and other ships. The technologies segment contains two main units, an IT business that primarily serves the government market and a mission systems business that focuses on products that provide command, control, computing, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities to the military.

Company info

SectorIndustrials
IndustryAerospace & Defense
Employees63K
Market cap$82.1B

Fundamentals

Enterprise value$88.4B
Revenue$49.2B
Revenue per employee—
Profit margin8.08%
Debt to equity51.77

Security info

ExchangeNyse American
Type of shareCommon Stock
Earnings per share (EPS)$14.41
Dividend per share$6.00
Revenue per share$180.42
Avg trading volume (30 day)$355M
Avg trading volume (10 day)$453M
Put-call ratio—

Macro factor sensitivity

Growth+1.4
Credit+2.5
Liquidity+0.1
Inflation-1.5
Commodities-0.1
Interest Rates-1.0

Valuation

Dividend yield2.04%
PEG Ratio18.33
Price to sales1.61
P/E Ratio18.33
Enterprise Value to Revenue1.80
Price to book3.55

Upcoming events

Next earnings dayApril 23, 2025
Next dividend day—
Ex. dividend dayJuly 3, 2025

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