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GD - General Dynamics Corporation

Industrials
Dividend Aristocrat

Price History

About

Industry

Aerospace & Defense

Employees

117,000

Headquarters

United States


Company Overview

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.

Price

$343.22

52-Week Range

$239 $370

Dividend Yield

1.79%

Dividend Score

B

Dividend

Yield 1.79%
Annual $6.09
Payout 39%
5Y Avg 2.09%

Valuation

P/E (TTM) 22.2
Fwd P/E 19.0
P/B 3.62
PEG 2.02

Profitability

Profit Margin 8.0%
Op Margin 10.1%
ROE 17.7%
ROA 6.0%

Financial Health

Current Ratio 1.44
Quick Ratio 0.78
Debt/Equity 38%

Cash Flow

Free CF $3.4B
Op CF $5.1B
Total Cash $2.3B

Analyst Consensus

Buy

20 analysts

Target: $394 $327 - $444
+14.8% implied

Dividend Growth

Most Recent Annual Growth

6.09%

3-Year Avg Growth

17.03%

5-Year Avg Growth

3.66%

Annual Dividends

Year-over-Year Growth

Recent Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Date Amount
Apr 10, 2026 $1.5900
Jan 16, 2026 $1.5000
Oct 10, 2025 $1.5000
Jul 03, 2025 $1.5000
Apr 11, 2025 $1.5000
Jan 17, 2025 $1.4200
Oct 11, 2024 $1.4200
Jul 05, 2024 $1.4200
Apr 11, 2024 $1.4200
Jan 18, 2024 $1.3200
Oct 05, 2023 $1.3200
Jul 06, 2023 $1.3200
Apr 13, 2023 $1.3200
Jan 19, 2023 $1.2600
Oct 06, 2022 $1.2600
Jun 30, 2022 $1.2600
Apr 07, 2022 $1.2600
Jan 13, 2022 $1.1900
Oct 07, 2021 $1.1900
Jul 01, 2021 $1.1900

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