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General Dynamics

GD · Industrials

Last earnings Oct 30, 2026

Key results

Revenuequarter

$12.9 billion

com General Dynamics Reports Third-Quarter 2025 Financial Results October 24, 2025 Revenue $12.9 billion, up 10.6% from year-ago quarter Diluted EPS $3.88, up 15.8% from year-ago quarter $2.1 billion cash from operating activities, 199% of net earnings Very strong order activity in all four segments RESTON, Va .

SEC original ↗General Dynamics — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 24, 2025

EPSquarter

10.6%

com General Dynamics Reports Third-Quarter 2025 Financial Results October 24, 2025 Revenue $12.9 billion, up 10.6% from year-ago quarter Diluted EPS $3.88, up 15.8% from year-ago quarter $2.1 billion cash from operating activities, 199% of net earnings Very strong order activity in all four segments RESTON, Va .

SEC original ↗General Dynamics — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 24, 2025

Growthquarter

up 15.8%

com General Dynamics Reports Third-Quarter 2025 Financial Results October 24, 2025 Revenue $12.9 billion, up 10.6% from year-ago quarter Diluted EPS $3.88, up 15.8% from year-ago quarter $2.1 billion cash from operating activities, 199% of net earnings Very strong order activity in all four segments RESTON, Va .

SEC original ↗General Dynamics — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 24, 2025

General Dynamics (NYSE GD) today reported third-quarter 2025 operating earnings of $1.3 billion, or $3.88 per diluted share (EPS), on revenue of $12.9 billion.

SEC original ↗General Dynamics — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 24, 2025

Compared with the year-ago quarter, revenue increased 10.6%, operating earnings increased 12.7%, and diluted EPS increased 15.8%.

SEC original ↗General Dynamics — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 24, 2025

Operating marginquarter

10.3%

Operating margin of 10.3% was a 20-basis-point expansion from the year-ago quarter and a 30-basis-point expansion sequentially.

SEC original ↗General Dynamics — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 24, 2025

The Aerospace segment in particular performed impressively, growing revenue 30.3% and expanding margins by 100 basis points from the same period a year ago, with order activity for business jets remaining very strong.

SEC original ↗General Dynamics — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 24, 2025

General Dynamics employs more than 110,000 people worldwide and generated $47.7 billion in revenue in 2024.

SEC original ↗General Dynamics — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 24, 2025

AI analysis

Q3 2025 · reported Oct 24, 2025

Based on: Earnings release + parent 8-K — transcript not held

Revenue · Q3 2025
$12.9B
EX-99 · Oct 24, 2025
Operating margin · Q3 2025
10.3%
+0.3 pts vs prior quarter computed from stated figures
EX-99 · Oct 24, 2025

Headline figures

MetricQ3 2025Prior qtrYear ago
Revenue$12.9 billion$13 billion—
EPS10.6%8.9%—
Growthup 15.8%up 14.7%—
Operating margin10.3%10.0%—

EX-99 · Oct 24, 2025

Guidance · company-stated

No guidance located in the held release

Next earningsNo verified date on fileNo date is estimated or imported

Margin

Operating margin10.3%

Capital allocation

Dividend$403M

During the quarter, the company paid $403 million in dividends and invested $212 million in capital expenditures, ending the quarter with $8 billion in total debt and $2.5 billion in cash and equivalents on hand.

General educational research only — not investment advice.Every figure is as stated in the held documents; values marked “computed from stated figures” are arithmetic on those stated figures. Guidance shown is the company’s own stated guidance. No price targets, no recommendations, no consensus estimates.

Event summary

Compared with the year-ago quarter, revenue increased 10.6%, operating earnings increased 12.7%, and diluted EPS increased 15.8%

Based on: Earnings release + parent 8-K — transcript not held

Guidance & outlook

No guidance located in the held release

Capital allocation

During the quarter, the company paid $403 million in dividends and invested $212 million in capital expenditures, ending the quarter with $8 billion in total debt and $2.5 billion in cash and equivalents on hand.

SEC original ↗General Dynamics — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 24, 2025

(e) We define free cash flow as net cash from operating activities less capital expenditures.

SEC original ↗General Dynamics — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 24, 2025

We believe free cash flow is a useful measure for investors because it portrays our ability to generate cash from our businesses for purposes such as repaying debt, funding business acquisitions, repurchasing our common stock and paying dividends.

SEC original ↗General Dynamics — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 24, 2025

(f) We define net debt as short- and long-term debt (total debt) less cash and equivalents.

SEC original ↗General Dynamics — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 24, 2025

We believe net debt is a useful measure for investors because it reflects the borrowings that support our operations and capital deployment strategy.

SEC original ↗General Dynamics — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 24, 2025

We use net debt as an important indicator of liquidity and financial position.

SEC original ↗General Dynamics — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 24, 2025

Strategy & priorities

Operating margin of 10.3% was a 20-basis-point expansion from the year-ago quarter and a 30-basis-point expansion sequentially.

SEC original ↗General Dynamics — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 24, 2025

We believe net debt is a useful measure for investors because it reflects the borrowings that support our operations and capital deployment strategy.

SEC original ↗General Dynamics — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 24, 2025

Risks & headwinds

FLS are not guarantees of future performance and involve factors, risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict.

SEC original ↗General Dynamics — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 24, 2025

What changed vs prior quarter

Revenue — prior quarter passage and this quarter's passage are both cited.

SEC original ↗General Dynamics — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 24, 2025

Operating margin — prior quarter passage and this quarter's passage are both cited.

SEC original ↗General Dynamics — Earnings release (8-K exhibit)EX-99Oct 24, 2025

Competitors

Competitors & peers

Same GICS sector — classification peers, not declared competitors

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Documents

Filings

109 documents

Earnings releases

22 documents

Presentations

0 documents

No presentations for General Dynamics are held in this edition of the library.

Transcripts

0 documents

No transcripts for General Dynamics are held in this edition of the library.

Mentioned by

3 companies

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