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15 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 6.7% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Net income has grown slower than revenue (5.9% vs 6.7% per year).
  • Operating margin has been roughly flat, at 10.2% in the latest year.
  • Free cash flow has grown 6.5% per year over the past 5 years.

Financial health

  • Total debt ($8.1B) exceeds cash ($2.3B); net debt is $5.7B.
  • Total debt has grown slower than revenue (-9.2% vs 6.7% per year).
  • Total debt is 1.3× EBITDA.

Shareholder returns

  • Dividends have been paid for 15 consecutive years, consuming 37.8% of earnings and 40.2% of free cash flow.
  • The dividend has grown 5.1% per year over the past 5 years.
Revenue & net income
-$332M $26B $53B $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
0% 10% 20% 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
$0 $2B $4B 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $7B $13B 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$10B -$3B $5B $0 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $52.5B $4.2B 0.0% 10.2% $4.0B $8.1B $2.3B
2024 $47.7B $3.8B 0.0% 10.1% $3.2B $8.8B $1.7B
2023 $42.3B $3.3B 0.0% 10.0% $3.8B $9.3B $1.9B
2022 $39.4B $3.4B 0.0% 10.7% $3.5B $10.6B $1.2B
2021 $38.5B $3.3B 0.0% 10.8% $3.4B $11.6B $1.6B
2020 $37.9B $3.2B 0.0% 10.9% $2.9B $13.1B $2.8B
2019 $39.4B $3.5B 17.9% 11.6% $2.0B $12.0B $902M
2018 $36.2B $3.3B 18.6% 12.1% $2.5B $12.5B $963M
2017 $31.0B $2.9B 20.2% 13.7% $3.4B $4.0B $3.0B
2016 $30.6B $2.6B 18.5% 12.3% $3.9B $2.3B
2015 $3.0B $1.9B $3.4B $2.8B
2014 $2.5B $3.2B $3.9B $4.4B
2013 $2.4B $2.7B $3.9B $5.3B
2012 -$332M $2.2B $3.9B $3.3B
2011 $2.5B $2.8B $3.9B $2.6B

Valuation over time

How the market has priced GD against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 12.3 24.7 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 1.0 2.0 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S
Dividend yield (%)
0.0 1.2 2.5 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
Dividend yield %

Frequently asked questions

Is GD growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, General Dynamics's revenue has grown 6.7% per year, and net income grown 5.9% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does GD have?

As of FY2025, General Dynamics reported $8.1B of total debt against $2.3B of cash.

What is GD's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was —, operating margin 10.2%, and net margin 8.0%.

What is GD's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, General Dynamics traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 22.1× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S and dividend yield have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.