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Annual report 2025
added 07-29-2026

General Dynamics Corporation Financial Ratios 2025-2006 | GD

Brief overview of General Dynamics Corporation's valuation and returns

Ratios are assessed across five available annual reports in the 2021–2025 interval.

Key multiples at the end of the period are P/E 22.37x (median 18.76x), EV/EBITDA 11.12x (median 11.55x), P/S 1.79x (median 1.61x). The combined multiple level is about 18% above the company's historical norm, leaving less valuation cushion.

The inverse P/E implies an earnings yield of 4.5%. This is not a dividend yield, but current earnings relative to market price.

Current measures of operating quality are ROE 16.4%, ROA 7.4%, ROCE 13.2%. Capital returns look adequate and support overall financial resilience.

Current PEG of 3.68x points to a premium over forecast earnings momentum.

The time from paying for inputs to receiving cash fell from 29.4 days to 18.7 days. Cash turnover improved.

What the ratios show

General Dynamics Corporation's profitability supports higher multiples, although much of the quality is already reflected in price.

Annual Financial Ratios General Dynamics Corporation

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006

P/E

22.4 18.4 22.1 18.8 17.7 13.0 15.0 15.1 23.0 18.8 14.5 17.6 15.0 -72.8 10.0 9.7 9.5 14.7 - -

P/S

1.8 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.1 1.3 1.4 2.2 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 1.2 - -

EPS

15.7 13.8 12.1 12.3 11.6 11.0 12.1 11.3 9.7 8.4 9.4 7.6 6.7 -0.9 6.9 6.9 6.2 6.2 5.1 -

EV (Enterprise Value)

91.8 B 68.1 B 71.5 B 62.4 B 56.2 B 38.2 B 86.6 B 83.2 B 87.7 B 75.2 B 61.5 B 63.8 B 50.9 B 43.8 B 44.2 B 22.8 B 20.6 B 34.6 B -2.89 B -1.6 B

EBITDA per Share

23.3 20.8 18.7 18.5 18 17.5 19 17.7 15.4 15.6 14.5 13.1 12.1 9.76 12.1 11.8 11 10.3 - -

EV/EBITDA

14.6 12.0 14.0 12.2 11.1 10.4 11.6 11.9 14.7 12.0 9.4 10.1 8.0 7.2 6.0 5.1 4.9 8.4 -0.9 -

PEG

3.68 9.39 17.49 4.73 5.6 3.17 2.24 0.92 74.51 3.69 0.66 1.41 -0.02 0.64 11.43 - - - - -

P/B

1.6 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 0.8 3.8 4.3 5.9 5.1 4.0 3.8 2.4 2.1 1.9 0.8 0.7 1.3 - -

P/CF

18.4 17.0 15.6 13.9 13.5 10.6 26.2 20.5 19.4 30.8 22.3 13.9 13.2 10.8 9.1 8.5 8.0 11.6 - -

ROE %

16.43 17.14 15.56 18.26 18.46 20.22 25.66 28.51 25.47 26.92 27.61 21.41 16.25 -2.91 19.09 19.71 19.27 24.46 17.61 -

ROA %

7.35 6.77 6.05 6.57 6.50 6.17 7.13 7.37 8.31 8.99 9.27 7.16 6.65 -0.97 7.24 8.06 7.70 8.67 - -

ROCE %

13.24 12.60 11.06 11.62 11.53 11.69 14.51 14.53 19.03 21.52 21.37 18.00 15.85 12.46 16.12 18.46 17.75 20.28 26.45 -

Current Ratio

- - - - - - 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.4 - - - - -

DSO

18.7 22.9 26.0 28.0 29.4 32.3 105.8 104.2 104.4 42.0 40.0 47.9 51.5 48.7 49.7 42.3 40.8 21.6 - -

DIO

- - - - - - 71.3 74.0 78.1 128.0 111.2 114.2 111.1 107.0 31.4 29.4 28.8 15.5 - -

DPO

- - - - - - 35.7 39.4 47.2 36.9 28.3 30.1 32.2 34.1 39.4 35.1 33.3 18.6 - -

Operating Cycle

18.7 22.9 26.0 28.0 29.4 32.3 177.0 178.2 182.5 170.1 151.2 162.1 162.6 155.7 81.2 71.8 69.6 37.1 - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

18.7 22.9 26.0 28.0 29.4 32.3 141.3 138.9 135.2 133.2 122.9 132.0 130.3 121.5 41.8 36.7 36.3 18.4 - -

All numbers in USD currency

Quarterly Financial Ratios General Dynamics Corporation

2026-Q1 2025-Q3 2025-Q2 2025-Q1 2024-Q3 2024-Q2 2024-Q1 2023-Q3 2023-Q2 2023-Q1 2022-Q4 2022-Q3 2022-Q2 2022-Q1 2021-Q4 2021-Q3 2021-Q2 2021-Q1 2020-Q4 2020-Q3 2020-Q2 2020-Q1 2019-Q4 2019-Q3 2019-Q2 2019-Q1 2018-Q4 2018-Q3 2018-Q2 2018-Q1 2017-Q4 2017-Q3 2017-Q2 2017-Q1 2016-Q4 2016-Q3 2016-Q2 2016-Q1 2015-Q4 2015-Q3 2015-Q2 2015-Q1 2014-Q4 2014-Q3 2014-Q2 2014-Q1 2013-Q4 2013-Q3 2013-Q2 2013-Q1 2012-Q4 2012-Q3 2012-Q2 2012-Q1 2011-Q4 2011-Q3 2011-Q2 2011-Q1 2010-Q3 2010-Q2 2010-Q1 2009-Q3 2009-Q2

EPS

4.16 3.93 3.78 3.69 3.39 3.3 2.92 3.07 2.72 2.66 - 3.29 2.77 2.63 - 3.09 2.63 2.49 - 2.91 2.18 2.45 - 3.17 2.8 2.59 - 2.88 2.65 2.7 - 2.56 2.5 2.53 - 2.13 2.49 2.08 - 2.31 2.31 2.18 - 2.1 1.61 1.74 - 1.86 1.82 1.62 - 1.71 1.79 1.58 - 1.81 1.77 1.66 1.71 1.69 1.55 1.48 1.6

EBITDA per Share

6.11 5.78 5.7 5.54 5.1 5.01 4.56 4.05 3.69 3.97 - 4.2 3.72 3.78 - 5.34 3.62 3.78 - 5.05 3.8 3.66 - 5.44 4.59 3.92 - 4.91 4.37 3.7 - 4.66 4.29 3.77 - 4.23 3.97 3.29 - 4.12 3.88 3.41 - 3.87 3.39 2.83 - 3.55 3.27 2.68 0.66 3.4 3.26 2.68 0.67 3.49 3.05 2.72 3.23 3.01 - - -

ROE %

17.42 17.16 16.93 16.36 16.08 15.85 15.57 16.94 17.16 17.39 13.57 19.04 18.74 18.95 14.90 20.22 18.74 18.44 13.82 20.55 21.16 22.66 18.15 25.40 25.38 26.25 20.76 27.44 26.74 26.71 19.90 26.18 26.43 26.11 19.44 26.26 26.98 26.72 20.50 26.38 24.13 22.16 15.49 19.98 18.51 17.87 12.84 18.11 19.19 19.72 15.79 20.71 20.38 19.48 14.53 19.32 19.44 19.18 19.39 20.22 4.67 4.88 5.62

ROA %

7.26 7.02 6.80 6.45 6.28 6.03 5.81 6.14 6.02 6.27 4.87 6.31 4.55 5.97 4.53 6.16 5.70 5.64 4.22 6.09 6.11 6.42 5.04 6.92 6.78 6.89 5.36 7.54 7.81 8.25 6.49 8.44 8.42 8.21 6.04 8.33 8.73 8.81 6.88 8.85 8.09 7.42 5.18 7.02 6.85 6.93 5.25 7.00 7.01 6.85 5.24 7.11 7.23 7.16 5.51 7.58 7.81 7.86 8.01 8.08 1.92 1.92 2.14

ROCE %

13.67 13.27 12.98 12.28 11.74 11.23 10.68 11.08 13.89 13.75 11.19 14.13 13.68 10.75 8.28 11.31 10.74 10.73 8.04 11.83 12.20 13.00 10.36 14.06 13.82 13.70 10.54 15.38 16.54 17.76 14.47 19.62 19.98 19.81 15.04 20.33 20.71 20.76 16.07 20.69 19.80 18.32 13.06 17.20 16.71 15.96 11.91 15.90 16.04 15.70 12.05 16.26 16.27 15.91 12.12 16.68 17.15 17.50 17.96 18.22 4.35 4.38 4.82

DSO

18.8 24.4 24.2 24.1 24.7 23.9 26.6 27.2 27.4 27.4 - 12.8 15.0 29.4 - 30.1 31.9 30.9 - 30.6 31.1 35.0 - 33.1 33.9 36.0 - 37.7 37.3 44.7 - 43.5 43.0 43.0 - 40.5 39.9 41.8 - 39.3 39.9 43.9 - 47.7 49.5 52.9 - 51.5 51.1 53.0 - 48.4 48.4 52.0 - 51.7 51.6 48.7 42.2 41.0 44.7 44.3 -

DIO

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 72.2 73.1 73.4 - 73.6 72.6 85.9 - 80.4 79.2 80.3 - 86.0 84.8 68.8 - 47.4 48.5 48.0 - 46.9 48.7 47.3 - 42.0 42.0 43.3 - 38.9 39.4 37.5 - 33.1 32.8 30.8 27.5 27.1 - - -

DPO

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 36.2 36.7 37.9 - 39.2 38.6 48.6 - 48.6 47.9 44.2 - 37.5 37.0 33.7 - 27.6 28.3 29.3 - 29.9 31.1 33.0 - 32.2 32.0 35.6 - 34.6 35.0 39.6 - 41.5 41.1 39.2 34.5 31.9 - - -

Operating Cycle

18.8 24.4 24.2 24.1 24.7 23.9 26.6 27.2 27.4 27.4 - 12.8 15.0 29.4 - 30.1 31.9 30.9 - 30.6 31.1 35.0 - 105.3 107.0 109.4 - 111.3 110.0 130.6 - 124.0 122.2 123.3 - 126.5 124.7 110.6 - 86.7 88.4 92.0 - 94.5 98.1 100.1 - 93.6 93.1 96.3 - 87.2 87.8 89.5 - 84.9 84.4 - - - - - -

Cash Conversion Cycle

18.8 24.4 24.2 24.1 24.7 23.9 26.6 27.2 27.4 27.4 - 12.8 15.0 29.4 - 30.1 31.9 30.9 - 30.6 31.1 35.0 - 69.1 70.3 71.5 - 72.2 71.3 81.9 - 75.3 74.3 79.0 - 89.0 87.7 76.8 - 59.1 60.1 62.7 - 64.6 67.0 67.1 - 61.4 61.1 60.8 - 52.6 52.8 49.9 - 43.3 43.2 - - - - - -

All numbers in USD currency

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