GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
GD on NYSE
Location
Reston, VA
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
30 Jan 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • GD - GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 18%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-green-600">+1.2%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 31 Dec 2025.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2025-12-31) highlights Return On Equity 17.7%, Return On Assets 6.0%, and Operating Margin 10.1%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

72.4/100

Balanced Confidence high

Return On Equity

18%

Metric score 56.8/100

Return On Assets

6%

Metric score 49.9/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
1.44x
Quick Ratio
0.78x
Debt to Equity
0.38x

Strengths

Current Ratio, Quick Ratio, and Debt-to-equity

Watchpoints

Operating Margin

Key metrics snapshot

Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 18% +1.2%
Return On Assets 6% +8.9%
Operating Margin 10% +1.4%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 1.44x +5.5%
Quick Ratio 0.78x +7.6%
Debt-to-equity 0.38x

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 10%
NetIncomeLoss YoY 11%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 270,389,759 +0.01%
Common Stock, Shares, Outstanding 270,389,759 +0.02%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $482,000,000 0%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 269,080,000 -1.7%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 272,425,000 -1.8%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $52,550,000,000 +10%
General and Administrative Expense $2,595,000,000 +1.1%
Costs and Expenses $47,194,000,000 +10%
Operating Income (Loss) $5,356,000,000 +12%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $5,103,000,000 +12%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $893,000,000 +18%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $2,333,000,000 +37%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $2,406,000,000 -19%
Inventory, Net $9,232,000,000 -5.1%
Other Assets, Current $1,897,000,000 +9%
Assets, Current $24,248,000,000 -0.57%
Deferred Income Tax Assets, Net $19,000,000 0%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $7,525,000,000 +16%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $1,284,000,000 -0.85%
Goodwill $21,009,000,000 +2.2%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $3,092,000,000 +4.8%
Assets $57,249,000,000 +2.4%
Accounts Payable, Current $2,678,000,000 -20%
Employee-related Liabilities, Current $1,125,000,000 -15%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current $9,824,000,000 +3.5%
Liabilities, Current $16,796,000,000 -5.8%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Noncurrent $2,649,000,000 -12%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $956,000,000 +67%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $1,124,000,000 -0.79%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $7,824,000,000 -10%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $483,000,000 +68%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $44,080,000,000 +6.2%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $25,622,000,000 +16%
Liabilities and Equity $57,249,000,000 +2.4%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 500,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 481,880,634 0%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 1 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $2,333,000,000 +37%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $158,000,000 -6.5%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $2,171,000,000 -17%
Operating Lease, Liability $1,384,000,000 -0.14%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $5,245,000,000 +53%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $1,739,000,000 +2%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $15,130,000,000 +12%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $260,000,000 +2.8%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $265,000,000 +6.4%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $305,000,000 +3.4%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $355,000,000 +11%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $202,000,000 -5.2%
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards $663,000,000 +5.2%
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 50,000,000 0%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $156,000,000 -2.5%
Additional Paid in Capital $4,403,000,000 +8.4%
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding 0
Amortization of Intangible Assets $174,000,000 -3.3%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $2,013,000,000 -17%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 1 0%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY