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GD General Dynamics Corporation

Industrials · Aerospace & Defense

6 · Fair Momentum 10.0 · Strong Safe Aristocrat

392.54

-0.42%

About the company

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.

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38.78%
6.36
106.2B
23.94
16.40
351.60

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Dividend deep dive

General Dynamics Corporation (GD) operates in the Aerospace & Defense sector with a market capitalization of $94.64 billion. The company distributes dividends quarterly, and its current dividend yield of 1.72% is below its 5-year average of 2.2% and its 5-year low of 1.98%, suggesting it is currently overvalued by yield theory. GD is classified as a Dividend Champion, having consistently increased its dividend for 28 consecutive years.

Dividend history

General Dynamics boasts a strong dividend growth record, evidenced by its 28-year streak of annual dividend increases, classifying it as a Dividend Champion. Dividends are paid quarterly in January, April, July, and October. The company has demonstrated a 5.98% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the last three years and a 6.40% CAGR over the last five years. Annual dividends have risen from $2.48 in 2014 to $5.28 in 2023, with projected payouts of $5.68 for 2024 and $6.00 for 2025.

Dividend safety

General Dynamics' dividend is assessed as "safe." The company maintains a payout ratio of 40.0% based on its earnings per share of $15.9, indicating comfortable dividend coverage. Leverage metrics include a debt-to-equity ratio of 37.701%.

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Price history

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Dividend profile

Frequency
Quarterly
Growth (TTM)
+5.8%
CAGR 3y
+6.0%
+6.4%
28 years

(5-year)

Now 1.6%
2.0% avg 2.2% 2.5%

Payment calendar

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Dividend history

CAGR 3y +6.0% CAGR 5y +6.4% 28y streak
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Per-share dividend by year

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Debt & leverage

37.7%
1.38
0.80
Debt vs cash
Debt Cash
Total debt
9.8B USD
Total cash
3.7B USD
6.5B USD

Latest reported balance-sheet figures.

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