General Dynamics Corporation (GD): Price and Financial Metrics

GD POWR Grades

• Stability is the dimension where GD ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 83.15% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for GD is in Quality, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• GD ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 46th percentile.

GD Stock Summary

• GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP's market capitalization of $56,658,531,675 is ahead of 96.23% of US-listed equities.
• GD's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 482.88 -- higher than 94.76% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• In terms of volatility of its share price, GD is more volatile than merely 5.26% of stocks we're observing.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP, a group of peers worth examining would be KHC, GIS, CTAS, ECL, and HSY.
• To check out GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP's SEC filings, go to the company's page on browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000040533.

GD Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Industrials stock, GD's EV/EBIT ratio is 4.46% lower, now standing at 15.
• Over the past 243 months, GD's EV/EBIT ratio has gone up 4.6.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for GD.

GD Growth Metrics

The 2 year price growth rate now stands at 75.62%.
• Its 3 year revenue growth rate is now at 1.46%.
• Its 4 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 145.85%.

GD's revenue has moved up $327,000,000 over the prior 15 months.

The table below shows GD's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30	38,848	5,592	3,350
2022-06-30	38,441	5,780	3,308
2022-03-31	38,472	6,236	3,279
2021-12-31	38,469	4,271	3,257
2021-09-30	38,658	5,151	3,307
2021-06-30	38,521	4,799	3,281

GD's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• GD has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 69.1% of graded US stocks.
• GD's asset turnover comes in at 0.759 -- ranking 7th of 10 Shipbuilding Railroad Equipment stocks.
• RAIL, TRN, and WAB are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with GD.

The table below shows GD's key quality metrics over time.