General Dynamics Corporation (GD): Price and Financial Metrics

GD POWR Grades

• GD scores best on the Stability dimension, with a Stability rank ahead of 86.03% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for GD is in Sentiment, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
• GD ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 12th percentile.

GD Stock Summary

• GD has a market capitalization of $66,950,202,864 -- more than approximately 95.94% of US stocks.
• With a one year PEG ratio of 1,056.62, General Dynamics Corp is expected to have a higher PEG ratio (a measure of how expensive a stock is relative to its expected earnings growth) than 97.1% of US stocks.
• GD's went public 36.27 years ago, making it older than 92.84% of listed US stocks we're tracking.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to GD, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are FISV, MCO, ROP, EMR, and ADM.
• 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

• GD's price/sales ratio is 1.4; this is 57.58% lower than that of the median Industrials stock.
• GD's price/earnings ratio has moved up 1 over the prior 243 months.
• Over the past 243 months, GD's price/earnings ratio has gone up 1.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for GD.

GD Growth Metrics

The year over year price growth rate now stands at 35.57%.
• Its 2 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 16.86%.
• Its 3 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -64.71%.

GD's revenue has moved up $252,000,000 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
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
2021-03-31	38,565	4,527	3,169
2020-12-31	37,925	3,858	3,167
2020-09-30	38,217	3,690	3,185

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.