Why General Dynamics Stock Popped Today [Yahoo! Finance]
General Dynamics Corporation (GD)
Last general dynamics corporation earnings: 4/29 07:00 am
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Problem is, the stock costs too much. 10 stocks we like better than General Dynamics › Shares of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) , maker of Abrams main battle tanks and Gulfstream business jets, reported powerful earnings this morning, sending its stock up 6.1% through 10:50 a.m. ET. Analysts forecast GD would earn $3.44 per share on $12.2 billion in Q2 sales. Instead, the defense giant reported a $3.74-per-share profit on sales of $13 billion. Sales climbed 8.9% year over year, and operating profit margin expanded 30 basis points to 10%. With these improved margins, earnings managed to grow 14.7%. Long-time CEO Phebe Novakovic noted that "each of our four segments achieved growth in revenue and earnings," while cash flow was "strong" and the company's backlog remains "healthy." Indeed, I'd go farther than that. Better than just "healthy," backlog now looks fantastic, thanks to General Dynamics' scoring a book-to-bill ratio (that's new orders taken in relative to older orders f
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- 12/18/25 - Form 4
- 12/18/25 - Form 4
- 12/18/25 - Form 4
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