secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP (GD)
CIK:        0000040533
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000040533-21-000041
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

General Dynamics Q2 net earnings up 17.9% to $737M; EPS $2.61, beat
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- Revenue $9.2B; operating margin expanded 140 bps to 10.4%.
- Diluted EPS $2.61, up 19.7% YoY; net cash from ops $1.1B; free cash flow $943M.
- Backlog $89.2B (+8% YoY); book-to-bill 1-to-1; strong Gulfstream order activity.
- Major awards: $1.6B in Virginia-class sub options, $620M Stryker upgrade, $435M IM-SHORAD.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053321000041/0000040533-21-000041-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053321000041/gd-20210728.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040533-21-000041

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