secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP (GD)
CIK:        0000040533
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000040533-21-000047
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

General Dynamics Q3 net earnings $860M, EPS $3.07, revenue $9.6B; backlog up 8.1%
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- Net earnings $860M, diluted EPS $3.07 (up 5.9% YoY).
- Revenue $9.6B, operating margin 11.3% (up 90 bps sequentially).
- Cash from operations $1.5B, free cash flow $1.3B.
- Backlog $88.1B (+8.1% YoY); Aerospace backlog $14.7B (+22.8% YoY).
- Defense awards include $475M for Columbia-class submarine support, $540M in classified contracts.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053321000047/0000040533-21-000047-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053321000047/gd-20211027.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040533-21-000047

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