secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP (GD)
CIK:        0000040533
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-07-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000040533-22-000037
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 $766M, EPS $2.75 up 5.4% YoY; backlog $87.6B
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- Revenue $9.2B; operating margin 10.6% (+20 bps YoY, +90 bps sequentially).
- Diluted EPS $2.75, up 5.4% from year-ago quarter; net cash from ops $659M.
- Aerospace demand strong; Gulfstream orders drive 1.1x book-to-bill ratio.
- Defense segments won notable contracts including $410M LRIP for Mobile Protected Firepower and $525M Stryker upgrade.
- Paid $349M in dividends, repurchased $800M in shares; cash on hand $2.2B.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053322000037/0000040533-22-000037-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053322000037/gd-20220727.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040533-22-000037

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