---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000040533-23-000068"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GD"
cik: "0000040533"
company_name: "GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP"
filed_at: "2023-10-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T11:59:51.452079+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# General Dynamics Q3 revenue $10.6B (+6% YoY), EPS $3.04, record backlog $95.6B

## Summary
- Net earnings $836M; diluted EPS $3.04; revenue $10.6B, up 6% YoY.
- Operating cash flow $1.3B (158% of net earnings); free cash flow $1.1B.
- Backlog hit record $95.6B; book-to-bill 1.4-to-1; Aerospace backlog $20.1B.
- Significant awards: three Flight III destroyers, $1.5B Virginia-class subs, $1.1B munitions contract.
- Repaid $500M in notes; paid $363M dividends; repurchased $56M shares.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000040533-23-000068
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GD
- cik: 0000040533
- company_name: GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
- filed_at: 2023-10-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053323000068/0000040533-23-000068-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053323000068/gd-20231025.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP reported the quarter ended October 1, 2023 results: revenue $10.6 billion, net income $836 million, EPS $3.04.
  - Period: the quarter ended October 1, 2023
  - Revenue: $10.6 billion
  - Net income: $836 million
  - EPS: $3.04
  - Result: reported results
  source text: 20190 News www.gd.com Contact: Jeff A. Davis Tel: 703 876 3483 press@generaldynamics.com General Dynamics Reports Third-Quarter 2023 Financial Results October 25, 2023 • Revenue $10.6 billion, up 6% year over year • Net earnings $836 million, diluted EPS $3.04 • $1.3 billion net cash provided by operating activities • Record-high $95.6 billion backlog, 1.4-to-1
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053323000068/0000040533-23-000068-index.htm

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