---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000040533-24-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GD"
cik: "0000040533"
company_name: "GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP"
filed_at: "2024-01-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T19:32:25.684998+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# General Dynamics reports Q4 EPS $3.64, revenue $11.7B; full-year revenue up 7.3%

## Summary
- Q4 net earnings $1B, diluted EPS $3.64, revenue $11.7B (+7.5% YoY); highest quarterly EPS and revenue ever.
- Full-year 2023 net earnings $3.3B, diluted EPS $12.02, revenue $42.3B (+7.3% YoY).
- Record operating cash flow $4.7B (142% of net earnings); ended with $1.9B cash on hand.
- Backlog $93.6B, highest year-end; Aerospace backlog $20.5B, book-to-bill 1.2x for quarter and year.
- Reduced debt by $1.2B, paid $1.4B in dividends, repurchased $434M of shares in 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000040533-24-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GD
- cik: 0000040533
- company_name: GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
- filed_at: 2024-01-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053324000004/0000040533-24-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053324000004/gd-20240124.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP reported the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023 results: revenue $11.7 billion, net income $1 billion, EPS $3.64 diluted earnings per share (EPS).
  - Period: the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023
  - Revenue: $11.7 billion
  - Net income: $1 billion
  - EPS: $3.64 diluted earnings per share (EPS)
  - Result: reported results
  source text: General Dynamics Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2023 Financial Results January 24, 2024 • Fourth-quarter net earnings of $1 billion, diluted EPS of $3.64, on revenue of $11.7 billion • Highest quarterly EPS and revenue in company history • $1.2 billion net cash provided by operating activities, or 119% of net earnings • Ended the quarter with $93.6 billion in
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053324000004/0000040533-24-000004-index.htm

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