---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000040533-24-000013"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GD"
cik: "0000040533"
company_name: "GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP"
filed_at: "2024-04-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T10:01:14.072621+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# General Dynamics Q1 revenue $10.7B (+8.6%), EPS $2.88 (+9.1%), margins expand 20bps

## Summary
- Revenue $10.7B, up 8.6% YoY; operating earnings $1B, up 10.4%; diluted EPS $2.88, up 9.1%.
- Operating margin 9.7%, expanded 20 bps from prior year; G700 FAA certification enabled deliveries.
- Consolidated book-to-bill 1.0; backlog $93.7B (+4.4% YoY); Aerospace segment backlog $20.5B (+6.2%).
- Net cash used by ops $278M due to working capital growth; paid $361M in dividends, repurchased $105M shares.
- Defense segments booked $8.8B orders including $3B max Army ammo contract and $2B Pandur vehicles from Austria.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000040533-24-000013
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GD
- cik: 0000040533
- company_name: GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
- filed_at: 2024-04-24T23:59:59+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/40533/000004053324000013/0000040533-24-000013-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053324000013/gd-20240424.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP reported the quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: revenue $10.7 billion, EPS $2.88.
  - Period: the quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Revenue: $10.7 billion
  - EPS: $2.88
  - Result: reported results
  source text: General Dynamics Reports First-Quarter 2024 Financial Results April 24, 2024 • Revenue of $10.7 billion, up 8.6% from year-ago quarter • Operating earnings of $1 billion, up 10.4% from year-ago quarter • Diluted EPS of $2.88, up 9.1% from year-ago quarter • Operating margin of 9.7%, a 20 basis-point expansion from year-ago quarter
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053324000013/0000040533-24-000013-index.htm

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