secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP (GD)
CIK:        0000040533
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-04-23T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000040533-25-000012
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

General Dynamics Q1 revenue $12.2B, EPS $3.66, up 27.1% YoY; margin expands 70 bps
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- Revenue $12.2B (+13.9% YoY); diluted EPS $3.66 (+27.1%); operating margin 10.4% (+70 bps).
- Aerospace segment earnings up 69.4%, margin expands 210 bps to 14.3% on higher production of new models.
- Dividend raised 5.6% to $1.50/share, 28th consecutive annual increase; $600M in share repurchases in Q1.
- Operating cash flow -$148M due to working capital growth; ended with $1.2B cash, $9.6B debt.
- Orders $10.2B, backlog $88.7B, total estimated contract value $141.3B.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053325000012/0000040533-25-000012-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053325000012/gd-20250423.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040533-25-000012

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