---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000040533-26-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GD"
cik: "0000040533"
company_name: "GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP"
filed_at: "2026-01-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T07:11:24.305141+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# General Dynamics Q4 net earnings $1.1B, EPS $4.17; FY revenue $52.6B, backlog $118B

## Summary
- Q4 net earnings $1.1B ($4.17 diluted EPS); full-year $4.2B ($15.45), up 11.3% YoY.
- Revenue $14.4B in Q4; full-year $52.6B, up 10.1% YoY.
- Operating cash flow $1.6B in Q4 (137% of net earnings); full-year $5.1B.
- Book-to-bill 1.6x in Q4, 1.5x full year; backlog $118B, up 30%.
- Capital expenditures $1.2B in 2025, up 27% from 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000040533-26-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GD
- cik: 0000040533
- company_name: GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
- filed_at: 2026-01-28T23:59:59+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/40533/000004053326000003/0000040533-26-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053326000003/gd-20260128.htm

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