---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000040533-26-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GD"
cik: "0000040533"
company_name: "GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP"
filed_at: "2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T02:31:31.747838+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 up 10.3% to $13.5B, EPS $4.10 (+12% YoY)

## Summary
- Revenue $13.5B (+10.3% YoY); diluted EPS $4.10 (+12%); operating margin 10.5%.
- Cash from ops $2.2B (192% of net earnings); cash & equivalents $3.7B.
- Orders $26.6B in Q1; consolidated book-to-bill 2-to-1, 2.2-to-1 for defense segments.
- Total estimated contract value $188.4B: backlog $130.8B plus $57.6B potential from IDIQs and options.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000040533-26-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GD
- cik: 0000040533
- company_name: GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
- filed_at: 2026-04-29T23:59:59+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/40533/000004053326000010/0000040533-26-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053326000010/gd-20260429.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040533-26-000010
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000040533-26-000010.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP reported first-quarter 2026 results: revenue $13.5 billion, net income $1.4 billion, EPS $4.10 per diluted share.
  - Period: first-quarter 2026
  - Revenue: $13.5 billion
  - Net income: $1.4 billion
  - EPS: $4.10 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) today reported first-quarter 2026 operating earnings of $1.4 billion, or $4.10 per diluted share (EPS), on revenue of $13.5 billion.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40533/000004053326000010/0000040533-26-000010-index.htm

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