General Dynamics (GD) Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd (2009 - 2026)
General Dynamics (GD) posted Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd of $429 million for Q2 2026, up 6.7% from $402 million a year earlier and up 5.9% from the prior quarter.
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General Dynamics (GD) Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jul 5, 2026, Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd at General Dynamics was $1.64 billion, up 4.7% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $1.6 billion, up 4.6% from FY2024.
- Annual Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd has increased for 12 consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 5.2% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, General Dynamics' Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd was $1.53 billion in FY2024 (+7.1%), $1.43 billion in FY2023 (+2.0%), $1.4 billion in FY2022 (+6.5%) and $1.32 billion in FY2021 (+6.0%).
- The Q2 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd in data going back to Q1 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd has increased in each of the last ten quarters, with growth averaging 6.8% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd in the past five years was Q4 2024, with growth of 18.6%; the weakest was Q4 2023, with a decline of 12.8%.
- According to Business Quant data, Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd for the three prior quarters was $405 million (Q1 2026), $400 million (Q4 2025) and $403 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Div Paid (Total) (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | General Electric | 339.47 Bn | 293.47 Bn | 4.68 Bn | 492.00 Mn |
| 2 | Rtx | 255.27 Bn | 228.48 Bn | 5.13 Bn | 983.00 Mn |
| 3 | Boeing | 156.48 Bn | 63.18 Bn | 2.41 Bn | 86.00 Mn |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 119.91 Bn | 106.64 Bn | 2.45 Bn | 796.00 Mn |
| 5 | Howmet Aerospace | 92.95 Bn | 88.55 Bn | 951.00 Mn | 49.00 Mn |
| 6 | General Dynamics | 91.08 Bn | 78.19 Bn | 2.18 Bn | 429.00 Mn |
| 7 | Motorola Solutions | 75.61 Bn | 71.97 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 201.00 Mn |
| 8 | Northrop Grumman | 72.52 Bn | 61.76 Bn | 2.12 Bn | 351.00 Mn |
| 9 | Honeywell International | 67.37 Bn | 19.81 Bn | 3.65 Bn | 795.00 Mn |
| 10 | TransDigm | 61.72 Bn | 49.81 Bn | 1.63 Bn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2026 | 429.00 Mn |
| Apr 5, 2026 | 405.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 400.00 Mn |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 403.00 Mn |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 402.00 Mn |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 383.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 389.00 Mn |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 390.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 389.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 361.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 328.00 Mn |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 363.00 Mn |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 360.00 Mn |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 345.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 376.00 Mn |
| Oct 2, 2022 | 345.00 Mn |
| Jul 3, 2022 | 349.00 Mn |
| Apr 3, 2022 | 330.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 332.00 Mn |
| Oct 3, 2021 | 332.00 Mn |
API Access
General Dynamics Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd&ticker=GD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd", "ticker": "GD", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd&ticker=GD&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();