General Dynamics (GD) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)
General Dynamics (GD) posted FCF Payout Ratio of 0.26 for Q3 2026, up 25.62% sequentially from 0.21 in Q2 2026, and down 9.23% YoY from 0.29 in Q3 2025.
General Dynamics (GD) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
General Dynamics has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.26 in Q3 2026.
- Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 9.23% year-over-year to 0.26 in Q3 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jul 2026 was 0.25 (down 32.95% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.4, down 15.52% from the prior year.
- FCF Payout Ratio grew to 0.26 in Q3 2026 per GD's latest filing, from 0.21 in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 2.15 in Q4 2022 and troughed at 1.32 in Q1 2025.
- A 5-year average of 0.31 and a median of 0.3 in 2024 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: FCF Payout Ratio surged 739.37% in 2022, then plunged 411.52% in 2024.
- Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 2.15 in 2022, then slumped by 82.89% to 0.37 in 2023, then sank by 41.39% to 0.22 in 2024, then surged by 94.96% to 0.42 in 2025, then slumped by 37.97% to 0.26 in 2026.
- According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.26, 0.21, and 0.42 for Q3 2026, Q2 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.
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| 1 | General Electric | 363.78 Bn | 354.43 Bn | 6.95 Bn | 0.17 |
| 2 | Rtx | 284.42 Bn | 276.11 Bn | 9.91 Bn | 0.65 |
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| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 130.39 Bn | 126.60 Bn | 2.45 Bn | 0.27 |
| 5 | Howmet Aerospace | 108.94 Bn | 108.38 Bn | 951.00 Mn | 0.10 |
| 6 | General Dynamics | 103.37 Bn | 99.03 Bn | 6.76 Bn | 0.26 |
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| 8 | TransDigm | 68.59 Bn | 65.82 Bn | 1.63 Bn | - |
| 9 | Axon Enterprise | 51.13 Bn | 50.45 Bn | 546.45 Mn | - |
| 10 | L3Harris Technologies | 49.87 Bn | 48.35 Bn | 1.50 Bn | 0.30 |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2026 | 0.26 |
| Apr 5, 2026 | 0.21 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.42 |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 0.21 |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 0.29 |
| Mar 30, 2025 | -1.32 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.22 |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 0.32 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.63 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -0.83 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.37 |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 0.33 |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 0.69 |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 0.27 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.15 |
| Oct 2, 2022 | 0.34 |
| Jul 3, 2022 | 0.80 |
| Apr 3, 2022 | 0.18 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.26 |
| Oct 3, 2021 | 0.26 |