General Dynamics (GD) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

General Dynamics' (GD) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.21 in Q2 2026, up 115.71% year-on-year from 0.1 in Q2 2025, and down 51.23% quarter-over-quarter from 0.43 in Q4 2025.

General Dynamics (GD) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

General Dynamics has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.21 for Q2 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q2 2026 came in at 0.21, up 115.71% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 0.26 (down 45.28% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.4, down 15.89% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.21 for Q2 2026 at General Dynamics, down from 0.43 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 2.11 in Q4 2022 to a low of 1.32 in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.32 (2024), against an average of 0.31.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio jumped 723.74% in 2022 and plunged 411.52% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • General Dynamics' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 2.11 in 2022, then sank by 82.56% to 0.37 in 2023, then slumped by 35.36% to 0.24 in 2024, then surged by 78.99% to 0.43 in 2025, then tumbled by 51.23% to 0.21 in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.21 (Q2 2026), 0.43 (Q4 2025), and 0.21 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 DEFSEC Technologies 4,964.60 Bn 4,964.60 Bn 456,459.43 -
2 General Electric 375.02 Bn 364.28 Bn 9.11 Bn 0.26
3 Rtx 251.10 Bn 246.00 Bn 9.08 Bn 0.70
4 Boeing 176.15 Bn 155.24 Bn 2.55 Bn -0.06
5 Lockheed Martin 117.75 Bn 115.86 Bn 2.08 Bn -2.80
6 Howmet Aerospace 111.79 Bn 109.36 Bn 854.00 Mn 0.13
7 Embraer 94.69 Bn 92.06 Bn - -
8 General Dynamics 94.57 Bn 90.92 Bn 9.09 Bn 0.21
9 TransDigm 77.14 Bn 73.27 Bn 1.51 Bn -
10 Northrop Grumman 74.17 Bn 72.08 Bn 3.45 Bn -0.18

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 5, 2026 0.21
Dec 31, 2025 0.43
Sep 28, 2025 0.21
Jun 29, 2025 0.29
Mar 30, 2025 -1.32
Dec 31, 2024 0.24
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 2.11
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
Jul 4, 2021 0.36