General Dynamics (GD) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)

General Dynamics (GD) posted Net Margin of 8.23% for Q3 2026, down 1.37% sequentially from 8.35% in Q2 2026, and up 45.0% YoY from 5.68% in Q3 2025.

General Dynamics (GD) Net Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

General Dynamics has reported Net Margin for 16 years, with the latest figure at 8.23% in Q3 2026.

Quarterly Net Margin rose 45.0% year-over-year to 8.23% in Q3 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jul 2026 was 8.18% (up 5.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 8.01%, up 9.0% from the prior year.
Net Margin slipped to 8.23% in Q3 2026 per GD's latest filing, from 8.35% in the prior quarter.
Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 9.14% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 7.33% in Q3 2023.
A 5-year average of 8.1% and a median of 8.05% in 2024 frame the typical range for Net Margin.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Net Margin tumbled 113 bps in 2023, then soared 69 bps in 2025.
Over 5 years, Net Margin stood at 9.14% in 2022, then declined by 6 bps to 8.61% in 2023, then fell by 0 bps to 8.61% in 2024, then decreased by 8 bps to 7.95% in 2025, then gained by 4 bps to 8.23% in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, Net Margin over the past three periods registered 8.23%, 8.35%, and 7.95% for Q3 2026, Q2 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	Net Margin (Qtr)
1	General Electric	358.52 Bn	349.17 Bn	6.95 Bn	17.75%
2	Rtx	287.21 Bn	278.91 Bn	9.91 Bn	9.10%
3	Boeing	170.11 Bn	150.08 Bn	2.41 Bn	-2.16%
4	Lockheed Martin	131.49 Bn	127.70 Bn	2.45 Bn	9.15%
5	Howmet Aerospace	109.12 Bn	108.56 Bn	951.00 Mn	20.97%
6	General Dynamics	104.21 Bn	99.88 Bn	6.76 Bn	8.23%
7	Northrop Grumman	80.06 Bn	77.76 Bn	3.72 Bn	10.06%
8	TransDigm	67.85 Bn	65.08 Bn	1.63 Bn	19.66%
9	L3Harris Technologies	50.31 Bn	48.79 Bn	1.50 Bn	9.96%
10	Axon Enterprise	49.43 Bn	48.76 Bn	546.45 Mn	3.25%

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