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

General Dynamics' (GD) quarterly Operating Margin came in at 10.53% in Q2 2026, up 16.0% year-on-year from 9.08% in Q2 2025, and up 4.31% quarter-over-quarter from 10.1% in Q4 2025.

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

General Dynamics has disclosed Operating Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 10.53% for Q2 2026.

  • Operating Margin for Q2 2026 came in at 10.53%, up 16.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 10.24% (up 2.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 10.19%, up 14.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin came in at 10.53% for Q2 2026 at General Dynamics, up from 10.1% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 11.31% in Q4 2022 to a low of 9.48% in Q3 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 10.12% (2024), against an average of 10.24%.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Margin slumped 117 bps in 2023 and jumped 72 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • General Dynamics' Operating Margin stood at 11.31% in 2022, then fell by 2 bps to 11.04% in 2023, then slipped by 3 bps to 10.67% in 2024, then slipped by 5 bps to 10.1% in 2025, then advanced by 4 bps to 10.53% in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 10.53% (Q2 2026), 10.1% (Q4 2025), and 10.31% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 DEFSEC Technologies 5,720.56 Bn 5,720.56 Bn 456,459.43 -90.05%
2 General Electric 359.38 Bn 348.64 Bn 9.11 Bn -8.61%
3 Rtx 248.80 Bn 243.70 Bn 9.08 Bn 11.57%
4 Boeing 180.64 Bn 159.74 Bn 2.55 Bn 2.02%
5 Lockheed Martin 121.64 Bn 119.74 Bn 2.08 Bn 11.45%
6 Howmet Aerospace 108.46 Bn 106.03 Bn 854.00 Mn 32.56%
7 General Dynamics 96.96 Bn 93.31 Bn 9.09 Bn 10.53%
8 Embraer 95.73 Bn 93.11 Bn - -
9 Northrop Grumman 77.30 Bn 75.21 Bn 3.45 Bn 10.01%
10 TransDigm 74.20 Bn 70.32 Bn 1.51 Bn 46.31%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 5, 2026 10.53%
Dec 31, 2025 10.10%
Sep 28, 2025 10.31%
Jun 29, 2025 10.01%
Mar 30, 2025 10.37%
Dec 31, 2024 10.67%
Sep 29, 2024 10.12%
Jun 30, 2024 9.65%
Mar 31, 2024 9.65%
Dec 31, 2023 11.04%
Oct 1, 2023 10.00%
Jul 2, 2023 9.48%
Apr 2, 2023 9.49%
Dec 31, 2022 11.31%
Oct 2, 2022 11.01%
Jul 3, 2022 10.64%
Apr 3, 2022 9.67%
Dec 31, 2021 11.52%
Oct 3, 2021 11.29%
Jul 4, 2021 10.40%