General Dynamics GD
NYSE GD
$384.29 -1.78 (-0.46%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

General Dynamics (GD) Return on Invested Capital (2009 - 2026)

General Dynamics (GD) posted Return on Invested Capital of 0.01% for Q3 2026, up 8.44% sequentially from 0.01% in Q2 2026, and little changed YoY from 0.01% in Q3 2025.

General Dynamics (GD) Return on Invested Capital (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

General Dynamics has reported Return on Invested Capital for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.01% in Q3 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.01% in Q3 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jul 2026 was 0.01% (changed 0.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.04%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital rose to 0.01% in Q3 2026 per GD's latest filing, from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Invested Capital peaked at 0.02% in Q1 2024 and troughed at 0.0% in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.01% and a median of 0.01% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Return on Invested Capital rose 1 bps in 2023, then decreased 1 bps in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.01% in 2022, then surged by 131 bps to 0.01% in 2023, then plunged by 46 bps to 0.01% in 2024, then rose by 5 bps to 0.01% in 2025, then increased by 23 bps to 0.01% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital over the past three periods registered 0.01%, 0.01%, and 0.01% for Q3 2026, Q2 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 General Electric 362.92 Bn 353.58 Bn 6.95 Bn -0.02%
2 Rtx 284.24 Bn 275.94 Bn 9.91 Bn 0.01%
3 Boeing 169.32 Bn 149.30 Bn 2.41 Bn 0.00%
4 Lockheed Martin 129.93 Bn 126.14 Bn 2.45 Bn 0.02%
5 Howmet Aerospace 108.64 Bn 108.07 Bn 951.00 Mn 0.02%
6 General Dynamics 103.62 Bn 99.29 Bn 6.76 Bn 0.01%
7 Northrop Grumman 78.44 Bn 76.14 Bn 3.72 Bn -
8 TransDigm 69.14 Bn 66.37 Bn 1.63 Bn 0.07%
9 Axon Enterprise 50.64 Bn 49.97 Bn 546.45 Mn -
10 L3Harris Technologies 49.64 Bn 48.12 Bn 1.50 Bn 0.01%

Historic Data

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Jul 5, 2026 0.01%
Apr 5, 2026 0.01%
Dec 31, 2025 0.01%
Sep 28, 2025 0.01%
Jun 29, 2025 0.01%
Mar 30, 2025 0.01%
Dec 31, 2024 0.01%
Sep 29, 2024 0.01%
Jun 30, 2024 0.02%
Mar 31, 2024 0.02%
Dec 31, 2023 0.01%
Oct 1, 2023 0.01%
Jul 2, 2023 0.01%
Apr 2, 2023 0.01%
Dec 31, 2022 0.01%
Oct 2, 2022 0.01%
Jul 3, 2022 0.01%
Apr 3, 2022 0.00%
Dec 31, 2021 0.00%
Oct 3, 2021 0.00%