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General Dynamics (GD) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

General Dynamics (GD) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.08% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 1.0% to 0.08% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.08% through Dec 2025, changed 0.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.08% for FY2025, 0.0% changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 0.08% in Q4 2025 for General Dynamics, down from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.09% in Q4 2021 to a low of 0.07% in Q3 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.08% across 5 years, with a median of 0.08% in 2024.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Return on Sales was 1bps in 2021; the steepest drop was -1bps in 2021.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.09% in 2021, then decreased by -1bps to 0.09% in 2022, then dropped by -6bps to 0.09% in 2023, then fell by 0bps to 0.09% in 2024, then decreased by -8bps to 0.08% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for GD at 0.08% in Q4 2025, 0.08% in Q3 2025, and 0.08% in Q2 2025.