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FCF Margin for General Dynamics (GD)

As of · Reported

Metric

TTM

11.5%

YoY change

+0.84pp

Trough year (1997)

-12.7%

Peak year (1996)

26.8%

FCF Margin history chart for General Dynamics (GD) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: 7.5%

FCF Margin change chart for General Dynamics (GD) from 1989 to 2025

Latest: +0.84pp

FCF Margin history table for General Dynamics (GD) from 1989 to 2025

  • 20257.5%+0.84pp
  • 20246.7%-2.31pp
  • 20239.0%+0.21pp
  • 20228.8%-0.00pp
  • 20218.8%+1.17pp
  • 20207.6%+2.56pp
  • 20195.1%-1.72pp
  • 20186.8%-4.35pp
  • 201711.1%+5.23pp
  • 20165.9%-0.16pp
  • 20156.1%-4.32pp
  • 201410.4%+1.78pp
  • 20138.6%+1.40pp
  • 20127.2%-1.29pp
  • 20118.5%+0.45pp
  • 20108.1%+0.38pp
  • 20097.7%-1.27pp
  • 20088.9%-0.06pp
  • 20079.0%+1.54pp
  • 20067.5%-1.02pp
  • 20058.5%+0.44pp
  • 20048.0%-1.12pp
  • 20039.2%+2.93pp
  • 20026.2%+0.03pp
  • 20016.2%-1.36pp
  • 20007.6%+10.59pp
  • 1999-3.0%-2.43pp
  • 1998-0.6%+12.08pp
  • 1997-12.7%-39.51pp
  • 199626.8%+20.38pp
  • 19956.5%+2.66pp
  • 19943.8%+8.88pp
  • 1993-5.1%-18.68pp
  • 199213.6%+6.84pp
  • 19916.8%+3.92pp
  • 19902.8%+5.07pp
  • 1989-2.2%—

FCF Margin values are taken from General Dynamics's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.

About FCF Margin at General Dynamics (GD)

According to General Dynamics's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 11.5%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.

Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .

General Dynamics (GD) most recent annual free cash flow margin stands at 7.53% (2025) – expanded 0.8 percentage points year-over-year.

1996 marks the peak free cash flow margin at 26.84%, with the historical low of -12.67% recorded in 1997.

General Dynamics FCF Margin by Year

General Dynamics FCF Margin 2025: 7.5%

2025's free cash flow margin for General Dynamics came in at 7.53%, expanded 0.8 percentage points from 2024.

General Dynamics FCF Margin 2024: 6.7%

General Dynamics posted free cash flow margin of 6.70% in 2024, contracted 2.3 percentage points from 2023.

General Dynamics FCF Margin 2023: 9.0%

In 2023, General Dynamics reported free cash flow margin of 9.00%, expanded 0.2 percentage points from 2022.

General Dynamics FCF Margin 2022: 8.8%

General Dynamics free cash flow margin in 2022 was 8.79%, contracted 0.0 percentage points from 2021.

General Dynamics FCF Margin 2021: 8.8%

General Dynamics free cash flow margin in 2021 was 8.80%.

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