For the quarter ended June 2025, General Dynamics (GD) reported revenue of $13.04 billion, up 8.9% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $3.74, compared to $3.26 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +5.62% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $12.35 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $3.59, the EPS surprise was +4.18%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how General Dynamics performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:- Revenue- Technologies: $3.48 billion versus the six-analyst average estimate of $3.25 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +5.5%.
- Revenue- Marine Systems: $4.22 billion compared to the $3.74 billion average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of +22.2% year over year.
- Revenue- Combat Systems: $2.28 billion versus the six-analyst average estimate of $2.26 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -0.2%.
- Revenue- Aerospace: $3.06 billion versus the six-analyst average estimate of $3.07 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +4.2%.
- Operating earnings- Aerospace: $403 million versus $404.44 million estimated by five analysts on average.
- Operating earnings- Combat Systems: $324 million versus $317.41 million estimated by five analysts on average.
- Operating earnings- Technologies: $332 million versus $298 million estimated by five analysts on average.
- Operating earnings- Marine Systems: $291 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $254.82 million.
- Operating earnings- Corporate: $-45 million versus $-14.05 million estimated by four analysts on average.
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Shares of General Dynamics have returned +5.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +5.9% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.5 Stocks Set to Double
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