General Dynamics Corporation GD reported second-quarter 2022 earnings per share (EPS) of $2.75, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.72 by 1.1%. Quarterly earnings increased 5.4% from $2.61 per share in the year-ago quarter.
Total Revenues
General Dynamics’ second-quarter revenues of $9,189 million missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $9,388 million by 2.1%. Revenues slipped 0.3% from the year-ago quarter.
General Dynamics Corporation Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise
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Segmental Performance
Aerospace: The segment reported revenues of $1,867 million, up 15.1% year over year. Operating earnings of $238 million increased 22.1% from the prior-year quarter’s $220 million.
Marine Systems: This segment’s revenues rose 4.5% from the prior-year quarter to $2,651 million. Operating earnings were up 0.5% from the year-ago quarter to $211 million.
Technologies: The segment’s reported revenues of $3,005 million decreased 5% year over year. Operating earnings of $304 million dropped 1.3% from the prior-year quarter’s $306 million.
Combat Systems: The segment’s revenues of $1,666 million were down 12.3% from the year-ago quarter’s $1,899 million. Operating earnings also declined 7.9% year over year to $245 million.
Operational Highlights
For the reported quarter, GD’s operating margin expanded 20 basis points from the year-ago quarter’s reported figure to 10.6%.
For the quarter under review, General Dynamics’ operating costs and expenses went down 0.6% from the year-ago period to $8,211 million.
Interest expenses for the reported quarter declined 12.8% year over year to $95 million.
Backlog
General Dynamics recorded a total backlog of $87.63 billion, up 0.5% from first-quarter 2022’s backlog of $87.23 billion . The funded backlog at second-quarter end was $67.89 billion.
Financial Condition
As of Jul 3, 2022, General Dynamics’ cash and cash equivalents were $2,223 million compared with $1,603 million as of Dec 31, 2021.
Long-term debt as of Jul 3, 2022 was $9,741 million, down from the 2021-end level of $10,490 million.
As of Jul 3, 2022, GD generated cash from operating activities of $2,627 million, up from $1,118 million generated in the year-ago period.
Zacks Rank
General Dynamics currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here
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