For the quarter ended December 2025, General Dynamics (GD) reported revenue of $14.38 billion, up 7.8% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $4.17, compared to $4.15 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +4.21% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $13.8 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $4.11, the EPS surprise was +1.56%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
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- Aerospace: $3.79 billion versus $3.79 billion estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +1.2% change.
- Revenue- Technologies: $3.24 billion versus the five-analyst average estimate of $3.31 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -0.1%.
- Revenue- Combat Systems: $2.54 billion versus $2.5 billion estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +5.9% change.
- Revenue- Marine Systems: $4.82 billion versus the five-analyst average estimate of $4.19 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +21.7%.
- Operating earnings- Aerospace: $481 million versus $491.8 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Operating earnings- Marine Systems: $345 million versus $293.37 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Operating earnings- Combat Systems: $381 million compared to the $373.2 million average estimate based on four analysts.
- Operating earnings- Technologies: $290 million versus $307.32 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Operating earnings- Corporate: $-45 million compared to the $-50.7 million average estimate based on three analysts.
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