General Dynamics Corp (GD)

boiseidfool (< 20) Submitted: 3/19/07 8:25 PM : Start Price: $75.98 GD Score: 5.17

General Dynamics (GD) is one of the largest aerospace and defense companies in the United States. It operates through four key divisions: Aerospace, Information Systems & Technology, Combat Systems and Marine Systems. The aerospace segment manufactur...

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movwiz (73.79) Submitted: 10/04/06 8:30 PM : Start Price: $72.51 GD Score: -5.99

Full of government contracts, very excellent cash flow, but alot of overhead and political hassles to get work. Nothing truly in the assembly line. But expect more sub contracts in future years. Immediately just a bump in the road

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scottidog (26.11) Submitted: 2/04/08 3:48 PM : Start Price: $83.98 GD Score: -1.95

P/E = 18.6x v 17.7x for S&P 500


Price/Sales 1.3x v 1.5x


P/CF = 15.0x v. 11.6x


Profit Margin 7.2% v 7.8%


Return on Equity 17.4% v 15.6%


Return on Assets 8.3% v 3.0%


P/E = 18.6x...

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ratskins (76.16) Submitted: 12/28/06 9:39 PM : Start Price: $72.48 GD Score: 9.21

Nice dividend. All our war systems need replacement and repair thanks to being in an almost constant state of war. They have cut their debt by about 50% over the last two years. They don't dilute shares. Growth rate is 15% per year over the last five...

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F4Phanatic (25.40) Submitted: 9/04/06 3:35 AM : Start Price: $65.50 GD Score: 11.47

Business is booming for General Dynamics, net sales for 2005 were $21,244,000,000. 3 of the GD's divisions, Information Systems and Technology, Combat Systems, and Aerospace had backlogs in 2005 of $42.4 billion.

Information Systems and Technology r...

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minimidgy (60.96) Submitted: 10/17/07 2:31 PM : Start Price: $85.74 GD Score: 2.73

Aerospace is hot and will continue to stay hot. General Dynamics is selling a lot of small jets to countries other than the US.

Earnings growth is 15%.

Sales growth is 11% per year. Good, but not great.

Dividend has a...

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AmphibSailor (69.24) Submitted: 12/10/06 8:33 PM : Start Price: $69.46 GD Score: 9.81

$30B Major defense contractor for US and allied armed forces. Manufactures a whole spectrum of defense products and systems, from guns and ammo to battle tanks, attack submarines, surface warships, and command, control, and communications systems, a...

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NetscribeDefense (77.99) Submitted: 2/08/07 7:28 AM : Start Price: $77.29 GD Score: 6.03

General Dynamics is among the numerous defense companies that have benefited no end from the US Government’s war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan. General Dynamics (GD) has its dirty fingers in every pie and operates in 4 segments namely Marine Syst...

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darkflame (96.29) Submitted: 4/16/07 12:26 PM : Start Price: $72.84 GD Score: 5.77

a pitch, and a critic from a fellow pacifist european fool...
This company is disgusting, it makes money from making equipments that exterminate human lives.
The american international friendly government always solves things the polite way, bomb the...

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PPeltier (47.85) Submitted: 7/17/06 6:52 PM : Start Price: $65.94 GD Score: 7.05

Gd is another of my steady hitters that pays a good dividend for me to watch it work it way around the bases.

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