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$89.27 5.82 (6.97%)
7/23/2008 4:03 PM

General Dynamics Corp (GD)

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The Company's business comprises of business aviation; land and expeditionary combat vehicles and systems, armaments, and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and mission-critical information systems and technologies.

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General Dynamics Corp At A Glance

Current Price: $89.27
Last Trade Time: 7/23/2008 4:03 PM
Open: $0.00
Previous Close: $83.45
Daily Range: $83.68 - $89.41
52-Week Range: $70.61 - $95.13
Volume: 5,949,570
Market Cap: $33.25B
P/E Ratio: 15.20
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General Dynamics Corp (GD)

Avatar scottidog (< 20) Submitted: 2/04/08 3:48 PM

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 v 15.9x


Long Term Growth = 13.3% v 1...More

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Avatar mtnesters2 (59.77) Submitted: 10/04/07 1:10 PM

military spending down

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Avatar BudandMolly (94.25) Submitted: 7/21/08 4:04 PM : Outperform Start Price: $81.82 GD Score: 7.03

This is one of the best run companies in the defense space. It should beat the numbers for the second quarter and be strong into the end of year. It is expanding it's overseas sales in business aviation which is strong in spite of economic weakness in the US.

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Avatar wbcoleman (< 20) Submitted: 7/14/08 8:10 PM : Outperform Start Price: $81.44 GD Score: 4.35

Perhaps the best-run defense contractor.

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Avatar Shigo (70.81) Submitted: 7/03/08 9:25 AM : Outperform Start Price: $82.97 GD Score: 6.73

Military spending may be down, but I actually see an increase in IT spending for defense, which GD largely provides.

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Avatar 3mmoses (64.39) Submitted: 6/30/08 7:50 PM : Outperform Start Price: $83.08 GD Score: 6.19

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Avatar ruinas (44.99) Submitted: 6/26/08 6:21 PM : Underperform Start Price: $82.72 GD Score: -8.07

Worsening economy - falling tide lowers all ships!

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TrackBofASec 96.35 10/02/06 Outperform NS $70.84+26.01%-3.97%+29.99
TrackJimCramer 81.15 09/26/06 Outperform 3W $70.25+27.08%-3.96%+31.04

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