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GD General Dynamics Corporation

284.50
-0.40 (-0.14%)
27 Apr 2024 - Closed
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Share Name Share Symbol Market Type
General Dynamics Corporation NYSE:GD NYSE Common Stock
  Price Change % Change Share Price High Price Low Price Open Price Shares Traded Last Trade
  -0.40 -0.14% 284.50 286.77 282.80 284.73 1,244,206 01:00:00

General Dynamics Posts Higher-Than-Expected Profit, Sales

24/07/2019 1:21pm

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By Dave Sebastian

 

General Dynamics Corp. (GD) reported higher profit in the second quarter as sales rose, beating analysts' expectations.

The aerospace and defense company posted $806 million in profit, or $2.77 a share, up from the comparable quarter last year's $786 million, or $2.62 a share. Analysts polled by FactSet were expecting $781.2 million, or $2.68 a share.

Revenue for the quarter was $9.56 billion, compared with $9.19 billion in the prior year. Analysts expected $9.36 billion.

The company's combat-, mission- and marine-systems segments, as well as it aerospace division, saw a rise in revenue. The information-technology segment saw a decline.

General Dynamics said its backlog at the end of the quarter was $67.7 billion. Its total estimated contract value, which is the sum of all backlog components, was $101.9 billion, up 3% from the prior year.

 

Write to Dave Sebastian at dave.sebastian@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

July 24, 2019 08:06 ET (12:06 GMT)

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