General Dynamics Corporation: dividend

GDNYSEIndustrials · Ship & Boat Building & Repairing

Price

$363.46

November 13, 2026Market cap $98.3B

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  • The full history: 17 fiscal years, from 2009
  • The estimated fair value, with its range and its certainty
  • The full analysis, 18 a month
  • More questions to the chat on its filings
  • Excel with every year
  • An email when it reports, changes its dividend or an officer buys

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Yield

1.73%

$6.27 per share over the last 12 months, at a price of $363.46.

Forward yield1.75%($1.59 a quarter)

FCF coverThe year's free cash flow was 3.4 times the dividend it paid.
3.4x
Payout36% of the last 12 months' earnings went to the dividend.
36%
No cutYears in a row without a cut, in 17 years of figures.
12
5-year growthAverage yearly growth over the last five years.
+6.5%
Debt / EBITDAMoney that goes to interest does not go to the dividend.
0.4x

The dividend year by year

What it paid per share each fiscal year, how much that changed, and the yield it gave at the price at year end.

+6.5% a year over 5 years
  • 2025
    Dividend per share~$5.89
  • 2024
    Dividend per share~$5.62
  • 2023
    Dividend per share~$5.21

Each fiscal year's dividend as the company states it in its filings, adjusted for stock splits. Special dividends count in the year they were paid. For the years marked ~ the company states no dividend per share, and the figure is the dividends it paid over its shares at the year end, so it is approximate.

The dividend year by year

GD's dividend per share each fiscal year, from 2009 to 2022, 14 more fiscal years

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Everything it returns to shareholders

The dividend is one way. The other is buybacks, which reduce the number of shares.

Dividend yield

1.73%

$17.30 a year per $1,000 of shares

Buybacks

0.65%

$6.50 a year per $1,000 of shares

The share count stayed about the same.

Total returned

2.38%

$23.80 a year per $1,000 of shares

dividend 73%buybacks 27%

GD beside the other dividend payers

Where it stands among this week's 968 dividend payers, and in the Industrials sector. The dot is the company, the white line the median.

Dividend yield1.73%

Above 43% of the payers · median 2.03%

In Industrials: above 70%, median 1.23%.

Covered by free cash flow3.4x

Above 47% of the payers · median 3.6x

In Industrials: above 38%, median 3.9x.

Dividend growth, 5 years+6.5%

Above 51% of the payers · median +6.3%

In Industrials: above 34%, median +7.9%.

Share of earnings paid out36%

Above 52% of the payers · median 35%

In Industrials: above 61%, median 31%.

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What do General Dynamics's filings show?

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What is GD's dividend yield?

General Dynamics paid $6.27 per share over the last 12 months. At a price of $363.46, that is a yield of 1.73%.

Does GD cover its dividend with the cash it makes?

Yes, over the last year. General Dynamics's free cash flow was 3.4 times the dividend it paid.

Has GD ever cut its dividend?

General Dynamics has not cut its dividend for 12 years, in the 17 years of figures we hold.

How much has GD's dividend grown?

General Dynamics's dividend per share changed by +6.5% a year on average over the last five years.

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The figures come from the company's SEC filings and the share price, and describe what it has reported. They are not a score or a fair value.