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Record backlog hits $136.5 billion as all four segments post growth.

General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) reported higher second-quarter revenue, earnings and cash flow, led by growth in its Aerospace and Marine Systems businesses, and raised its full-year earnings outlook. The company reported second-quarter diluted earnings per share of $4.24 on revenue of $14.1 billion. Re

Moby summary of General Dynamics Corporation's Q2 2026 earnings call

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General Dynamics Corporation will release its second-quarter earnings report before the opening bell on Wednesday, July 29. Some of the company’s investors may be eyeing potential gains from its dividends. Currently, General Dynamics has an annual dividend yield of 1.63%...

General Dynamics Corp (GD) reports a robust quarter with significant backlog growth and cash generation, despite facing supply chain and margin pressures.

General Dynamics (GD) reported fiscal second-quarter results ahead of Wall Street estimates and incr

The main US stock measures were mostly trending higher in Wednesday's premarket activity as traders

General Dynamics reported higher profit and revenue in the second quarter, as performance improved across all of the company’s lines of business.

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General Dynamics has managed to avoid much of the defense stock pain that came after fighting began in Iran. Wall Street was looking for earnings per share of $3.96 from sales of $13.5 billion. Operating profit margin was 10.4%, up 0.4 percentage point year-over-year.

July 29 (Reuters) - General Dynamics on Wednesday posted a rise in second- quarter profit, driven by continued strength in its aerospace and marine segments.

Today Federal Reserve meeting: Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh will hold a press conference at 2:30 p.m. ET, following the FOMC interest-rate decision at 2 p.m. Earnings (a.m): Procter & Gamble, Humana, L3Harris, Biogen, General Dynamics, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Airbus Earnings (p.

Aerospace and defense company General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) will be reporting results this Wednesday before market open. Here’s what to expect.

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Here are four defense stocks that are expected to post an earnings beat this reporting cycle.

RTX beats Q2 estimates as commercial aftermarket and defense demand drive revenue growth, lift backlog to $289B and prompt a higher 2026 outlook.

RTX (NYSE:RTX) is set to report its earnings on Thursday, July 23, 2026. The company has $261 billion in current market capitalization. Revenue over the last twelve months was $90 billion, and it was operationally profitable with $9.8 billion in operating profits and net income of $7.3 billion. While a lot will depend on how results stack up against consensus and expectations, understanding historical patterns might just turn the odds in your favor if you are an event-driven trader.

NOC heads into Q2 earnings backed by a strong defense backlog, but investors will watch Sentinel program updates for margin impact.

OTTAWA, July 16 (Reuters) - Canada has agreed a four-year deal worth close to C$2 billion ($1.4 billion) to buy 190 armored combat support vehicles from the Canadian subsidiary of General Dynamics,

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Two defense giants are betting on opposite sides of naval warfare, and one of them just posted negative free cash flow while the other is sitting on nearly two billion dollars of it. The question is whether a $3.45 billion sensor acquisition can close that gap before program charges do further damage.

Vertiv is expected to announce its second-quarter results soon, and analysts predict a double-digit growth in the company’s bottom-line figure.

General Dynamics is expected to announce its second-quarter results soon, and analysts predict a single-digit growth in the company’s bottom-line figure.

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Investing.com -- General Dynamics received a rating upgrade from Jefferies, which raised its recommendation to Buy from Hold and increased its price target to $400 from $380, arguing that accelerating demand for U.S. Navy submarines and improving shipyard productivity position the defense contractor for stronger earnings growth in the years ahead.

Recent presidents have stayed away from trading stocks in companies whose fortunes they could lift or scuttle with the stroke of a pen, but Donald Trump smashed that precedent in the first quarter of this year with more than 3,600 buy and sell orders, many of them involving companies whose profits have been directly impacted by his decisions as head of the government. Among the Trump trades in a recent report filed with a federal ethics agency was as much as $6 million in Nvidia, whose advanced chips Trump approved for sale to China last year. “If he were defense secretary, he would be committing a crime,” said Richard Painter, the chief White House ethics adviser in the George W. Bush administration and a big critic of congressional trading, too.

The defence industry, long considered a value trade, has in the past few years become a growth play. Global conflict is on the rise, and technology...