General Dynamics Corporation
Shortcut
4.22Normalized diluted EPS
+2.2% vs Street
Street
4.13Normalized diluted EPS
October 25 consensus snapshot
Real
4.49General Dynamics normalized diluted EPS, original GAAP alias
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Shortcut’s reasoning.
Segment build anchored on July 2026 FY guidance (rev ~$55.7B, OM 10.5%, segment margins) and 3Q26 having the same 91 days as 2Q26 and 3Q25; issuer quarter ends 2026-10-04 (supplied 2026-09-30 label is month-end shorthand).
Aerospace: 39 Gulfstream deliveries (RBC 38; mgmt ~160 FY, 79 in 1H) at ~$60.5M/unit plus ~11.5% services growth; margin 14.5% per mgmt guide that 3Q ~ 2Q.
Defense: Marine +11.8% Y/Y at 7.4%, Combat +6.8% at 14.0% on record backlog, Technologies +5.0% at 9.4%; corporate -$51M.
On the record.
- Reporting period
- Q3 2026
- Reporting basis
- General Dynamics normalized diluted EPS, same as GAAP on original no-adjustment basis
- Consensus snapshot
- October 25, 2026
- Model / effort
- Opus 5.5 · High effort
- Workbook
- Reviewed workbook
Record history
- Forecast generated
- Oct 26, 2026 at 5:32 PM PDT
- Reviewed revision completed
- Oct 26, 2026 at 5:32 PM PDT
- First published
- Oct 26, 2026 at 6:47 PM PDT
Result basis
The issuer directly reports third-quarter diluted EPS 4.49, basic 4.55 and 273.8m diluted weighted average shares. The published normalized forecast explicitly uses the original no-adjustment GAAP alias. Current issuer GAAP 4.49 therefore supplies that pre-existing target, rather than inferring a normalized definition from rounded agreement. Issuer prior-year diluted comparative 3.88 matches frozen normalized history. The current issuer news page supplied the release despite the stale SECfeed/provider panel.