General Dynamics Reports First-Quarter 2024 Financial Results

• Revenue of $10.7 billion, up 8.6% from year-ago quarter
• Operating earnings of $1 billion, up 10.4% from year-ago quarter
• Diluted EPS of $2.88, up 9.1% from year-ago quarter
• Operating margin of 9.7%, a 20 basis-point expansion from year-ago quarter

RESTON, Va., April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) today reported first-quarter 2024 revenues of $10.7 billion, up 8.6% from the first quarter of 2023. Operating earnings of $1 billion were up 10.4% from the year-ago quarter, with operating margins expanding 20 basis points to 9.7% from the year-ago quarter. Diluted earnings per share (EPS) were $2.88, up 9.1% from the year-ago quarter.

"Our businesses delivered solid operating results in the quarter, growing revenue and backlog, while expanding margins, even as we awaited G700 certification," said Phebe N. Novakovic, chairman and chief executive officer. "In the Aerospace segment, the recent FAA certification of the Gulfstream G700 has enabled us to begin customer deliveries. This is a strong start to 2024 and we remain confident in our outlook."

Cash and Capital Deployment
Net cash used by operating activities in the quarter was $278 million due to growth of operating working capital in both the Aerospace and defense segments.

During the quarter, the company invested $159 million in capital expenditures, paid $361 million in dividends, and used $105 million to repurchase more than 390,000 shares, ending the quarter with $1 billion in cash and equivalents.

Backlog
The consolidated book-to-bill ratio, defined as orders divided by revenue, was 1-to-1 for the quarter. Company-wide backlog of $93.7 billion was up 4.4% from the year-ago quarter. Estimated potential contract value, representing management's estimate of additional value in unfunded indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts and unexercised options, was $40.3 billion. Total estimated contract value, the sum of all backlog components, was $134 billion, up 4.4% from the year-ago quarter.

In the Aerospace segment, orders in the quarter totaled $2.4 billion, growing backlog to $20.5 billion, up 6.2% from the year-ago quarter. Aerospace book-to-bill was 1.2-to-1 for the quarter.

In the defense segments, orders in the quarter totaled $8.8 billion, with particular strength in Combat Systems and Technologies, which had book-to-bill ratios of 1.6-to-1 and 1.2-to-1, respectively.

Significant awards in the defense segments included an IDIQ contract from the U.S. Army to provide medium-caliber ammunition cartridges, with a maximum potential value of $3 billion among two awardees; $1.3 billion, with a maximum potential value of $2 billion, from Austria's ministry of defense to produce Pandur 6x6 wheeled combat vehicles; four IDIQ contracts from the Canadian government with a maximum potential value of $1.3 billion to support the Land Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) system for the Canadian army; $505 million, with a maximum potential value of $995 million, for several key contracts for classified customers; $325 million from the Canadian government to produce armored combat support vehicles; and $310 million from the U.S. Navy for maintenance, modernization and repair work on a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship. A detailed list of significant awards is provided in Exhibit G.

About General Dynamics
Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company that offers a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation; ship construction and repair; land combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions; and technology products and services. General Dynamics employs more than 100,000 people worldwide and generated $42.3 billion in revenue in 2023. More information is available at www.gd.com.

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We received the following significant contract awards during the first quarter of 2024:

Marine Systems:

• $310 from the U.S. Navy for maintenance, modernization and repair work on the USS Bataan, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship.
• $255 for future technology development on the next-generation attack submarine, SSN(X), program for the Navy.
• $150 from the Navy for long-lead materials for Block VI Virginia-class submarines.
• $150 for design and engineering efforts for Virginia-class submarines for the Navy.
• $125 from the Navy to provide engineering, technical, design and planning yard support services for operational strategic and attack submarines.

Combat Systems:

• An indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide medium-caliber ammunition cartridges for the U.S. Army. The contract has a maximum potential value of $3 billion among two awardees.
• $1.3 billion for the production of Pandur 6x6 wheeled combat vehicles from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defense. The contract including options has a maximum potential value of $2 billion.
• $325 from the Canadian government to produce armored combat support vehicles (ACSVs).
• $285 to produce Abrams main battle tanks in the system enhancement package version 3 (SEPv3) configuration for Romania.
• $205 from the Army for inventory management for the Stryker wheeled combat-vehicle fleet.

Technologies:

• Four IDIQ contracts from the Canadian government to support the Land Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) system for the Canadian army. These contracts have a maximum potential value of $1.3 billion.
• $505 for several key contracts for classified customers. These contracts have a maximum potential value of $995.
• $125 to modernize the U.S. Central Command's (CENTCOM) enterprise information technology (IT) infrastructure. The contract including options has a maximum potential value of $920.
• $340 from the Navy to provide full life cycle and operational support for the Trident II Fire Control System (FCS) onboard Ohio-class submarines and continue the development, production and installation of FCS for all new Columbia-class submarines. The contract including options has a maximum potential value of $620.
• $140 from the U.S. Air Force for the Battlefield Information Collection and Exploitation System - Extended (BICES-X) program to provide intelligence information sharing capabilities. The contract has a maximum potential value of $320.
• A contract to provide technical expertise to develop and deliver high-performance computing systems and software for a classified customer. The contract including options has a maximum potential value of $290.
• $35 from the Air Force to provide goods and engineering services to support the Federated Trust Network Environment Infrastructure (FTI) portion of the BICES program. The contract has a maximum potential value of $240.
• $230 from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to provide hybrid cloud services and IT design, engineering, and operations and sustainment services.
• $35 from the Navy for maintenance, training and sustainment of the Integrated Nuclear Weapons Security and Integrated Electronic Security Systems. The contract including options has a maximum potential value of $190.

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