As of today (2024-04-26), General Dynamics's current share price is €263.25. General Dynamics's E10 for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €11.43. General Dynamics's Shiller PE Ratio for today is 23.03.
The historical rank and industry rank for General Dynamics's Shiller PE Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
HAM:GDX'
s Shiller PE Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 13.73 Med: 22.09 Max: 32.25
Current: 22.93
During the past years, General Dynamics's highest Shiller PE Ratio was 32.25. The lowest was 13.73. And the median was 22.09.
HAM:GDX's Shiller PE Ratio is ranked better than 70.59% of 136
companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 38.245
vs HAM:GDX: 22.93
E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years.
General Dynamics's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €2.650. Add all the adjusted EPS for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our E10, which is €11.43 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.
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General Dynamics Shiller PE Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for General Dynamics's Shiller PE Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of General Dynamics's Shiller PE Ratio
For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, General Dynamics's Shiller PE Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Shiller PE Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
General Dynamics's Shiller PE Ratio Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry
For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, General Dynamics's Shiller PE Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where General Dynamics's Shiller PE Ratio falls into.
General Dynamics Shiller PE Ratio Calculation
For Shiller PE Ratio, the earnings of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/E calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Shiller PE Ratio is also called PE10.
The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The same calculation is applied here to individual companies.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
General Dynamics's E10 for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:
For example, General Dynamics's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:
Add all the adjusted EPS together and divide 10 will get our E10.
Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.
General Dynamics (HAM:GDX) Shiller PE Ratio Explanation
Compared with the regular PE Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Shiller PE Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of profit margins during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.
If a company has consistent business performance, the Shiller PE Ratio should give similar results to regular PE Ratio.
Compared with the PS Ratio, the Shiller PE Ratio makes the comparison between different industries more meaningful.
Be Aware
Shiller PE Ratio assumes that over the long term, businesses and profitability revert to their means. If a company's business model does not work in the future compared with the past, Shiller PE Ratio and PS Ratio will give false valuations.
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General Dynamics is a defense contractor and business jet manufacturer. The firm's segments include aerospace, marine, combat systems, and technologies. General Dynamics' aerospace segment creates Gulfstream business jets and operates a global aircraft servicing operation. Combat systems produces land-based combat vehicles such as the M1 Abrams tank and Stryker armored personnel carrier, as well as munitions. The marine segment creates and services nuclear-powered submarines, destroyers, and other ships. The technologies segment contains two main units, an IT business that primarily serves the government market and a mission systems business that focuses on products that provide command, control, computing, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities to the military.
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