What changed
$GD — WATCHLIST 📊 | 6 MONTHS THESIS
🎯 Q1 2026 | Rev $12.2B | EPS $4.10 vs $3.69 🟢 | Margin 10.4%
💡 The market expects steady defense spending growth and margin consistency; the beat was large but consensus already embeds FY EPS near $16.65 and a premium valuation. There is no evidence the market is underestimating future cash flows or that a re-rating catalyst is imminent.
📉 Reward/risk: 1.5:1
🏢 Business Quality: 8/10 - Wide-moat defense portfolio (Gulfstream, combat vehicles, IT, marine) with sticky government revenues, high barriers to entry, and strong backlog, but capital-intensive and subject to contract timing and geopolitical swings.
📊 Valuation: fair to slightly rich — trailing P/E ~21.5x vs. 5-year historical range 15–20x and peer median ~19–20x; EV/EBITDA ~16x; FCF yield negative in Q1 but...
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