General Dynamics Corporation (GD) Beats on Earnings Yet Still Disappoints

This leaves the company trading for a price-to-free cash flow ratio of about 14.4. Admittedly, that’s a better number than the “infinity-times-earnings” P/E, which results from General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE:GD)’ lack of GAAP profits. But it’s still a high price to pay for a company that analysts say will grow at only 6.2% per year over the next five years.

So while the company certainly beat expectations, and did a lot better than it might have done in a sequester environment … it’s still not a particularly attractive-looking investment.

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Fool contributor Rich Smith has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of General Dynamics.

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