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RBC Capital Raises Price Target on General Dynamics (GD) to $165 Following 2Q EPS Beat

July 30, 2015 10:26 AM EDT
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RBC Capital reiterated an Outperform rating on General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE: GD), and raised the price target to $165.00 (from $161.00), GD posted 2Q EPS of $2.27, ahead of consensus at $2.06. GD reported revenues of $7.9bn in the quarter, up 5.5% YoY.

Analyst Robert Stallard commented, "GD posted 2Q15 EPS of $2.27, comfortably in excess of consensus at $2.06. Revenues of $7.9bn in the quarter were up 5.5% YoY, and topped our forecast in three of the four divisions. The revenue performance was also matched at the operating profit level, with overall margins of 13.7% being 90bps higher than our forecast. The stand out performer here was IS&T, coming in at an impressive 10.7%, with Combat's 16.1% margins also more than a percentage point higher than we had expected."

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Shares of General Dynamics Corp. closed at $149.96 yesterday.



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