General Dynamics (GD)

77.92 -0.06  -0.08%  May 22, 1:32PM
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General Dynamics Price / Sales Ratio TTM:

0.8792 for May 22, 2013
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    General Dynamics Historical Price / Sales Ratio TTM Data

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    May 22, 2013 0.8792
    May 21, 2013 0.8799
    May 20, 2013 0.8869
    May 17, 2013 0.8834
    May 16, 2013 0.8591
    May 15, 2013 0.8644
    May 14, 2013 0.8648
    May 13, 2013 0.8485
    May 10, 2013 0.8542
    May 9, 2013 0.8491
    May 8, 2013 0.851
    May 7, 2013 0.8485
    May 6, 2013 0.8491
    May 3, 2013 0.849
    May 2, 2013 0.8402
    May 1, 2013 0.8325
    April 30, 2013 0.8345
    April 29, 2013 0.8269
    April 26, 2013 0.8271
    April 25, 2013 0.8297
    April 24, 2013 0.8094
    April 23, 2013 0.7571
    April 22, 2013 0.7489
    April 19, 2013 0.756
    April 18, 2013 0.7446
       
    April 17, 2013 0.7496
    April 16, 2013 0.7717
    April 15, 2013 0.7694
    April 12, 2013 0.7966
    April 11, 2013 0.8049
    April 10, 2013 0.7838
    April 9, 2013 0.7823
    April 8, 2013 0.7795
    April 5, 2013 0.7849
    April 4, 2013 0.7638
    April 3, 2013 0.7717
    April 2, 2013 0.756
    April 1, 2013 0.7691
    March 28, 2013 0.7945
    March 27, 2013 0.7916
    March 26, 2013 0.7921
    March 25, 2013 0.7834
    March 22, 2013 0.7807
    March 21, 2013 0.7762
    March 20, 2013 0.7858
    March 19, 2013 0.7878
    March 18, 2013 0.7852
    March 15, 2013 0.7877
    March 14, 2013 0.7848
    March 13, 2013 0.7899

    About Price to Sales Ratio

    The price to sales ratio (PS ratio) is calculated by dividing stock price by the revenue per share. It is most useful for comparing companies within a sector or industry because "normal" values for this ratio vary from industry to industry. In general, low price to sales ratios are more appealing because they suggest that a company is undervalued.

    An example illustrating why PS ratios should not be compared across industries: On June 21, 2010, Starbucks had a PS ratio of 1.12 while Yahoo! had a PS ratio of 2.56. In other words, Yahoo! shareholders were paying $2.56 for $1 of sales while Starbucks shareholders would only pay $1.12 for $1 of sales. However, at that same moment, the two companies' price to earnings ratios were virtually identical (Starbucks: 28.09 and Yahoo!: 27.78). Hence, shareholders were paying nearly the same amount for $1.00 in earnings. The PS ratios, though, are less comparable since Yahoo!'s profit margins are much higher than that of Starbucks.
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    GD Price / Sales Ratio TTM Benchmarks

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    GD Price / Sales Ratio TTM Rankings

    Overall 82nd percentile
    1368 of 8005
    Sector 67th percentile
    289 of 893 in Industrials
    Industry 64th percentile
    18 of 51 in Aerospace & Defense

    GD Price / Sales Ratio TTM Range, Past 5 Years

    Minimum 0.4941 Mar 9 2009
    Maximum 1.339 May 30 2008
    Average 0.8113