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General Dynamics Corporation

GD Research profile · latest available data

Price overview

$336.72

▲ +0.43 (+0.1%)

52w hi$395.97
52w lo$311.16
Vol1.46M
As of25 Sep 2026

The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.02

Short+0.18
Medium-0.19
Long-0.09

computed 2026-09-27

Key fundamentals

General Dynamics Corporation

Industrials · Aerospace & Defense

Market cap$91.10B
Enterprise value$96.11B
Trailing P/E20.53x
Forward P/E18.12x
EV / EBITDA14.49x
P / S (ttm)1.66x
Profit margin8.2%
Return on equity17.8%
Revenue growth+8.1%
Earnings growth+13.4%
Debt / equity35.34

Layer Breakdown

LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.28
Sector-0.07
Technical-0.09
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.25

macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27

Business overview

General Dynamics Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems, and Technologies. The Aerospace segment produces and sells business jets; and offers aircraft maintenance and repair, management, aircraft-on-ground support, customer support and custom completion services, modifications, upgrades, and lifecycle sustainment support services. The Marine Systems segment designs and builds nuclear-powered submarines, surface combatants, and auxiliary ships for the United States Navy and Jones Act ships for commercial customers, as well as provides maintenance, modernization, and lifecycle support services for navy ships; offers and program management, planning, engineering, and design support services for submarine construction programs. The Combat Systems segment manufactures land combat solutions, such as wheeled and tracked combat vehicles, Stryker wheeled combat vehicles, piranha vehicles, weapons systems, energetics and munitions, mobile bridge systems with payloads, tactical vehicles, main battle tanks, and armored vehicles; and offers modernization programs, support and sustainment services, and development programs. The Technologies segment provides information technology solutions and mission support services; mobile communication, computers, and command-and-control mission systems; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions to military, intelligence, and federal civilian customers; cloud services, cybersecurity, network modernization, artificial intelligence; machine learning; application development, high-performance computing, and 5G and advanced communications services; and unmanned undersea vehicle manufacturing and assembly services. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.

United States · www.gd.com

Risk Metrics

Beta vs SPX0.51
Corr SPX0.37
Annual vol22.4%
Annual ret+7.1%
Sharpe0.32
Max DD-23.0%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Analyst Coverage

Mean PT$392.31
High / Low$444.00 / $313.00
Median$390.00
Analysts21
Strong Buy4
Buy9
Hold10
Sell1
Strong Sell0

Recent rating actions

2026-04-30UBS→ Neutral
2026-04-30RBC Capital→ Sector Perform
2026-04-30JP Morgan→ Overweight
2026-04-07Jefferies→ Hold
2026-04-02Citigroup→ Neutral
2026-04-01Wells Fargo→ Overweight

Material Events

DateEvent8-K
2026-08-07Officer / Director Change, Exhibitsread
2026-08-04Other Material Event, Exhibitsread
2026-07-29Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2026-05-11Shareholder Voteread
2026-04-29Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2026-01-28Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2025-12-05Officer / Director Changeread
2025-12-05Officer / Director Changeread
2025-10-24Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2025-07-23Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2025-06-09Officer / Director Changeread
2025-06-04Other Material Eventread

Insider Trades

DateInsiderRoleActionSharesValue
2026-06-17Malcolm MarkDirectorSell3.21K$1.17M
2026-06-17Malcolm MarkDirectorOption exercise3.21K$531.16K
2026-06-17Malcolm MarkDirectorSell2.27K$828.55K
2026-06-17Malcolm MarkDirectorOption exercise2.27K$435.18K
2026-06-16Stratton John GDirectorGrant104$37.42K
2026-03-17Hooper Charles WDirectorGrant21$7.44K
2026-03-17HANEY CECIL DDirectorGrant10$3.54K
2026-03-17DE LEON RUDY FDirectorGrant52$18.42K
2026-03-17Stratton John GDirectorGrant105$37.20K
2026-03-17Schumacher Laura JDirectorGrant105$37.20K

Flow & Concentration

Insider 180d net-$2.00M
Insider buys / sells0 / 2
Insider biasNeutral
13F holders10
Top-5 share95.6%
HHI3,783 (concentrated)

Top Holders

HolderValueShares
State Street Corp$4.18B11.81M
Fidelity / FMR LLC$1.45B4.10M
AQR Capital Management$742.37M2.10M
Capital Research / Capital World$385.87M1.09M
Citadel Advisors$261.26M737.53K
Renaissance Technologies$160.73M453.72K
Millennium Management$155.91M440.14K
Bridgewater Associates$5.98M16.89K
T. Rowe Price Group$131.26K370.55K
Norges Bank (Norway sovereign)$34.36K97

As of 2026-06-30

Connections

Subsidiarys: SRT.L, Combat Systems, PLTR, GE

Dividends

Yield (TTM)1.36%
$ / share (TTM)$4.59
5y CAGR+6.5%

Annual dividend per share

2021$4.67
2022$4.97
2023$5.22
2024$5.58
2025$5.92
2026$3.09

Federal Contracts

AmountAgencyDescription
$5.87BDepartment of DefenseDETAIL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION (DD&C) FOR T-AO 205
$5.34BDepartment of DefenseFY18-FY22 DDG 51 CLASS SHIP CONSTRUCTION
$5.03BDepartment of DefenseCONSTRUCTION OF DDG 51 SHIPS FY23-27
$4.93BDepartment of DefenseFY13-FY17 DDG 51 CLASS SHIP CONSTRUCTION.
$2.55BDepartment of DefenseDDG 1001/1002 CONSTRUCTION AND FY11 CLASS SERVICES
$2.50BDepartment of DefenseT-AO 214 - 221 DD&C BLOCK BUY
$1.87BDepartment of DefenseEXPEDITIONARY SEA BASE (ESB) HULL 6 LLTM UCA
$1.51BDepartment of StateGLOBAL SECURITY ENGINEERING&SUPPLY CHAIN SERVICES.

SEC Filings

DateFormDoc
2026-08-134view
2026-08-124view
2026-08-124view
2026-08-114view
2026-08-078-Kview
2026-08-064view
2026-08-064view
2026-08-044view
2026-08-048-Kview
2026-08-04424B5view
2026-08-044view
2026-07-298-Kview
2026-07-2910-Qview
2026-06-224view
2026-06-184view

The Long Run

FY 2009–2025 · 17 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$52.55B+4.2%
Operating income$4.25B+2.0%
Net income$3.31B+2.0%
Cash from ops$5.12B+4.3%

Indices

S&P 500

Recent Sessions

DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Sep 25$336.21$339.99$335.00$336.721.46M
Sep 24$343.00$344.74$336.19$336.291.57M
Sep 23$344.19$348.76$343.05$343.331.09M
Sep 22$353.95$354.67$342.16$343.391.28M
Sep 21$352.74$355.05$351.41$353.90926.70K

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