General Dynamics Corporation GD
At closeNov 4, 2026, 4:09 PM EST
After hours · Nov 4, 4:09 PM ET
- YTD
- +8.38%
- 1 year
- +6.23%
- Market cap
- 98.60B
- Revenue (ttm)
- 56.52B
- Profit margin
- 8.24%
- EPS (ttm)
- 16.99
- Shares out
- 270.22M
- P/E ratio
- 21.48
- Forward P/E
- 19.37
- Dividend
- 6.36 (1.70%)
- Ex-dividend date
- Oct 8, 2026
- YTD return
- +8.38%
- 1-year return
- +6.23%
- Volume
- 1.87M
- Avg volume
- 1.16M
- Open
- 370.20
- Previous close
- 374.50
- Day's range
- 362.77 – 372.60
- 52-week range
- 306.77 – 400.00
- Beta
- 0.30
- Analysts
- Buy
- Price target
- 417.35 (+14.4%)
- Earnings date
- Jan 27, 2027
5D +3.29 (+0.91%)
Key statistics
- Enterprise value
- 105.69B
- PEG ratio
- 2.31
- Price / sales
- 1.75
- Price / book
- 3.61
- Dividend yield
- 1.70%
- Payout ratio
- 36.90%
- Revenue growth
- 12.90%
- Free cash flow
- 4.55B
- Total cash
- 4.39B
- Total debt
- 9.03B
- Return on equity
- 18.01%
- Short % of float
- 0.83%
- 50-day average
- 350.99
- 200-day average
- 354.92
Analyst view
Consensus: buy
- Target (low)
- 309.00
- Target (mean)
- 417.35
- Target (high)
- 480.00
- Strong buy4
- Buy10
- Hold9
- Sell1
- Strong sell0
Next earnings
Jan 27, 2027
Expected Jan 27, 2027. Consensus EPS estimate 4.59.
Financials — quick view
Earnings
| Report date | Quarter ending | EPS estimate | EPS reported | Surprise | Surprise % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2027 | Jan 4, 2027 | 4.57 | — | — | — |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026 | 4.12 | 4.49 | +0.37 | +8.98% |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Jul 5, 2026 | 3.96 | 4.24 | +0.28 | +7.07% |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Apr 5, 2026 | 3.67 | 4.10 | +0.43 | +11.72% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | Dec 31, 2025 | 4.11 | 4.17 | +0.06 | +1.46% |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Sep 28, 2025 | 3.70 | 3.88 | +0.18 | +4.86% |
Upgrades / downgrades
| Date | Firm | Action | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2026 | Morgan Stanley | main | Overweight | Overweight |
| Nov 3, 2026 | Bernstein | main | Market Perform | Market Perform |
| Nov 2, 2026 | Citigroup | main | Neutral | Neutral |
| Nov 2, 2026 | RBC Capital | main | Sector Perform | Sector Perform |
| Oct 15, 2026 | RBC Capital | main | Sector Perform | Sector Perform |
| Oct 14, 2026 | Bernstein | main | Market Perform | Market Perform |
About General Dynamics Corporation
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.
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Country
- United States
- Website
- gd.com
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Insider holders
| Insider | Relation | Latest transaction | Date | Shares held |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIKEN JASON W. | Officer | Stock Award(Grant) | Mar 3, 2026 | 186,871 |
| BRADY CHRISTOPHER J. | Officer | Sale | Aug 4, 2026 | 30,831 |
| BURNS MARK LAGRAND | Officer | Sale | May 11, 2026 | 73,893 |
| DEEP DANNY | President | Conversion of Exercise of derivative security | Aug 13, 2026 | 48,244 |
| GALLOPOULOS GREGORY S | General Counsel | Stock Gift | Aug 6, 2026 | 139,264 |
| GILLILAND MARGUERITE AMY | Officer | Sale | Jul 30, 2026 | 45,589 |
Institution ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longview Asset Management, LLC | 10.01% | 27,060,944 | 9.88B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Blackrock Inc. | 7.15% | 19,310,609 | 7.05B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 6.17% | 16,670,477 | 6.08B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Newport Trust Company, LLC | 4.96% | 13,398,261 | 4.89B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| State Street Corporation | 4.37% | 11,811,099 | 4.31B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| Bank of America Corporation | 2.72% | 7,349,613 | 2.68B | Jun 29, 2026 |
Fund ownership
| Holder | % held | Shares | Value | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund | 3.02% | 8,154,332 | 2.98B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund | 2.43% | 6,577,003 | 2.40B | Jun 29, 2026 |
| iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 1.25% | 3,383,531 | 1.23B | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Fidelity Concord Street Trust-Fidelity 500 Index Fund | 1.22% | 3,300,207 | 1.20B | Sep 29, 2026 |
| SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST-State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | 1.17% | 3,149,120 | 1.15B | Sep 29, 2026 |
| VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Value Index Fund | 0.91% | 2,445,746 | 892.67M | Jun 29, 2026 |
