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General Dynamics Corporation (GD)

359.39 -6.48 (-1.77%)
At close: September 4 at 4:00:03 PM EDT
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General Dynamics (GD) is navigating a mixed landscape in the defense sector, with strong Q2 results and a raised EPS guidance, yet facing competition from peers like Lockheed Martin. The company’s stock performance has been impacted by recent demand concerns in its Combat Systems segment, despite a solid backlog and positive analyst sentiment.

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  • Previous Close 365.87
  • Open 361.58
  • Bid 359.20 x 20000
  • Ask 362.00 x 12000
  • Day's Range 358.07 - 366.47
  • 52 Week Range 306.77 - 400.00
  • Volume 1,052,933
  • Avg. Volume 1,162,053
  • Market Cap (intraday) 97.236B
  • Beta (5Y Monthly) 0.32
  • PE Ratio (TTM) 22.32
  • EPS (TTM) 16.10
  • Earnings Date (est.) Oct 28, 2026
  • Forward Dividend & Yield 6.36 (1.74%)
  • Ex-Dividend Date Oct 9, 2026
  • 1y Target Est 420.02

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.

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117,000

Full Time Employees

December 31

Fiscal Year Ends

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Performance Overview

Trailing total returns as of 9/4/2026, which may include dividends or other distributions. Benchmark is S&P 500 (^GSPC) .

YTD Return

GD
8.16%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
12.75%

1-Year Return

GD
13.43%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
18.71%

3-Year Return

GD
68.49%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
70.93%

5-Year Return

GD
97.15%
S&P 500 (^GSPC)
70.18%

Earnings Trends

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Earnings Per Share

GAAP
Normalized
GAAP
Normalized

Revenue vs. Earnings

Annual
Quarterly
Annual
Quarterly
Q2 FY26
Revenue 14.09B
Earnings 1.16B
Profit Margin 8.23%

Q3

FY25

Q4

FY25

Q1

FY26

Q2

FY26

0
5B
10B
8.0%
8.1%
8.2%
8.3%

Analyst Insights

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Analyst Price Targets

319.00 Low
420.02 Average
359.39 Current
465.00 High

Analyst Recommendations

  • Strong Buy
  • Buy
  • Hold
  • Underperform
  • Sell

Latest Rating

Date 8/4/2026
Analyst Wells Fargo
Rating Action Maintains
Rating Overweight
Price Action Raises
Price Target 400 -> 440

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Valuation Measures

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  • Enterprise Value

  • Trailing P/E

  • Forward P/E

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  • Price/Sales (ttm)

  • Price/Book (mrq)

  • Enterprise Value/Revenue

  • Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Financial Highlights

Profitability and Income Statement

  • Profit Margin

    8.18%

  • Return on Assets (ttm)

    6.08%

  • Return on Equity (ttm)

    17.80%

  • Revenue (ttm)

    54.86B

  • Net Income Avi to Common (ttm)

    4.49B

  • Diluted EPS (ttm)

    16.10

Balance Sheet and Cash Flow

  • Total Cash (mrq)

    4.33B

  • Total Debt/Equity (mrq)

    35.33%

  • Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm)

    4.4B

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