Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).
GD last changed hands at $340.74 (down 0.75%). At $92.19B, General Dynamics is ranked #173 by size among the 300 stocks on BeStock.
Over the past 52 weeks it has traded between $305.43 and $400.00, so it sits 14.8% below the top of that range. Holders are ahead 7.1% over twelve months, but down 0.6% across the last three months.
On the chart it has slipped under both the 50-day ($374.86) and 200-day ($353.45) moving averages; RSI is 34, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 17% annualized volatility.
For the quarter ended Jul 2026 it reported $14.09B in revenue, up 8.1% from a year earlier, with $1.16B of net profit (a 8.2% margin).
Buyers are paying 20.8 times trailing earnings, about in line with its own five-year average of 20.6. The median for its industry group is 24.6.
16 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "buy". The mean target, $424.92, sits 24.7% over where the stock trades.
This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.
General Dynamics builds Gulfstream business jets, submarines and warships, combat vehicles and IT services for the government.
What tends to move it. Defense budgets, submarine production rates and Gulfstream deliveries are the main things to follow.
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Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes
| Indicator | Value | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| Price vs 20-day average | -5.6% | Bearish |
| Price vs 50-day average | -9.1% | Bearish |
| Price vs 200-day average | -3.6% | Bearish |
| 50-day vs 200-day | 50d above 200d | Bullish |
| RSI (14) | 33.9 | Bearish |
| MACD (12,26,9) | -7.69 | Bearish |
| Bollinger band position | 2% | Bearish |
Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.
Quote as of Sep 24, 2026 2:00 pm ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.
Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.
Latest reported quarter: Q2, ended Jul 2026
Quarter 2026/Q2
"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.
Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history
Above its usual level · 62nd percentile, 5-year average 20.6x
#1661 of 2974 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)
Around its usual level · 45th percentile, 5-year average 3.5x
#3836 of 5302 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)
Around its usual level · 59th percentile, 5-year average 1.7x
#2246 of 5141 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)
Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$54.86M (5 inflow days, 15 outflow days).
Across the full calendar years shown, the annual payout grew by roughly 7.2% a year.
$340.74 is the latest print for GD, a move of -0.75% against yesterday's close of $343.33. Today's low and high so far: $340.20 and $344.74.
Equity value comes to $92.19B at the current price. By that measure it is number 173 of the 300 names in our coverage.
Buyers pay 20.8 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $15.45). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 20.6, and today's level ranks in the 62nd percentile of its own history.
The year's floor is $305.43 and the ceiling $400.00. Shares are 14.8% away from that ceiling.
It does. Payouts over the past twelve months work out to a 1.81% yield; the latest ex-dividend date was July 2, 2026.
Of 16 analysts, 50% say buy, 50% hold and 0% sell. Price targets average $424.92, with the most cautious at $384.00 and the most optimistic at $465.00.
General Dynamics builds Gulfstream business jets, submarines and warships, combat vehicles and IT services for the government.
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