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General Dynamics Corporation

GD

NYSE·Industrials·Aerospace & Defense·Mkt cap $98.1B

$373.54

+2.94%

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52-Week Range

$292.34 - $373.55

P/E

23.49

Fwd P/E

20.50

Beta

0.34

Div Yield

1.68%

Avg Vol

1.4M

Shares Out

270.4M

Mkt Cap

$98.1B

Price action

Price chart

Up 23.5% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Long-term government contracts
  • Advanced engineering capabilities
  • Diversified defense and technology portfolio
  • Strong research and development infrastructure

Bear Case

1 risk

  • Low volatility (beta 0.3).

Growth

Stable outlook

Global defense spending increases

Value

Undervalued - trading well below Defense Prime Contractors peers

Momentum

Stable

+3.9% over 3m

Quality

Thin

Excellent business quality

Dividend

Modest

1.68% yield

Earnings track record

Latest print - beat on both lines

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Apr 21, 2026

Q2 26 RECAP

APR 29, 2026

Reported EPS of $4.10 vs $3.67 consensus (+11.7% surprise). Revenue of $13.5B vs $12.7B expected (+6.1%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.

EPS beat +11.7%
Rev beat +6.1%
Double beat

EPS surprise · last 4Q

1 of 1 beats

Q2 26

+11.7%

Next: Apr 21, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

+14%

+14%

+9%

+11%

+8%

+10%

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Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$12.0B

$11.7B

$13.3B

$12.2B

$13.0B

$12.9B

$14.4B

$13.5B

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

15.9%

Operating

10.5%

Profit

8.3%

Wall Street consensus

6 analysts · 67% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

4

67%

Hold

2

33%

Sell

0%

Median Price Target

$403.00

+7.9% vs $373.54

Low $371.00
Median $403.00
High $435.00

Latest: UBS · Jun 11, 2026

2 analysts covering

vs Industry

How GD stacks vs Aerospace & Defense

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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