GD — General Dynamics Corporation

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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. Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$344.64
Market Cap$91.60B
Float254.4M
Shares Outstanding270.4M
P/E (Forward)20.79
P/E (TTM)21.32
Price/Sales (TTM)1.70
vs. Analyst Target+13.6% to analyst PT
Profit Margin8.07%
Operating Margin (TTM)10.54%
Revenue (TTM)$53.81B
Earnings Growth (YoY)12.00%
Dividend Rate6.1%
Analyst Target Price$391.55 (24 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $37.92B $3.17B $6.33B $5.11B
2021 $38.47B $3.26B $6.41B $5.19B
2022 $39.41B $3.39B $6.62B $5.31B
2023 $42.27B $3.31B $4.25B $4.25B
2024 $47.72B $3.78B $7.36B $5.82B
2025 $52.55B $4.21B $7.95B $6.10B

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $13.04B $1.01B
Sep 2025 $12.91B $1.06B
Dec 2025 $14.38B $1.14B
Mar 2026 $13.48B $1.13B

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership0.5%
Institutional Ownership87.9%
Short Float1.1%
% of All Funds Holding25.14%
Number of Funds Holding2,066

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$339.49Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$342.78Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$309.54Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$275.45Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$342.91Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$310.21Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$282.88Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$362.00 resistance 1.22x 1 months ago
$337.00 support 1.25x 3 months ago
$256.00 support 1.22x 13 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (123 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.16% 0.11% 53.66% 4.26% -5.45%
1 Day 0.08% 0.21% 53.66% 6.93% -12.38%
1 Week 0.63% 0.86% 59.35% 12.50% -12.45%
2 Weeks 0.90% 1.13% 60.98% 16.43% -17.23%
1 Month 1.33% 1.88% 61.48% 20.90% -33.63%

Next earnings: July 22, 2026 (55 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan2.0%52.9%51
Feb-0.4%54.9%51
Mar1.4%56.9%51
Apr2.9%62.7%51
May0.6%62.0%50
Jun2.1%66.0%50
Jul1.6%66.0%50
Aug0.9%54.0%50
Sep0.8%54.0%50
Oct0.2%52.0%50
Nov1.6%56.0%50
Dec1.4%54.9%51

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday 0.02% 47.7% 2384
Tuesday 0.01% 48.6% 2586
Wednesday 0.08% 49.5% 2587
Thursday 0.05% 48.6% 2537
Friday 0.13% 52.5% 2524

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 87.9%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 0.5%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings20
Net Value-$87.2M
Net Shares Change-39,851
% of Float-0.0%
C-Suite Filings16
Clusters Detected3

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
NOVAKOVIC PHEBE N Chairman and CEO -$41.5M 3 3 sell
Burns Mark Lagrand Executive Vice President -$16.5M 2 2 sell
Paddock David Vice President -$3.0M 2 2 sell
Gilliland Marguerite Amy Executive Vice President -$1.4M 1 1 sell
Gallopoulos Gregory S Senior VP, Gen. Counsel, Sec. -$1.3M 1 1 sell
Rayha Mark Vice President -$643,886.82 1 1 sell

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2025-07-29 – 2025-08-12 5 5 -$16.5M 3 C-suite
2025-08-18 – 2025-08-27 4 4 -$22.7M 3 C-suite
2026-03-13 – 2026-03-13 4 4 -$17.9M 4 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-03-13 Burns Mark Lagrand Executive Vice President -$3.6M Transaction at $354.95, now -2.9%
2026-05-13 Burns Mark Lagrand Executive Vice President -$12.9M Transaction at $255.71, now +34.8%
2026-03-13 Gilliland Marguerite Amy Executive Vice President -$1.4M Transaction at $353.50, now -2.5%
2026-03-13 NOVAKOVIC PHEBE N Chairman and CEO -$11.7M Transaction at $354.09, now -2.7%
2026-03-13 Gallopoulos Gregory S Senior VP, Gen. Counsel, Sec. -$1.3M Transaction at $354.35, now -2.7%
2025-12-18 Paddock David Vice President -$1.9M Transaction at $255.99, now +34.6%

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