General Dynamics Corporation GD
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
General Dynamics Corporation is a large-cap company in the Industrials sector (Aerospace & Defense), with a market value of $89.3B, based in the USA.
It employs about 117,000 people and has been listed since Jan 03, 1977.
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.
Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 20.1 versus 25.6 for 4 direct peers — priced in line with its group.
Revenue is growing 8% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 18.5 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 420.26, 27% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 26% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- No risk flags were detected from the data we have.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 8 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (14 vs 1).
- ✅ Pays a dividend (1.9% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 2.0% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLI -0.3%).
No notable news about the company was found in the past week.
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.