GD
General Dynamics
Industrials · Aerospace & Defense · US
$346.44
Data:
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

NARROW MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$93.7B
Total market value of the company
21.80
Premium valuation
19.20
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+10.3%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
0.0%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
18.0%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$392.31
+13% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 21 analysts covering this stock
About General Dynamics

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.

https://www.gd.com

Country: United States Employees: 110,000 Industry: Aerospace & Defense
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
FAIL
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
0.0%
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.0%
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
0.0%
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0%
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$362.00
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
4.3%
Slight discount to fair value
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
51.4th
Ranks in the top 49% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
10.0
Valuation Score
67.0
Quality Score
54.0
Combined
40.5

Trading near fair value at $347 (estimated $362). Fails ethical screen (Business activity screen). Ranks better than 12% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

MARKUP
Price trending up with increasing momentum
0.543
Good returns relative to risk taken
0.0481
Modest edge detected — smaller position warranted
0.437
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
9.9%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-22.6%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
SIDEWAYS
Price consolidating — no clear directional bias
Days in State
18
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

0.35
Very low correlation to market moves
52W High
$369.70
6% below the year high
52W Low
$268.10
29% above the year low
Avg Volume
1,379,796
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
1.8
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
1.2%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
176.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$15.91
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

0.38
Conservative use of debt — low financial risk
1.38
Adequate but worth monitoring
Quick Ratio
0.80
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
15.2%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
10.5%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$5.3B
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$53.8B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$4.3B
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
21
Target High
$444.00
Target Median
$392.31
Target Low
$313.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

55
NEUTRAL
Mixed insider activity. 0 purchases and 0 sales in the last 90 days — no clear directional signal. Politicians have been buying this name.
Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-05-12 BURNS MARK LAGRAND Officer 72,710 $25,040,695
2026-05-12 BURNS MARK LAGRAND Officer 72,710 $12,144,047
2026-03-17 DE LEON RUDY F Director 52 $18,424
2026-03-17 REYNOLDS CATHERINE B Director 105 $37,203
2026-03-17 SCHUMACHER LAURA J Director 105 $37,203
2026-03-17 HOOPER CHARLES W. Director 21 $7,441
2026-03-17 HANEY CECIL D. Director 10 $3,543
2026-03-17 STRATTON JOHN G. Director 105 $37,203
2026-03-17 NYE C HOWARD Director 52 $18,424
2026-03-17 MATTIS JAMES N Director 105 $37,203
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
Insider Intelligence
Political Trading Activity

Congressional trading disclosures involving this instrument

Date Politician Party Type Amount
2025-01-15 Mark Green buy 15000
Source: Congressional disclosure filings. View all political trades at
Insider Intelligence
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