General Dynamics (GD)

• Market cap: $74.1B
• 1 day: -0.20%
• 5 days: 2.13%
• 1 month: 4.11%
• 3 months: 3.53%
• 6 months: -10.43%
• Year to date: 5.77%
• 1 year: -2.95%
• 5 years: 99.78%
• 10 years: 110.31%
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Aerospace & Defense

About: General Dynamics is a defense contractor and business jet manufacturer. The firm's segments include aerospace, marine, combat systems, and technology. General Dynamics' aerospace segment manufactures Gulfstream business jets and operates a global aircraft servicing operation. Combat systems produces land-based combat vehicles such as the M1 Abrams tank and Stryker armored personnel carrier, as well as munitions. The marine segment builds and services nuclear-powered submarines, destroyers, and other ships. The technologies segment contains two main units: an IT business that primarily serves the government market and a mission systems business that focuses on products that provide command, control, computing, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities to the military.

Employees: 117,000

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

34% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 213 | Existing positions closed: 159

24% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $607M | Put options by funds: $488M

1% more funds holding

Funds holding: 1,778 [Q3] → 1,795 (+17) [Q4]

6% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 637 | Existing positions reduced: 678

2.93% less ownership

Funds ownership: 88.0% [Q3] → 85.08% (-2.93%) [Q4]

7% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 15 [Q3] → 14 (-1) [Q4]

14% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $72.6B [Q3] → $62.5B (-$10.1B) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $236 15% downside
• Avg. target: $291 5% upside
• High target: $330 20% upside

7 analyst ratings

• positive: 4 57%
• neutral: 3 43%
• negative: 0 0%

Morgan Stanley Kristine Liwag 52% 1-year accuracy 11 / 21 met price target	10% upside $305	Equal-Weight Downgraded	16 Apr 2025
Citigroup Jason Gursky 52% 1-year accuracy 22 / 42 met price target	20% upside $330	Buy Maintained	10 Apr 2025
Wells Fargo Matthew Akers 62% 1-year accuracy 48 / 78 met price target	15% downside $236	Equal-Weight Maintained	8 Apr 2025
Susquehanna Charles Minervino 30% 1-year accuracy 20 / 66 met price target	14% upside $315	Positive Maintained	2 Apr 2025
Barclays David Strauss 44% 1-year accuracy 12 / 27 met price target	3% upside $285	Overweight Maintained	4 Feb 2025