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General Dynamics Corporation is a global aerospace & defense business based in Reston, Virginia. Incorporated in 1952 as the parent company of the Electric Boat Company, the primary builder of submarines for the United States Navy since 1900, General Dynamics manufactures business jets, combat vehicles, nuclear-powered submarines and communications systems. Known for its Gulfstream business jets, Abrams tanks and Stryker fighting vehicles General Dynamics has ten business units in total: Gulfstream Aerospace, Jet Aviation, General Dynamics Land Systems, General Dynamics European Land Systems, General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, General Dynamics Electric Boat, General Dynamics NASSCO, General Dynamics Information Technology and General Dynamics Mission Systems. General Dynamics Corporation shares (GD.US) are listed on the NYSE.
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| Latest market close | $354.35 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $303.95 - $398.07 |
| 50-day moving average | $351.67 |
| 200-day moving average | $354.83 |
| Wall St. target price | $406.78 |
| PE ratio | 22.6248 |
| Dividend yield | $6.18 (1.74%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $16.39 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $373.46 from 2026-11-02
| 1 week (2026-10-27) | 5.23% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2026-10-06) | 12.72% |
| 3 months (2026-08-06) | -3.48% |
| 6 months (2026-05-06) | 7.54% |
| 1 year (2025-11-06) | 9.74% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2024-11-06) | 21.07% |
| 3 years (2023-11-06) | 56.20% |
| 5 years (2021-11-05) | 98.38% |
Valuing General Dynamics Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of General Dynamics Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
General Dynamics Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 23x. In other words, General Dynamics Corporation shares trade at around 23x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
General Dynamics Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.1775. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into General Dynamics Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
General Dynamics Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $6.6 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a General Dynamics Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $54.9 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 10.38% |
| Gross profit TTM | $8.4 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 6.08% |
| Return on equity TTM | 17.8% |
| Profit margin | 8.18% |
| Book value | $99.30 |
| Market Capitalization | $100.3 billion |
| EBITDA | $6.6 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 38.26% of net profits
Recently General Dynamics Corporation has paid out, on average, around 38.26% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.79% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), General Dynamics Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 1.79% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In General Dynamics Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $6.18 per share.
While General Dynamics Corporation's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that General Dynamics Corporation may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
General Dynamics Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 12 November 2026. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 8 October 2026 (the "ex-dividend date").
General Dynamics Corporation's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 26 March 2006 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your General Dynamics Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for General Dynamics Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted General Dynamics Corporation's share price.
Over the last 12 months, General Dynamics Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $303.9537 up to $398.0721. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while General Dynamics Corporation's is 0.329. This would suggest that General Dynamics Corporation's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
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