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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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- Have GD shares ever split?
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General Dynamics Corporation stock price (NYSE: GD)
Use our graph to track the performance of GD stocks over time.General Dynamics Corporation shares at a glance
Latest market close | $291.21 |
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52-week range | $208.98 - $301.24 |
50-day moving average | $293.31 |
200-day moving average | $271.25 |
Wall St. target price | $315.54 |
PE ratio | 23.9209 |
Dividend yield | $5.38 (1.94%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | $12.26 |
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General Dynamics Corporation price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the close of $291.21 from 2024-07-22
1 week (2024-07-17) | -0.27% |
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1 month (2024-06-24) | -2.45% |
3 months (2024-04-24) | 3.59% |
6 months (2024-01-24) | 11.50% |
1 year (2023-07-24) | 33.80% |
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2 years (2022-07-20) | 34.37% |
3 years (2021-07-23) | 51.78% |
5 years (2019-07-24) | 63.92% |
Is General Dynamics Corporation stock undervalued or overvalued?
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 P/E ratio
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 24x. In other words, General Dynamics Corporation shares trade at around 24x 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 PEG ratio
General Dynamics Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.7517. 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
General Dynamics Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $4.8 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a General Dynamics Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
General Dynamics Corporation financials
Revenue TTM | $43.1 billion |
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Operating margin TTM | 9.75% |
Gross profit TTM | $6.6 billion |
Return on assets TTM | 4.59% |
Return on equity TTM | 16.71% |
Profit margin | 7.85% |
Book value | $78.16 |
Market Capitalization | $80.5 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
General Dynamics Corporation share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 44.7% of net profits
Recently General Dynamics Corporation has paid out, on average, around 44.7% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.94% 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 1.94% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In General Dynamics Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $5.38 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 8 August 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 4 July 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have General Dynamics Corporation's shares ever split?
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.
General Dynamics Corporation share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, General Dynamics Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $208.9845 up to $301.241. 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 0.599. This would suggest that General Dynamics Corporation's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
General Dynamics Corporation overview
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 and completion, charter, staffing, and fixed-base operator 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 builds crude oil and product tankers, and container and cargo ships; 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, munitions, mobile bridge systems with payloads, tactical vehicles, main battle tanks, armored vehicles, and armaments; and offers modernization programs, engineering, support, and sustainment services. 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 computing, artificial intelligence; machine learning; big data analytics; development, security, and operations; and unmanned undersea vehicle manufacturing and assembly services. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia.
Frequently asked questions
nullWhat percentage of General Dynamics Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.497% of General Dynamics Corporation shares are held by insiders and 85.995% by institutions. How many people work for General Dynamics Corporation?
Latest data suggests 111,600 work at General Dynamics Corporation. When does the fiscal year end for General Dynamics Corporation?
General Dynamics Corporation's fiscal year ends in December. Where is General Dynamics Corporation based?
General Dynamics Corporation's address is: 11011 Sunset Hills Road, Reston, VA, United States, 20190 What is General Dynamics Corporation's ISIN number?
General Dynamics Corporation's international securities identification number is: US3695501086 What is General Dynamics Corporation's CUSIP number?
General Dynamics Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 369550108
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