GD · General Dynamics Corp
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $98.99B |
| P/E | 21.86 |
| Float | 268.9M |
| Beta | 0.32 |
| Volatility | 8.0% |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Aerospace & Defense |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Low |
| Clavix score | 83 |
| Price | 359.54 |
| Change | −1.73% |
| Prev Close | 365.87 |
| Open | 366.75 |
| Day Low | 359.50 |
| Day High | 367.25 |
| Avg Vol | 1 |
| Avg $ Vol | $352.5M |
| 52W High | 400.00 |
| 52W Low | 306.77 |
| 52W Pos | 56.6% |
| From High | −10.11% |
| From Low | +17.20% |
| Max DD 1Y | −15.23% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | −6.40% |
| SMA 50 | −4.79% |
| SMA 200 | +1.44% |
| RSI (14) | 35.5 |
| Vol 30D | 17.9% |
| Vol 90D | 24.7% |
| 1Y Range | 307–400 |
| Daily bars | 506 |
| Perf Week | −3.73% |
| Perf Month | −4.74% |
| Perf Quarter | +7.14% |
| Perf Half Y | +1.43% |
| Perf Year | +13.34% |
| Perf YTD | +4.70% |
| Prev Day | −1.73% |
| Clavix | A- |
| Debt / Eq | 0.33 |
| Curr Ratio | 1.44 |
| Int Cover | 22.4× |
| FCF Margin | 11.4% |
| Rev Growth | +8.1% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Low |
| Sector rank | 2 / 30 |
What GD does
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.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayGD grades A-, 83 of 100. Steadiest on Sector Resilience (70), most exposed on News Sentiment (61, mixed). 3 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the Aerospace & Defense median. Ranks 2 of 30 in Aerospace & Defense by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| GD | Aerospace & Defense median | |
|---|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 0.32 | 1.25 |
| Volatilityannualized | 8.0% | 31.2% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −15.2% | — |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.77% | — |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 73% | — |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| GD | Aerospace & Defense median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 0.32 | 1.25 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Low | High29% of 31 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Aerospace & Defense names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| GD | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | −3.7% |
| 1 month | −4.7% |
| Year to date | +4.7% |
| 1 year | +13.3% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| GD | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 30since 30 Jul |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 70 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 24 · 2 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 24 ↑ 2 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the 29 Aerospace & Defense names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| GD | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +8.1% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Aerospace & Defense median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Against Aerospace & Defense
31 companies| Metric | GD | Sector spread | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beta | 0.32 | 1.25 | |
| Volatility | 8.0% | 31.2% | |
| P/E | 21.86 | 41.27 | |
| Debt / equity | 0.33 | 0.56 | |
| Current ratio | 1.44 | 2.59 | |
| FCF margin | 11.4% | 10.7% | |
| Interest coverage | 22.4× | 7.0× |
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openGeneral Dynamics received a $194.1 million U.S. Navy contract to support the sea-launched cruise missile program. The award reinforces GD's role in the program and points to more revenue from strategic defense work in the future.
The Pentagon announced two framework agreements aimed at increasing production of interceptor missile components. The article body is too short to identify which companies or specific contracts are involved.
General Dynamics reported second-quarter 2026 earnings of $4.24 per share, beating analyst estimates, with revenue growing in all four of its business segments and Aerospace and Marine Systems leading the way. The company also disclosed $136.50 billion in work already signed up for future delivery, plus another $50.40 billion in contracts it could still win if customers fund them.
The article consists only of a headline announcing that Electric Boat and NEIT plan to launch a submarine workforce training center in Rhode Island. No additional details are provided in the body.
General Dynamics reported Q2 results that beat expectations, with strong revenue and operating profit growth, expanding aerospace segment margins, and a $136.5 billion total order backlog. An analyst upgraded the stock to BUY citing these results and the valuation against market-cap weighted peers.
Nearest peers by size
Aerospace & Defense| Ticker | Company | Grade | Mkt cap | P/E | Beta | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HWM | Howmet Aerospace Inc | B+ | $103.9B | 55.42 | 1.29 | Compare |
| LMT | Lockheed Martin Corp | B+ | $123.0B | 19.48 | 0.12 | Compare |
| NOC | Northrop Grumman Corp | A- | $75.04B | 16.54 | -0.11 | Compare |
| HONA | Honeywell Aerospace Inc | — | $67.06B | — | 5.88 | Compare |
| TDG | TransDigm Group Inc | B+ | $64.00B | 29.78 | 0.97 | Compare |
| BA | Boeing Co | B- | $166.4B | 67.88 | 1.33 | Compare |
| LHX | L3Harris Technologies Inc | B+ | $48.81B | 25.94 | 0.49 | Compare |
| AXON | Axon Enterprise Inc | C | $43.72B | 250.93 | 1.47 | Compare |
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