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General Dynamics (GD) stock analysis

$344.71+0.08%Data as of Oct 21, 2026
  • GD gained 0.4% over the past month versus 0.0% for the S&P 500, ranking 303rd of 497 S&P 500 stocks.
  • Over 12 months it returned +3.1%, 12.7 points behind the S&P 500, and trades 12.9% below its 52-week high.
  • In the last 30 days 4 analysts raised earnings estimates and 0 cut; forward EPS moved +0.2% (+2.1% over 90 days).
  • It sits in the Defense primes segment of the Industrials & Defense, where the 1-month median return is +0.4%.
  • The daily chart reads Intermediate downtrend · Decline (since Oct 16, 2026).
Market cap$93.3B
12-month return+3.1%
Forward P/E18.5×
Mean target vs price+18.7%

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Performance vs the market

Total price return against the S&P 500 (SPY) and the median of US stocks in the same sector.

GD+0.4%
Sector median−3.9%
S&P 5000.0%
GD−9.7%
Sector median−9.0%
S&P 500+4.7%
GD+7.5%
Sector median−7.4%
S&P 500+8.7%
GD+3.1%
Sector median+0.5%
S&P 500+15.8%
1-month rank in the S&P 500303 / 497
3-month rank in its sector · Industrials297 / 565

Chart structure

Read by our daily-bar structure engine from swing highs, swing lows and moving averages.

Intermediate downtrend · DeclineConfirmed

Holding since Oct 16, 2026

  • Price and averages have mixed alignment
  • EMA50 fell over the last ten sessions
  • Confirmed swing highs and lows are falling
This pattern on this stock

59 occurrences in 10 years. The median move over the next 20 sessions was +1.0%, positive 61% of the time, against +1.1% for any day in the same period.

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Analyst earnings revisions

Changes to the consensus forward-EPS estimate. Rising estimates mean analysts see more profit ahead.

Forward EPS$18.64
30-day change+0.2%
90-day change+2.1%
Mean target$409.12 +18.7%
Raised (30d) 4Cut (30d) 0

20 analysts cover the stock

Fundamental shape vs peers

Six dimensions on fixed scales. The filled shape is the company; the outline is the peer average.

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ValuationRevisionsMomentumGrowthCashProfit

Ahead of peersValuation, Cash

Behind peersProfit, Growth

PeersSPCX · GE · RTX · BA

Where it sits in the supply chain

Industrials & Defense · Systems & equipment

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Supplied by
Engines & avionics−2.9%
GE−7.2%1 monthRTX+0.3%1 monthHONA−2.9%1 month
Its segment
Defense primes+0.4%
LMT+5.6%1 monthGD+0.4%1 monthRTX+0.3%1 month

Fighters, missiles, ships and combat systems, funded by defense budgets with long, visible cycles.

Sells into
Defense budgets & capex

Also on: Aerospace & Defense

Figures are each company's 1-month return; the segment shows its median · Doubler daily batch · company chain maps

Risk profile

Max drawdown, 12M−17.9%
Volatility, 60D17.0%
From 52-week high−12.9%
From 52-week low+10.3%
Trailing P/E21.0×
Forward P/E18.5×

Themes

  • Defense Prime3M rank 33 / 79
  • Gene/Cell Therapy3M rank 69 / 99
LMTLockheed MartinRTXRTXGEGE AerospaceBABoeingHWMHowmet AerospaceNOCNorthrop GrummanTDGTransDigm GroupLHXL3Harris Technologies, Inc.

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