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General Dynamics Corporation

$GD·$106B·Aerospace & Defense·Industrials
$379.32-0.2%YTD+14.6%1Y+16.7%
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GDGD
$GDGeneral Dynamics Corporation
$379.32-0.19%45 posts-5%
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $GD, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-08-28

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

General Dynamics is +15% YTD on the record $136.5B backlog — Phebe Novakovic sold $19.7M on Aug 3 and Robert Smith paired a $12M M-Exempt/F-InKind cluster the same window.

General Dynamics is a $106B-cap defense prime (Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems, Technologies) at $380.06 — up 15% YTD, 17% over twelve months, sitting at 79% of the 52-week range.

  • Fundamentals: TTM P/E ~21.6x, EV/EBITDA ~15.7x, ROE 17%, ROIC 11%, gross margin 15%, op margin 10%, FCF yield 6.6%, debt/equity 0.31x.
  • Revenue growth: Q1 $13.48B (+10.3% YoY), Q4 $14.38B (+7.8%), Q3 $12.91B (+10.6%), Q2 $13.04B (+8.9%).
  • EPS surprises: last four are +7.1% / +11.7% / +1.5% / +4.9% — steady, single-digit beats. Consensus FY26 EPS $16.89 → FY27 $18.48 → FY30 $22.15.
  • Insider tape: heavy activity — CEO Phebe Novakovic S-Sale of 51,568 shares at $382.58 (~$19.73M) on Aug 3; officer Robert Smith paired M-Exempt (88,880 shares at $170.46) + F-InKind (30,685 at $390.73, ~$12M) cluster; officer Danny Deep two paired M-Exempt/F-InKind rounds (~$11.16M + $9.05M); officer Kim Kuryea $12.67M M-Exempt + $8.53M F-InKind; officer Chris Brady paired $2.4M M-Exempt/S-Sale; Peter Wall small paired sale. Total S-Sale distribution ~$22.9M against a $106B cap.
  • Filings tape: Aug 4 424B5 offering of 1,010,925 shares (an odd 'raising approximately $1.00' phrase in the excerpt — check the primary filing). July 30 S-3ASR shelf. July 29 Q2 earnings 8-K.
  • Structural: 254M float (high), volume 0.59x normal, position 79% of range, beta 0.33.
  • X sentiment is confidently bullish: Q2 beat-and-raise, record $136.5B backlog (+32% YoY), 1.4x book-to-bill, Pentagon $76.6B nuclear-sub work with HII, +11% MTD.

Record backlog + steady beat cadence + heavy Novakovic S-Sale is the classic defense-name accelerating tape with a leadership-timing footnote.

Agrees with X sentimentThe bullish X frame (Q2 beat-and-raise, record $136.5B backlog +32% YoY, 1.4x book-to-bill, Pentagon $76.6B nuclear-sub work with HII, 'decade of scheduled revenue') is directionally aligned with the disclosed fundamentals and the tape. The honest concern (Combat Systems flat +0.3%) is fair color. The one input to weigh against it is the $19.7M CEO S-Sale plus the ~$22.9M total distribution on the print — meaningful timing signal.

What to watch: Q3 2026 earnings on Oct 28 (consensus $4.13 EPS) — a fifth straight beat plus continued backlog conversion is what extends the accelerating leg. A book-to-bill dip below 1.0x, a Combat Systems margin miss, a Gulfstream demand air-pocket, or a second CEO/large-officer wave of sales is what breaks it.

On the calendar: 2026-10-28 — Q3 2026 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment11 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-05

General Dynamics posters are confidently bullish after a Q2 beat-and-raise with revenue $14.1B, backlog jumping to a record $136.5B (+32% YoY), and 1.4x book-to-bill — 'booking orders 40% faster than they can build,' with the Pentagon awarding up to $76.6B in nuclear-sub work alongside HII. Traders point to +11% MTD moves to lifetime highs. Combat Systems' flat +0.3% gets a caveat mention, but the tone is 'decade of scheduled revenue.'

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Makes nuclear submarines (Electric Boat), Gulfstream business jets, Abrams tanks, and defense IT services.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Aerospace & Defense sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $GD.

Aerospace & Defense · Industrials

No material change from last week — institutions now mark RKLB, LUNR, and RDW against SPCX's $1.

What this means for $GD

Neutral — Makes nuclear submarines (Electric Boat), Gulfstream business jets, Abrams tanks, and defense IT services; limited read-through from aerospace & defense macro dynamics to this specific revenue mix.

Top industry ETF

$ITAiShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
+16.3%YTD
+16.3%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
21.6How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
10.8%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
10.2%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
6.6%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
1.7Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
17.4%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
15.2%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.3Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Jul 29, 2026$4.24$3.96+7.1%
Q1 2026Apr 29, 2026$4.10$3.67+11.7%
Q4 2025Jan 28, 2026$4.17$4.11+1.5%
Q3 2025Oct 24, 2025$3.88$3.70+4.9%
Next earningsWed, Oct 28·consensus EPS $4.13

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$13.5B+10.3%15.9%10.5%$4.16$2.0B
Q4 FY25$14.4B+7.8%14.9%10.1%$4.23$952.0M
Q3 FY25$12.9B+10.6%15.2%10.3%$3.94$1.9B
Q2 FY25$13.0B+8.9%14.9%10.0%$3.78$1.4B

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 19 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$55.8B$55.1B – $56.3B$16.89$16.57 – $17.2513
FY27$58.4B$57.8B – $59.5B$18.48$17.49 – $19.2217
FY28$60.9B$59.4B – $62.9B$19.93$19.11 – $21.0419
FY29$63.0B$62.1B – $64.1B$21.70$21.27 – $22.1710
FY30$65.0B$64.0B – $66.1B$22.15$21.71 – $22.6216

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.6×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.78%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+0.8%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+7.2%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

β0.335-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.FilingActive offeringA shelf registration (S-3 / S-3ASR / S-1) or prospectus supplement (424B*) was filed in the last 90 days — the company is registered to (or actively) issuing new shares. Dilution risk.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 10Peter A WallDirector2.0K sh$789KSellAug 5Christopher J BradyPresident6.3K sh$2.4MSellAug 3Phebe N NovakovicCEO51.6K sh$19.7MSellJul 31Gilliland Marguerite AmyPresident43.2K sh$16.3MSellJun 17Mark MalcolmDirector3.2K sh$1.2MSellMay 12Burns Mark LagrandPresident36.5K sh$12.6MSellMay 11Burns Mark LagrandPresident36.2K sh$12.4MSellMar 11Burns Mark LagrandPresident10.2K sh$3.6MSellMar 11Gilliland Marguerite AmyPresident3.8K sh$1.4MSellMar 11Phebe N NovakovicCEO32.9K sh$11.7M
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KOfficer or director changeAug 78-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary

GD (GD) disclosed an officer or director change (Item 5.02) on 2026-08-07. Details: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. Executive transitions are administrative disclosures; materiality depends on the seniority of the affected position. No financial terms were disclosed in this filing.

424B5Prospectus supplement (offering)Aug 4424B5
AI summary

GD (GD) filed a prospectus supplement (Form 424B5) on 2026-08-04 for an immediate offering of 1,010,925 Shares at disclosed pricing, raising approximately $1.00 . Use of proceeds: general corporate purposes. This is dilutive capital activity happening now — new shares will be issued. Investors should assess pricing relative to market and stated use of proceeds to evaluate dilution impact.

S-3ASRAuto-shelf registrationJul 30S-3ASR
AI summary

GD (GD) filed a shelf registration statement (Form S-3ASR) on 2026-07-30 covering an unspecified amount in securities. The registration covers new primary shelf offering (potential future dilution). A shelf registration does not represent immediate capital raising but authorizes future offerings at the company's discretion. Investors should watch for subsequent 424B prospectus supplements, which indicate actual capital deployment from the shelf.

8-KShareholder voteMay 118-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

GD held its Annual Meeting of stockholders around 2026-05-11 (8-K Item 5.07). Stockholders elected 12 directors to the board. A non-binding say-on-pay vote on executive compensation was conducted. Routine governance event — monitor for unusually high withhold votes as an activist signal.

3New insider — initial holdingsMay 53
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for GD on 2026-05-05, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

3New insider — initial holdingsApr 133
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for GD on 2026-04-13, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Beneficial ownership covers 2032 shares. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

+ 17 other (4 11-Ks · 3 13Gs · 2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

General Dynamics (GD) Down 0.6% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Rebound?zacks.com·2d agoBA vs. GD: Which Defense Contractor Has Stronger Growth Prospects?zacks.com·2d agoAusdal Financial Partners Inc. Buys New Shares in General Dynamics Corporation $GDdefenseworld.net·3d agoBarrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC Cuts Stake in General Dynamics Corporation $GDdefenseworld.net·6d agoBiondo Investment Advisors LLC Purchases New Position in General Dynamics Corporation $GDdefenseworld.net·6d ago

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