General Dynamics
About: General Dynamics is a defense contractor and business jet manufacturer. The firm's segments are aerospace, marine, combat systems, and technologies. General Dynamics' aerospace segment manufactures Gulfstream business jets and operates a global aircraft servicing operation. Combat systems produces land-based combat vehicles such as the M1 Abrams tank and Stryker armored personnel carrier, as well as munitions. The marine segment builds and services nuclear-powered submarines, destroyers, and Navy support ships. The technologies segment contains two main units: an IT business that primarily serves the government market and a mission systems business that focuses on products that provide command, control, computing, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities to the military.
Employees: 117,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
121% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $494M | Put options by funds: $223M
91% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 183 | Existing positions closed: 96
27% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 773 | Existing positions reduced: 609
6% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 17 [Q1] → 18 (+1) [Q2]
6% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $63.1B [Q1] → $66.8B (+$3.64B) [Q2]
3% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,805 [Q1] → 1,854 (+49) [Q2]
0.38% less ownership
Funds ownership: 85.7% [Q1] → 85.32% (-0.38%) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
9 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
9 analyst ratings
Barclays David Strauss | 9%upside $350 | Overweight Maintained | 29 Jul 2025 |
UBS Gavin Parsons | 4%upside $333 | Neutral Maintained | 24 Jul 2025 |
Citigroup Jason Gursky | 15%upside $368 | Buy Maintained | 24 Jul 2025 |
JP Morgan Seth Seifman | 7%upside $345 | Overweight Maintained | 24 Jul 2025 |
Susquehanna Charles Minervino | 14%upside $365 | Positive Maintained | 24 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 15 articles about GD published over the past 30 days
