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 other 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 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
35% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 214 | Existing positions closed: 158
24% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $607M | Put options by funds: $488M
1% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,778 [Q3] → 1,798 (+20) [Q4]
6% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 638 | Existing positions reduced: 679
2.92% less ownership
Funds ownership: 88.0% [Q3] → 85.08% (-2.92%) [Q4]
7% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 15 [Q3] → 14 (-1) [Q4]
14% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $72.6B [Q3] → $62.5B (-$10.1B) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
6 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
6 analyst ratings
UBS Gavin Parsons 74% 1-year accuracy 20 / 27 met price target | 3%upside $279 | Neutral Maintained | 24 Apr 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Kristine Liwag 63% 1-year accuracy 12 / 19 met price target | 11%upside $300 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 24 Apr 2025 |
TD Securities Gautam Khanna 70% 1-year accuracy 7 / 10 met price target | 7%upside $290 | Buy Maintained | 24 Apr 2025 |
Citigroup Jason Gursky 64% 1-year accuracy 25 / 39 met price target | 22%upside $330 | Buy Maintained | 10 Apr 2025 |
Wells Fargo Matthew Akers 63% 1-year accuracy 49 / 78 met price target | 13%downside $236 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 8 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 22 articles about GD published over the past 30 days









