GD Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (General Dynamics | NYSE:GD)

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 focusing on electronics that provide command, control, computing, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities to the military.

What symbol and exchange does General Dynamics shares trade?

General Dynamics trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol GD.

What is General Dynamics stock price doing today?

As of July 8, 2026, GD stock price declined to $374.31 with 1,061,326 million shares trading.

What is General Dynamics's Beta?

GD has a beta of 0.40, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. GD has a correlation of 0.05 to the broad based SPY ETF.

How much is General Dynamics worth?

GD has a market cap of $101.22 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

How much money does General Dynamics make?

Last quarter General Dynamics reported $13 billion in Revenue and $4.10 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $775 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.41.

What is the highest and lowest price General Dynamics traded in the last 3 year period?

In the last 3 years, GD traded as high as $380.71 and as low as $212.58.

What are the top ETFs holding General Dynamics?

The top ETF exchange traded funds that GD belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, IVV, SPY, VTV.

Is General Dynamics (GD) a good investment?

GD has outperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +29.1% while the SPY ETF gained +21.3%. However, in the short term, GD had mixed performance relative to the market. It has underperformed in the last 3 months, returning +8.3% vs +13.4% return in SPY. But in the last 2 weeks, GD shares have fared better than the market returning +7.3% compared to SPY +1.6%.

What are the support and resistance levels for General Dynamics (GD)?

GD support price is $368.12 and resistance is $381.16 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that GD shares will trade within this expected range on the day.