XNYS · Aerospace & Defense
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$353.05-0.81%
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TickerWhale Score
49/100
Moderate
Score components
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General Dynamics scores 49 out of 100 overall, which we rate moderate. Risk is its strongest area and Quality & growth its weakest.
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- Technical
- Valuation
- Risk
What to watch
- Quality & growth
Quality & growth
30%31Weak
- Revenue growth 9.1%
- EPS growth 10.1%
Valuation
25%54Moderate
- P/E 21.5
- EV/Sales 1.8
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 submarines, destroyers, and 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.
#131 by market cap in our coverage · ~117,000 employees · Listed 1952-04-25 · www.gd.com
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#102 / 203sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 49 vs sector average 49.1 (-0.1)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 77%
Gross margin (industry)Top 86%
Return on equity (industry)Top 34%
P/E (industry)Cheaper than 83%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
51/100Moderate vs universe
Ranks 51st of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 48/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Sell
2 buy · 4 sell · 2 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates GD's technical setup middling — 51st percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean sell — they read this stock on its own over days, where our score ranks it against every covered name over months, so the two often part company.
Moving averages
0 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day-0.6%
- vs 50-day-6.2%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)32 · neutral
- Stochasticbuy
- CCIneutral
- Williams %Rbuy
Trend
Weak
- ADX (14) trend strength54· trending
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -0.871)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on sell — 0 buy vs 9 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 2 buy · 3 sell · 2 neutral.
Result — 2 buy vs 4 sell of 8 votes = Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)21.5
- P/S (TTM)1.8
- P/B3.6
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales1.8
- PEG2.14
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin15.4%
- Net margin8.2%
- ROE17.0%
- Debt/Equity0.28
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)9.1%
- EPS growth (YoY)10.1%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $96.6B
Fundamentals history
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDCurrentGeneral Dynamics | 49 | 48 | 21.5 | — | 3.6 | 1.8 | $353.05 | -0.81% | +9.1% | ||
| ACAArcosa | 79 | 78 | 14.6 | — | 2.4 | 3.0 | $145.84 | +0.27% | +9.7% | ||
| IESCIES Holdings | 79 | 46 | 14.3 | — | 5.3 | 1.6 | $322.16 | +1.58% | +22.7% | ||
| KFYKorn Ferry | 79 | 55 | 14.3 | — | 2.0 | 1.2 | $76.78 | -0.44% | +6.9% | ||
| GEOGeo Group | 76 | 70 | 14.4 | — | 2.8 | 2.0 | $31.76 | -1.18% | +15.3% | ||
| DALDelta Air Lines | 74 | 54 | 13.3 | — | 2.4 | 0.9 | $79.62 | +0.24% | +10.3% |
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