Weekly Research Analysts’ Ratings Updates for General Dynamics (GD)

A number of firms have modified their ratings and price targets on shares of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) recently:

• 5/23/2026 – General Dynamics was downgraded by Wall Street Zen from “strong-buy” to “buy”.
• 5/19/2026 – General Dynamics was downgraded by Weiss Ratings from “buy (b)” to “buy (b-)”.
• 5/18/2026 – General Dynamics had its price target lowered by Citigroup Inc. from $380.00 to $364.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 5/10/2026 – General Dynamics was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “buy” to “strong-buy”.
• 5/6/2026 – General Dynamics had its price target lowered by Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft from $387.00 to $377.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 5/4/2026 – General Dynamics had its price target lowered by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $327.00 to $313.00. They now have a “sell” rating on the stock.
• 5/2/2026 – General Dynamics was upgraded by Wall Street Zen from “hold” to “buy”.
• 4/30/2026 – General Dynamics had its price target lowered by UBS Group AG from $385.00 to $371.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – General Dynamics had its price target lowered by BNP Paribas Exane from $430.00 to $390.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – General Dynamics had its price target lowered by DA Davidson from $384.00 to $375.00.
• 4/30/2026 – General Dynamics had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $385.00 to $400.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – General Dynamics had its “sector perform” rating reaffirmed by Royal Bank Of Canada. They now have a $385.00 price target on the stock.
• 4/30/2026 – General Dynamics had its price target raised by Morgan Stanley from $410.00 to $435.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 4/21/2026 – General Dynamics had its “buy (b)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 4/8/2026 – General Dynamics was downgraded by Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft from “buy” to “hold”. They now have a $387.00 price target on the stock.
• 4/7/2026 – General Dynamics had its price target raised by BNP Paribas Exane from $410.00 to $430.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 4/7/2026 – General Dynamics had its price target lowered by Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from $385.00 to $380.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.
• 4/1/2026 – General Dynamics had its price target lowered by Citigroup Inc. from $389.00 to $380.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 4/1/2026 – General Dynamics is now covered by Wells Fargo & Company. They set an “overweight” rating and a $400.00 price target on the stock.
• 3/31/2026 – General Dynamics was upgraded by Wells Fargo & Company to “strong-buy”.

General Dynamics Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 8th. Shareholders of record on Friday, April 10th were given a dividend of $1.59 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, April 10th. This represents a $6.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.8%. This is a boost from General Dynamics’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.50. General Dynamics’s payout ratio is presently 40.03%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other General Dynamics news, EVP Mark Lagrand Burns sold 36,480 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $345.29, for a total transaction of $12,596,179.20. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 38,975 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $13,457,677.75. The trade was a 48.35% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Phebe N. Novakovic sold 32,918 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $354.09, for a total transaction of $11,655,934.62. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 766,457 shares in the company, valued at approximately $271,394,759.13. This represents a 4.12% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 119,600 shares of company stock valued at $41,650,580. Insiders own 1.40% of the company’s stock.

General Dynamics is a major American aerospace and defense contractor that designs, manufactures and supports a broad range of products and services for government and commercial customers worldwide. Headquartered in the United States (Reston, Virginia), the company supplies platforms and systems used by armed forces, civil authorities and private operators across multiple domains including air, land, sea and cyber.

Its principal activities span several operating businesses: a business aviation unit that develops and supports Gulfstream business jets; land systems that produce armored combat vehicles and related logistics and sustainment services; marine systems that design and construct submarines and surface ships for navies; and mission systems and information technology operations that provide command-and-control, communications, cybersecurity and systems-integration services.