Investment Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes for General Dynamics (GD)

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for General Dynamics (NYSE: GD):

• 2/21/2025 – General Dynamics was downgraded by analysts at William Blair from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating.
• 2/13/2025 – General Dynamics was downgraded by analysts at BTIG Research from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating.
• 2/10/2025 – General Dynamics had its price target lowered by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $360.00 to $335.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/4/2025 – General Dynamics had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $305.00 to $285.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/30/2025 – General Dynamics had its price target lowered by analysts at Royal Bank of Canada from $290.00 to $280.00. They now have a “sector perform” rating on the stock.
• 1/30/2025 – General Dynamics had its price target lowered by analysts at Susquehanna from $315.00 to $300.00. They now have a “positive” rating on the stock.
• 1/30/2025 – General Dynamics had its price target lowered by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $307.00 to $284.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/30/2025 – General Dynamics had its price target lowered by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $279.00 to $276.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 1/28/2025 – General Dynamics had its price target lowered by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $245.00 to $241.00. They now have a “sell” rating on the stock.
• 1/28/2025 – General Dynamics had its price target lowered by analysts at UBS Group AG from $337.00 to $281.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 1/28/2025 – General Dynamics had its price target lowered by analysts at TD Cowen from $315.00 to $295.00.
• 1/21/2025 – General Dynamics had its price target raised by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $354.00 to $360.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/14/2025 – General Dynamics had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Robert W. Baird. They now have a $283.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $345.00.
• 1/14/2025 – General Dynamics was downgraded by analysts at Baird R W from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 1/8/2025 – General Dynamics had its price target lowered by analysts at Susquehanna from $330.00 to $315.00. They now have a “positive” rating on the stock.
• 1/8/2025 – General Dynamics had its price target lowered by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $295.00 to $279.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 1/6/2025 – General Dynamics had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $330.00 to $305.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/6/2025 – General Dynamics was downgraded by analysts at Vertical Research from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating. They now have a $290.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $352.00.
• 1/2/2025 – General Dynamics had its price target lowered by analysts at Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft from $303.00 to $295.00. They now have a “hold” rating on the stock.

General Dynamics Price Performance

GD stock opened at $246.24 on Tuesday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $259.28 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $282.18. General Dynamics Co. has a 52 week low of $239.87 and a 52 week high of $316.90. The company has a quick ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 1.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The firm has a market capitalization of $66.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.69 and a beta of 0.61.

General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The aerospace company reported $4.15 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.29 by ($0.14). General Dynamics had a return on equity of 17.10% and a net margin of 7.93%. Analysts anticipate that General Dynamics Co. will post 14.83 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

General Dynamics Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, February 7th. Investors of record on Friday, January 17th were paid a dividend of $1.42 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 17th. This represents a $5.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.31%. General Dynamics’s dividend payout ratio is presently 41.64%.

Insider Activity at General Dynamics

In other General Dynamics news, Director Laura J. Schumacher sold 1,796 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, January 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $255.68, for a total value of $459,201.28. Following the transaction, the director now owns 11,175 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,857,224. This represents a 13.85 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 1.60% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of General Dynamics

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in GD. Hara Capital LLC bought a new stake in General Dynamics during the 3rd quarter valued at about $26,000. Financial Life Planners bought a new position in General Dynamics in the 4th quarter worth about $25,000. Whipplewood Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of General Dynamics during the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of General Dynamics during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Finally, Heck Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of General Dynamics in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. 86.14% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

General Dynamics Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems, and Technologies. The Aerospace segment produces and sells business jets; and offers aircraft maintenance and repair, management, aircraft-on-ground support and completion, charter, staffing, and fixed-base operator services.