General Dynamics Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation
| GD Stock | USD 262.03 0.87 0.33% |
Allowing for the 90-day total investment horizon and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding General Dynamics is 'Strong Hold'. Macroaxis provides General Dynamics buy-hold-or-sell recommendation only in the context of selected investment horizon and investor attitude towards risk assumed by holding GD positions.
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Strong Hold
Market Performance | Very Weak | Details | |
Volatility | Very steady | Details | |
Hype Condition | Low key | Details | |
Current Valuation | Fairly Valued | Details | |
Odds Of Distress | Very Low | Details | |
Economic Sensitivity | Follows the market closely | Details | |
Investor Sentiment | Alarmed | Details | |
Analyst Consensus | Buy | Details | |
Financial Strenth (F Score) | Strong | Details | |
Financial Leverage | Not Rated | Details | |
Reporting Quality (M-Score) | Unlikely Manipulator | Details |
General Dynamics Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions
| General Dynamics generated a negative expected return over the last 90 days | |
| General Dynamics has a strong financial position based on the latest SEC filings | |
| Over 87.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors | |
| On 7th of February 2025 General Dynamics paid $ 1.42 per share dividend to its current shareholders | |
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General Dynamics Returns Distribution Density
The distribution of General Dynamics' historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of General Dynamics' future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of General Dynamics daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use General Dynamics price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of General Dynamics returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for General Dynamics.
| Mean Return | -0.06 | Value At Risk | -2.2 | Potential Upside | 1.86 | Standard Deviation | 1.40 |
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Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of General Dynamics historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.
General Stock Institutional Investors
| Shares | Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts | 2024-12-31 | 5.4 M | Jpmorgan Chase & Co | 2024-12-31 | 5.2 M | Sanders Capital, Llc | 2024-12-31 | 4.2 M | Fmr Inc | 2024-12-31 | 3.8 M | T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. | 2024-12-31 | 3.6 M | Aristotle Capital Management Llc | 2024-12-31 | 3 M | Royal Bank Of Canada | 2024-12-31 | 2.9 M | Northern Trust Corp | 2024-12-31 | 2.6 M | Amvescap Plc. | 2024-12-31 | 2.4 M | Longview Management Group Llc | 2024-12-31 | 28.1 M | Vanguard Group Inc | 2024-12-31 | 23.8 M |
General Dynamics Cash Flow Accounts
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 (projected) | ||
| Change To Inventory | 502M | 405M | (980M) | (2.2B) | (1.2B) | (1.1B) | |
| Change In Cash | 1.9B | (1.2B) | (361M) | 671M | (216M) | (205.2M) | |
| Free Cash Flow | 2.9B | 3.4B | 3.5B | 3.8B | 3.2B | 1.8B | |
| Depreciation | 878M | 890M | 884M | 863M | 886M | 470.2M | |
| Other Non Cash Items | (23M) | (617M) | (362M) | (107M) | (69M) | (65.6M) | |
| Dividends Paid | 1.2B | 1.3B | 1.4B | 1.4B | 1.5B | 1.6B | |
| Capital Expenditures | 967M | 887M | 1.1B | 904M | 916M | 533.2M | |
| Net Income | 3.2B | 3.3B | 3.4B | 3.3B | 3.8B | 4.0B | |
| End Period Cash Flow | 2.8B | 1.6B | 1.2B | 1.9B | 1.7B | 1.5B | |
| Change To Netincome | 225M | 1M | (577M) | (13M) | (11.7M) | (11.1M) | |
| Investments | (974M) | (882M) | (1.5B) | (941M) | (953M) | (1.0B) | |
| Change Receivables | (1.1B) | 371M | 138M | 46M | 52.9M | 55.5M | |
| Net Borrowings | (850M) | 1.5B | (1.5B) | (1B) | (1.2B) | (1.1B) |
General Dynamics Greeks
Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to General Dynamics or Aerospace & Defense sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that General Dynamics' price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a General stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α | Alpha over Dow Jones | 0.01 | |
β | Beta against Dow Jones | 0.54 | |
σ | Overall volatility | 1.42 | |
Ir | Information ratio | 0.05 |
General Dynamics Volatility Alert
General Dynamics exhibits very low volatility with skewness of 0.1 and kurtosis of 2.19. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure General Dynamics' stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact General Dynamics' stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.General Dynamics Fundamentals Vs Peers
Comparing General Dynamics' fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze General Dynamics' direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between General Dynamics and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as General Dynamics or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of General Dynamics' fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing General Dynamics by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
| Better Than Average | Worse Than Average | Compare General Dynamics to competition |
| Fundamentals | General Dynamics | Peer Average |
| Return On Equity | 0.17 | -0.31 |
| Return On Asset | 0.0539 | -0.14 |
| Profit Margin | 0.08 % | (1.27) % |
| Operating Margin | 0.10 % | (5.51) % |
| Current Valuation | 79.27 B | 16.62 B |
| Shares Outstanding | 270.35 M | 571.82 M |
| Shares Owned By Insiders | 0.52 % | 10.09 % |
| Shares Owned By Institutions | 87.19 % | 39.21 % |
| Number Of Shares Shorted | 3.06 M | 4.71 M |
| Price To Earning | 20.89 X | 28.72 X |
| Price To Book | 3.19 X | 9.51 X |
| Price To Sales | 1.48 X | 11.42 X |
| Revenue | 47.72 B | 9.43 B |
| Gross Profit | 7.36 B | 27.38 B |
| EBITDA | 5.82 B | 3.9 B |
| Net Income | 3.78 B | 570.98 M |
| Cash And Equivalents | 1.24 B | 2.7 B |
| Cash Per Share | 9.11 X | 5.01 X |
| Total Debt | 10.68 B | 5.32 B |
| Debt To Equity | 0.74 % | 48.70 % |
| Current Ratio | 1.34 X | 2.16 X |
| Book Value Per Share | 81.73 X | 1.93 K |
| Cash Flow From Operations | 4.11 B | 971.22 M |
| Short Ratio | 1.69 X | 4.00 X |
| Earnings Per Share | 13.62 X | 3.12 X |
| Price To Earnings To Growth | 1.97 X | 4.89 X |
| Target Price | 288.64 | |
| Number Of Employees | 117 K | 18.84 K |
| Beta | 0.59 | -0.15 |
| Market Capitalization | 70.6 B | 19.03 B |
| Total Asset | 55.88 B | 29.47 B |
| Retained Earnings | 41.49 B | 9.33 B |
| Working Capital | 6.56 B | 1.48 B |
Note: Disposition of 25574 shares by Mark Burns of General Dynamics at 292.75 subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]
General Dynamics Market Momentum
Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as General . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.
| Accumulation Distribution | 12086.85 | |||
| Daily Balance Of Power | 0.262 | |||
| Rate Of Daily Change | 1.0 | |||
| Day Median Price | 261.1 | |||
| Day Typical Price | 261.41 | |||
| Price Action Indicator | 1.36 | |||
| Period Momentum Indicator | 0.87 |
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Is Aerospace & Defense space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of General Dynamics. If investors know General will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about General Dynamics listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth 0.141 | Dividend Share 5.68 | Earnings Share 13.62 | Revenue Per Share | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.143 |
The market value of General Dynamics is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of General that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of General Dynamics' value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is General Dynamics' true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because General Dynamics' market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect General Dynamics' underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between General Dynamics' value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if General Dynamics is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, General Dynamics' price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.