General Dynamics Corporation (GD)
GD · Industrials · 
United States
General Dynamics Corporation (GD) is a US company in the Industrials sector. The stock has its largest weight in XMIW (MSCI World Industrials), at 0.87%. Anyone who holds an ETF containing General Dynamics Corporation also has an indirect stake in the company.
Data and Charts: General Dynamics Corporation
Key Data for General Dynamics Corporation
General Dynamics Corporation Stock Price Chart
The General Dynamics Corporation chart shows daily closing prices and is set to the current year by default. The stock is up 10.7% year to date and up 8.1% over twelve months. The last recorded close on October 30, 2026, was $372.59, at 72% of the 52-week range.
Price series from our database since Aug 12, 2024, 558 daily values.
General Dynamics Corporation Stock Performance
| Year to date | +10.7% | 1 year | +8.1% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | +12.3% | 3 months | -2.8% |
| Calendar year 2025 | +27.8% |
Measured in euros, General Dynamics Corporation is up 16.4% year to date and up 11.8% over twelve months. The difference from the dollar figures above comes from the exchange rate alone. Each daily price is converted at the ECB euro reference rate for that day.
Alysly Data Analysis: General Dynamics Corporation
What ETF Is General Dynamics Corporation In?
General Dynamics Corporation has above-average ETF coverage and is held by 21 of the 104 ETFs we track, which together follow 10 indices. That puts the stock in more ETFs than 82.8% of the 4,341 stocks we track.
| ETF | Index | Weight | per €1,000 in the ETF |
|---|---|---|---|
| XDWI / XMIW | MSCI World Industrials | 0.87% | €8.70 |
| WIND | MSCI World Industrials | 0.87% | €8.69 |
| SPYD | S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats | 0.75% | €7.48 |
| XDEB | MSCI World Minimum Volatility | 0.23% | €2.27 |
| XDEW | S&P 500 Equal Weight | 0.20% | €2.04 |
| SXR8 | S&P 500 | 0.15% | €1.50 |
| SPYL / SPY5 | S&P 500 | 0.14% | €1.42 |
| XD9U / XD9D | MSCI USA | 0.13% | €1.28 |
| EUNL | MSCI World | 0.10% | €1.00 |
| XDWD / XDWL | MSCI World | 0.09% | €0.93 |
| SWWD | MSCI World | 0.09% | €0.89 |
| SPPW | MSCI World | 0.09% | €0.89 |
| SPYY | MSCI ACWI | 0.08% | €0.84 |
| WIMI | MSCI World IMI | 0.08% | €0.83 |
| IUSQ | MSCI ACWI | 0.08% | €0.80 |
| SPYI / SPSA | MSCI ACWI IMI | 0.06% | €0.64 |
The last column shows how much of €1,000 in one of these funds goes to General Dynamics Corporation, based on each fund's latest holdings list.
US-listed ETFs holding General Dynamics Corporation (weight per latest SEC filing): VYM 0.40%, IVV 0.14%, SPY 0.14%, VOO 0.14%, VTI 0.13%. These funds are registered in the US; retail investors in the EU usually cannot buy them.
General Dynamics Corporation Weight in iShares Core MSCI World (EUNL) Since 2019
In iShares Core MSCI World (EUNL), General Dynamics Corporation had a weight of 0.11% on Sep 30, 2019 and 0.10% on Oct 30, 2026. The fund tracks the MSCI World. Its share peaked at 0.11% on Sep 30, 2019. The weight rises and falls with the stock's price performance relative to the other index members. It can also change when the index provider adjusts the index composition.
What's Inside Your ETF Portfolio and the ETF overlap check show how much General Dynamics Corporation overlaps with the rest of a portfolio.
Which Tracked Investors Hold General Dynamics Corporation?
General Dynamics Corporation is not among the largest purchases in the quarter ending Jun 30, 2026. The list is led by GOOGL, DAL and NEBIUS GROUP N.V. The only manager we track that holds General Dynamics Corporation reduced its position.
| Investor | Shares | Value | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater Associates | 16,888 | $6M | reduced by 24,130 |
As of Jun 30, 2026. Based on quarterly filings with the US securities regulator, submitted up to 45 days after the reference date. The change counts shares, not price gains.
What General Dynamics Corporation Executives and Directors Traded Recently
| Date | Person | Type | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | STEEL ROBERT K Director | Sell | 700 | $345.82 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | STEEL ROBERT K Director | Sell | 1,780 | $346.01 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | STEEL ROBERT K Director | Sell | 2,190 | $346.12 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | STEEL ROBERT K Director | Sell | 2,770 | $346.08 |
The table shows open-market purchases and sales reported over the past 90 days. Directors, officers and shareholders owning more than ten percent must report such transactions within two trading days. Awards and option exercises are excluded.
“Plan” means the transaction follows a schedule set up in advance under Rule 10b5-1. Sales consistently outnumber purchases in these filings because a large part of executive pay is granted in shares. For comparison: over the period covered, executives and directors reported sales at 271 of 350 tracked companies and purchases at 32.
Stocks With ETF Exposure Similar to General Dynamics Corporation
| Stock | Shared ETFs | r | 1 year | Annualized volatility | Net margin | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Dynamics Corporation | – | – | +8.1% | 22.0% | 8.0% | +10.1% |
 Northrop Grumman | 21 | +0.72 | -3.6% | 26.8% | 10.0% | +2.2% |
 Republic Services | 21 | – | +16.3% | 18.9% | 11.2% | +3.3% |
 Waste Management | 21 | – | +16.4% | 19.6% | 10.7% | +14.2% |
 Lockheed Martin Corporation | 21 | +0.67 | +30.1% | 27.5% | 6.7% | +5.6% |
 Dover Corporation | 20 | – | +15.3% | 25.8% | 13.5% | +4.5% |
 Emerson Electric | 20 | – | +20.6% | 30.5% | 12.7% | +3.0% |
 L3Harris Technologies Inc | 20 | +0.65 | -6.2% | 25.1% | 7.5% | +9.8% |
| Nordson Corporation | 20 | – | +39.2% | 25.3% | 17.4% | +3.8% |
These stocks reach a portfolio through largely the same funds as General Dynamics Corporation. “Shared ETFs” counts the funds that hold both.
Return and volatility are calculated from our daily closing prices in US dollars. Margin and growth come from each company's latest SEC annual filing. Because fiscal years do not end on the same date for every company, the underlying periods are not fully identical.
Fundamental Analysis: General Dynamics Corporation
General Dynamics Corporation Key Financials
Figures come from the SEC annual filing for the latest reported fiscal year (period end Dec 31, 2025).
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY ended Dec 2023 | 42.3 | 3.3 | 7.8% |
| FY ended Dec 2024 | 47.7 | 3.8 | 7.9% |
| FY ended Dec 2025 | 52.6 | 4.2 | 8.0% |
Latest Patents Granted to General Dynamics
In the 52 weekly issues of the US patent office from Nov 4, 2025 to Oct 27, 2026, General Dynamics received 20 utility patents and 2 design patents. That is 0.006% of all utility patents the US patent office granted in those weeks. The median time from filing to grant was 2.4 years.
| Granted | Patent | Title | Filed | Technology field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 12776298 B2 | Quiet flight deck communication using ultrasonic phased array | G10K Sound-producing devices and acoustics | ||
| US 12773935 B2 | Mechanically actuatable seat structure with dynamically configurable support surface | B60N Performing operations; transporting | ||
| US 12762964 B2 | Reduction of fuel use by aircraft | G08G Traffic control systems | ||
| US 12756480 B2 | Hybrid quantum-classical communication system | H04B Signal transmission | ||
| US 12744780 B2 | Two person control where both parties are geographically distributed | H04L Transmission of digital information |
These are grants, not applications. The office usually publishes an application 18 months after the priority date; the grant tends to come much later. Owners counted: GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION and General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc. Titles as published by the office; median time based on 18 patents with a known filing date.
The patent screener lists more grants, filterable by company, type and technology field. The M&A and patents page compares companies.
Technical Analysis: General Dynamics Corporation
General Dynamics Corporation Risk Metrics
The close on Oct 30, 2026, was 5.9% below the highest close since Aug 12, 2024. That high was reached on Aug 10, 2026. When the S&P 500 rose or fell 1%, General Dynamics Corporation moved 0.29% on average in the same direction (past 252 trading days). The correlation of 0.17, however, shows only a moderate link to the broad market. Accordingly, moves in the S&P 500 explain only a small part of the daily price moves of General Dynamics Corporation.
What General Dynamics Corporation Correlates With
| Instrument | r | −1 … +1 |
|---|---|---|
| Northrop Grumman Corp. | +0.72 | |
| RTX Corporation | +0.68 | |
| Lockheed Martin Corporation | +0.67 | |
| L3Harris Technologies Inc | +0.65 | |
| Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. | +0.64 | |
| Textron Inc. | +0.61 | |
| Teradyne Inc. | -0.34 | |
| CHR | -0.31 | |
| NEAR | -0.30 |
The strongest co-movers are listed at the top, the strongest inverse movers at the bottom. Low or negative correlations can help spread risk more broadly across a portfolio.
