General Dynamics (GD)

Industrials · Aerospace & Defense · S&P 500
$331.33 -0.12% on the day Market cap $89.3B 52-week range $306.77 to $400.00 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
7% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $89.3B, General Dynamics's free cash flow of $4.0B (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 7% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is close to what the company has delivered over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from General Dynamics's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price6.6% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years9.3% a year
Revenue, same period6.2% a year
Price to free cash flow22.6x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from GD's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation5
Profitability5
Growth6
Financial health3
Cash efficiency4

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)20.8x
P/E (forward)20.6x
Price / free cash flow22.5x
EV / EBITDA15.7x
Price / sales1.66x
Price / book3.49x
Revenue growth+10.3%
Operating margin10.2%
Net margin8.1%
Return on equity16.6%
Dividend yield1.8%
Debt / equity1.26x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from General Dynamics's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$38.5B$39.4B$42.3B$47.7B$52.5B
Net income$3.3B$3.4B$3.3B$3.8B$4.2B
Free cash flow$3.4B$3.5B$3.8B$3.2B$4.0B
EPS (diluted)$11.55$12.19$12.02$13.63$15.45
Operating margin10.8%10.7%10.0%10.1%10.2%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Marine Systems$16.7B32%
Technologies$13.5B26%
Aerospace$13.1B25%
Combat Systems$9.2B18%

Superinvestors who own GD

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 7 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $742M0.26%Q2 2026
Tom Gayner
Markel Group Inc.
Held $139M1.1%Q2 2026
PRIMECAP Management
PRIMECAP Management Co
Trimmed $138M0.08%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $70M0.16%Q2 2026
Richard Pzena
Pzena Investment Management
Added $38M0.11%Q2 2026
Mark Boyar
Boyar Asset Management
Trimmed $405,6050.23%Q2 2026
Jean-Marie Eveillard
First Eagle Investment Management
Held $34,3610.0%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by General Dynamics's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Jan 9, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$353.49—
Jan 9, 2026 Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
0$353.49—

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Questions

What growth does General Dynamics's stock price imply?

At a market value of $89.3B, General Dynamics would need its free cash flow to grow about 7% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 9% a year.

Are General Dynamics insiders buying the stock?

2 open-market insider purchases of GD in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own General Dynamics?

7 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold GD in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Tom Gayner, PRIMECAP Management.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.