General Dynamics Corp (GD) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $251.45, with 3.44 million shares of worth about $866.11 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -13.14% during that period and on January 29, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -4.24%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 274.97M shares, out of which, 273.24M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -6.47% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -5.75%. Year-to-date (YTD), GD shares are showing a performance of -4.57% which decreased to -5.14% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $257.26 but also hit the highest price of $316.90 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for General Dynamics Corp shares is 1.53 million. The stock is currently trading -4.74% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -6.80% for SMA50 and it goes to -13.02% lower than SMA200.
General Dynamics Corp (NYSE: GD) currently have 274.97M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 89.03% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $69.14B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.61. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 19.15, while it has posted earnings per share of $13.13 in the same period. Its PEG reads 1.75 and has Quick Ratio of 0.80 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for GD, volatility over the week remained 2.83% while standing at 1.90% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 15.07% while it is estimated to increase by 9.96% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 10.94% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 1.46% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by Robert W. Baird on January 14, 2025 offering a Neutral rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $345 and $283 to it. Coverage by Vertical Research stated General Dynamics Corp (GD) stock as a Hold in their note to investors on January 06, 2025, suggesting a price target of $290 for the stock. On December 19, 2024, RBC Capital Mkts Downgrade their recommendations, while on December 12, 2024, Goldman Downgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $245. Stock get a Peer perform rating from Wolfe Research on December 11, 2024.
