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Company snapshot — General Dynamics Corporation

GD in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
General Dynamics builds and services military and civil hardware across four segments. Aerospace makes business jets and their maintenance; Marine Systems designs nuclear submarines and surface ships for the US Navy; Combat Systems produces armoured vehicles and munitions; Technologies supplies IT, cybersecurity, and unmanned undersea vehicles to defence and federal customers. It is based in Reston, United States.
Where it sits in the stack
General Dynamics carries no seat in Closelooknet's index frameworks such as Rubin or Halo. Within the diary's broader universe it sits in the Industrials sector, Aerospace & Defense sleeve, alongside other US prime contractors.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group has not set a formal comparison list for General Dynamics; the market commonly places it beside Lockheed Martin as a US defence prime of similar scope.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It holds a seat in the S&P 500 but carries no Rubin or Halo index membership, and it does not yet carry a Closelooknet score.
What the diary watches
Whether the Technologies segment's cyber, AI and unmanned-systems work grows relative to the legacy shipbuilding and vehicle segments.

General Dynamics Corporation (GD) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for GD, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Bernstein, 2026-09-23

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for GD from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Bernstein — target 407 from 421 Target cut to $407 from $421 (+18.5% to spot) 2026-09-23

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Aerospace & Defense · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Aerospace & Defense · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against GD on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.84%, quarterly · last 1.59 USD on 2026-07-02

Dividends and capital return

What GD pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 6.18 USD per share · a 1.84% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +5.8% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 5.84 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.59 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-02
  • By calendar year 2023: 1.32 USD (partial) · 2024: 5.58 USD · 2025: 5.92 USD · 2026: 4.68 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-10-05

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta 0.23 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How GD has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.23 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), General Dynamics Corporation moved 0.23% on average · correlation 0.09 · higher than 23% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.11 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −1.13% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −2.05% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is General Dynamics Corporation (GD)?

General Dynamics Corporation trades as GD on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is GD in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — General Dynamics Corporation is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does GD trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -9.9% vs the 50-day and -5% vs the 200-day average, 15.8% below the 52-week high and +9.8% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 60 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does General Dynamics Corporation do?

General Dynamics builds and services military and civil hardware across four segments. Aerospace makes business jets and their maintenance; Marine Systems designs nuclear submarines and surface ships for the US Navy; Combat Systems produces armoured vehicles and munitions; Technologies supplies IT, cybersecurity, and unmanned undersea vehicles to defence and federal customers. It is based in Reston, United States. Closelooknet's peer group has not set a formal comparison list for General Dynamics; the market commonly places it beside Lockheed Martin as a US defence prime of similar scope.

Where does General Dynamics Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

General Dynamics carries no seat in Closelooknet's index frameworks such as Rubin or Halo. Within the diary's broader universe it sits in the Industrials sector, Aerospace & Defense sleeve, alongside other US prime contractors. It holds a seat in the S&P 500 but carries no Rubin or Halo index membership, and it does not yet carry a Closelooknet score.

Does General Dynamics Corporation pay a dividend?

General Dynamics Corporation has paid 6.18 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.84% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.59 USD on 2026-07-02. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does General Dynamics Corporation trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year General Dynamics Corporation had a beta of 0.23 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 23% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −1.13% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on General Dynamics Corporation recently?

The most recent analyst action on General Dynamics Corporation on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Bernstein on 2026-09-23 (target 407 from 421). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for GD, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Aerospace & Defense. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.