Risk Intelligence
Core Model
B−
71 / 100
Fundamentally Qualified
How strong and defensively sound is the company?
Above average on this measure.
Suggestions
GD · NYSE
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
Private betaIndustrials · Aerospace and Defense
$355.90
+0.47%
Close on Sep 11, 2026
Defensively Qualified
Updated 6/30/2026
Long-term research evidence only. No price targets, no trading signals, no recommendations.
Investment Report Card
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
Industrials · Aerospace and Defense · Data confidence good
52 / 100
Rank #319 of 1,152 qualified companies
Top 46% · Not Currently Suggested
Long-Term Potential
Research Model
C−
59 / 100
Ordinary Compounder
Does the business have the characteristics needed to create value over many years?
Around the middle of the covered universe.
Fundamental Momentum
Research Model
D
41 / 100
Deteriorating
Is the underlying business getting stronger or weaker?
Weaker than most covered companies on this measure.
Ownership Intelligence
Supplemental Intelligence
C
64 / 100
Positive disclosed activity
What are important owners actually doing?
Around the middle of the covered universe.
Valuation Intelligence
Research Model
C
60 / 100
Reasonable
Is today's price reasonable?
Around the middle of the covered universe — and valuation is researched separately from the Suggested Investment Score.
Capital Returns Intelligence
Research Model
C
63 / 100
Favorable Capital Returns
How effectively does the company reward shareholders?
Around the middle of the covered universe — and capital returns are researched separately from the Suggested Investment Score.
Why it stands out
- Business Quality meets the frozen IA Defensive qualification.
- More disclosed holders are new or increasing than reducing or exiting.
What holds it back
- The Fundamental Momentum research model shows deterioration.
Long-term view
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP scores 59 on Long-Term Potential (C−), described by the research model as ordinary compounder. This describes business characteristics only — it is not a forecast of future returns.
Ownership view
Disclosed ownership evidence reads 64 (C): Positive disclosed activity. 7 tracked managers disclosed a position in the latest reporting period. Ownership filings are historical disclosures, not signals.
Valuation view
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP reads 60 out of 100 on Valuation Intelligence, recorded as Reasonable. The stock currently trades above most of its own recent valuation history and below comparable companies. This describes the price being paid relative to the company's financials — it is not a forecast and not a fair value. Valuation Intelligence is a research model and contributes nothing to the Suggested Investment Score or the daily ranking.
Capital returns view
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP reads 63 out of 100 on Capital Returns Intelligence (Favorable Capital Returns), reflecting a dividend that has grown about 8.2% a year and a share count falling about 0.7% a year. Capital Returns Intelligence is a research model and contributes nothing to the Suggested Investment Score or the daily ranking.
What changed
No meaningful recorded changes in the stored history.
Risk Intelligence is a core model, Long-Term Potential, Fundamental Momentum, Valuation Intelligence and Capital Returns Intelligence are research models, and Ownership Intelligence is supplemental descriptive evidence. Valuation Intelligence and Capital Returns Intelligence each contribute 0% to the Suggested Investment Score. Nothing here is a recommendation.
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Why it's interesting
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP (GD) scores 52 out of 100 and ranks #319 of 1,152 qualified companies today. That places it in the top 46% of ranked companies. The stored tier for that score is not currently suggested.
Business strength
Risk Intelligence reads 71 out of 100 (B−), recorded as fundamentally qualified. Above average on this measure.
Long-term opportunity
Long-Term Potential reads 59 out of 100 (C−), recorded as ordinary compounder. Around the middle of the covered universe.
What's improving or weakening
Fundamental Momentum reads 41 out of 100 (D), recorded as deteriorating. Weaker than most covered companies on this measure.
What important owners are doing
Ownership Intelligence reads 64 out of 100 (C), recorded as positive disclosed activity. Around the middle of the covered universe.
What kind of price you'd be paying
Valuation currently appears reasonable: Valuation Intelligence reads 60 out of 100 (C), recorded as Reasonable. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP reads 60 out of 100 on Valuation Intelligence, recorded as Reasonable. The stock currently trades above most of its own recent valuation history and below comparable companies. This describes the price being paid relative to the company's financials — it is not a forecast and not a fair value. Valuation Intelligence is a research model and contributes nothing to the Suggested Investment Score or the daily ranking.
How the company rewards shareholders
Capital Returns Intelligence reads 63 out of 100 (C), recorded as Favorable Capital Returns. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP reads 63 out of 100 on Capital Returns Intelligence (Favorable Capital Returns), reflecting a dividend that has grown about 8.2% a year and a share count falling about 0.7% a year. Capital Returns Intelligence is a research model and contributes nothing to the Suggested Investment Score or the daily ranking.
What could go wrong
The Fundamental Momentum research model shows deterioration. Data confidence for this company is good.
Bottom line
No individual layer reaches the strongest band today. Long-Term Potential and Fundamental Momentum remain the main area to watch. Separately from the score, valuation reads reasonable at today's price.
Composite discovery model
Pro Investor Score
Pro Investor Score™
52 / 100
Not Currently Suggested
A 0–100 composite discovery score combining Risk Intelligence, Long-Term Potential, Fundamental Momentum, and Ownership Intelligence. It helps rank qualified companies for further research and does not predict future returns.
- Rank
- #319 of 694
- Percentile
- Top 46%
- Ranking updated
- September 12, 2026
182Rank weakened by 182 positions. Rank weakened by 182 positions.
- Risk Intelligence
- 71
- Long-Term Potential
- 59
- Fundamental Momentum
- 41
- Ownership Intelligence
- 64
30% contribution
30% contribution
20% contribution
20% contribution
Ownership Intelligence
64 / 100 · Moderately Positive · 20% of the Pro Investor Score
SUPPLEMENTAL / DESCRIPTIVE INTELLIGENCE
Coverage: Good
- Elite Investor Activity
- 57 · Moderately Positive
- Institutional Activity
- 81 · Strong
- Insider Activity
- Insufficient Data
- Strategic Ownership
- Insufficient Data
50% of Ownership Intelligence · 10% of the total score
Tracked professional-manager activity is moderately positive.
20% of Ownership Intelligence · 4% of the total score
Broad institutional evidence from resolved filings is strong.
15% of Ownership Intelligence · 3% of the total score
No discretionary insider transactions are stored for this company, so this evidence is unavailable rather than neutral.
15% of Ownership Intelligence · 3% of the total score
No qualifying major-holder filings are stored, so this evidence is unavailable rather than neutral.
Ownership Intelligence summarizes publicly disclosed activity among professional investment managers, broader institutions, company insiders, and significant strategic owners. It adds context to investment research but is not a validated predictor of future performance. Ownership information is publicly reported with a delay; the latest applicable reporting period is 2026-06-30, publicly disclosed 9/11/2026. Congressional activity is unavailable pending legal review and contributes nothing to this reading.
Why it ranks here
No component ranks in the top quartile of the qualified universe.
What holds it back
Fundamental Momentum is softer
Reported business trends rank below the qualified median.
Ownership evidence is not uniformly supportive
The combined disclosed ownership evidence ranks below the qualified median.
COMPOSITE DISCOVERY MODEL — RESEARCH STAGE · Data coverage Excellent. Rankings are recalculated daily using the latest available information. Individual components may update at different frequencies based on when new financial and ownership data becomes available.
Researched separately
Valuation Intelligence 60 · Reasonable
RESEARCH MODEL
Valuation Intelligence is currently researched separately and does not affect the Suggested Investment Score or daily ranking.
Researched separately
Capital Returns Intelligence 63 · Favorable Capital Returns
RESEARCH MODEL
Capital Returns Intelligence is researched separately and contributes 0% to the Suggested Investment Score, the daily rank or any ranking event.
Score explanation
Why this company scores the way it does
Four research areas carry fixed weights. Each area is compared against every other eligible company, then weighted. The four contributions below add to 51.8 of the stored score (51.8).
Risk Intelligence
30% of the score · contributes 21.3 points
How strong and defensively sound is the company?
Stands at the 71 percentile of eligible companies · stored reading 71 · 41% of this company’s total score
How financially sturdy the company has been when conditions turned against it.
How this area is measured
Risk Intelligence reads stored balance-sheet strength, historical downside behaviour and the company's price-risk grouping. A stronger reading describes past resilience; it does not protect against future losses.
Full methodologyLong-Term Potential
30% of the score · contributes 19.0 points
Does the business have the characteristics needed to create value over many years?
Stands at the 63 percentile of eligible companies · stored reading 59 · 37% of this company’s total score
Whether the business has the durable characteristics long-term owners look for.
How this area is measured
Long-Term Potential reads durability characteristics such as profitability consistency, cash generation and reinvestment capability over multiple reported periods.
Full methodologyFundamental Momentum
20% of the score · contributes 5.6 points
Is the underlying business getting stronger or weaker?
Stands at the 28 percentile of eligible companies · stored reading 41 · 11% of this company’s total score
Whether the reported business results have been getting stronger or weaker.
How this area is measured
Fundamental Momentum compares recent reported fundamentals with the company's own earlier periods, so improvement or deterioration is measured against its history rather than against a forecast.
Full methodologyOwnership Intelligence
20% of the score · contributes 5.9 points
What are important owners actually doing?
Stands at the 29 percentile of eligible companies · stored reading 64 · 11% of this company’s total score
What large reporting owners have actually been doing with their positions.
How this area is measured
Ownership Intelligence reads public ownership filings: how many tracked reporting owners hold the company, and whether they were adding, holding, reducing or exiting in the latest disclosed period.
Full methodology
What is helping the score
- Risk Intelligence — 71 percentile, adding 21.3 points.
- Long-Term Potential — 63 percentile, adding 19.0 points.
What deserves attention
- Fundamental Momentum — 28 percentile, adding only 5.6 of a possible 20 points.
- Ownership Intelligence — 29 percentile, adding only 5.9 of a possible 20 points.
Outside the score
Additional research — not currently included in the primary Suggested Investment Score.
- Valuation Intelligence — GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP reads 60 out of 100 on Valuation Intelligence, recorded as Reasonable. The stock currently trades above most of its own recent valuation history and below comparable companies. This describes the price being paid relative to the company's financials — it is not a forecast and not a fair value.
- Capital Returns Intelligence — GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP reads 63 out of 100 on Capital Returns Intelligence (Favorable Capital Returns), reflecting a dividend that has grown about 8.2% a year and a share count falling about 0.7% a year.
Pro Investor Intelligence™
Reported by insiders, large shareholders and professional funds. Shown beside our research, never blended into it.
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What changed
Research-score history available since September 2026.
Stored research history does not yet cover a full 30 days comparison for this company.
A change is reported as meaningful at 8 score points, 5 rank places, or any change of research classification. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell.
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Plain-English definitions, with the formula and the limitations of each measure.
Fifth research lens · outside the score
Valuation Intelligence
Valuation Intelligence
Is today's price reasonable?
Valuation Intelligence is currently researched separately and does not affect the Suggested Investment Score or daily ranking.
60/ 100
Reasonable
RESEARCH MODEL
Excellent coverage
Compared with its history
41
Elevated
Is this company expensive or inexpensive compared with its own history?
Compared with peers
59
Reasonable
How expensive is this stock compared with similar companies?
Earnings & cash flow
65
Attractive
How much financial output does an investor receive relative to the price paid?
Growth-adjusted
86
Very Attractive
Does the company's growth help justify the valuation investors are paying?
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP reads 60 out of 100 on Valuation Intelligence, recorded as Reasonable. The stock currently trades above most of its own recent valuation history and below comparable companies. This describes the price being paid relative to the company's financials — it is not a forecast and not a fair value.
Price data through September 11, 2026 · Financial data through the quarter ended July 5, 2026
Valuation history
Stored readings only. The dashed line is this company's own median for the selected measure.
Only one stored valuation reading exists so far, so there is nothing to chart yet. Valuation history builds forward from activation rather than being reconstructed.
Current P/E 21.5x · own median 18.4x · peer median 26.8x
Valuation is inherently uncertain. A stock that appears inexpensive can continue falling, and a stock that appears expensive can continue rising. Valuation Intelligence provides context about the price investors are paying — it does not predict short-term market movements, and it never produces a fair value, a price target or a buy or sell range. Model VALUATION_INTELLIGENCE_V1.
Sixth research lens · outside the score
Capital Returns Intelligence
Capital Returns Intelligence
How effectively does the company reward shareholders?
Capital Returns Intelligence is researched separately and contributes 0% to the Suggested Investment Score, the daily rank or any ranking event.
63/ 100
Favorable Capital Returns
RESEARCH MODEL
Excellent coverage
Dividend Quality
89
Exceptional Capital Returns
Dividend reliability
Buyback Effectiveness
30
Limited Capital Returns
Do buybacks actually reduce shares?
Dilution Control
51
Moderate Capital Returns
Is your ownership share protected?
Capital Return Sustainability
88
Exceptional Capital Returns
Can the cash flow support it?
Shareholder Yield
54
Moderate Capital Returns
Cash returned versus company value
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP reads 63 out of 100 on Capital Returns Intelligence (Favorable Capital Returns), reflecting a dividend that has grown about 8.2% a year and a share count falling about 0.7% a year.
How returned cash was used
Dividends $1.64B · net repurchases $356.00M · total returned $2.00B · 31% of free cash flow
Price data through September 11, 2026 · Financial data through the quarter ended July 5, 2026
Capital returns history
Stored readings only. History builds forward from activation rather than being reconstructed.
Only one stored reading exists for this measure so far, so there is nothing to chart yet.
Why higher yield isn't always better
A very high dividend yield may reflect a falling share price or an unsustainable payout. Capital Returns Intelligence emphasizes consistency and sustainability rather than simply rewarding the highest yield.
Why buybacks can be misleading
Announced or gross buyback spending does not always mean shareholders are gaining ownership. Companies can simultaneously issue shares through employee compensation or acquisitions. Suggested Investments therefore considers actual share-count changes alongside repurchase spending.
What these terms mean
- Dividend Yield
- The annual dividend relative to the current share price.
- Payout Ratio
- The share of company earnings used to pay dividends.
- Free Cash Flow Payout
- How much of the company's available cash is being used for dividends.
- Share Repurchases
- When a company buys back its own stock.
- Dilution
- When the number of shares increases, reducing each existing share's percentage ownership of the company.
- Shareholder Yield
- A combined view of dividends and net share repurchases relative to the company's market value.
Capital Returns Intelligence describes how a company returns capital to shareholders. It is not a measure of stock-price performance, it does not predict future returns, and a strong reading is never a recommendation to buy. Dividends and repurchases can be reduced or stopped at any time. Model CAPITAL_RETURNS_INTELLIGENCE_V1, contributing 0% to the Pro Investor Score.
Stored daily snapshots only
Ranking history
| Today | #319 | Score 52 |
|---|---|---|
| 30 days ago | Not ranked | No stored score |
| 90 days ago | Not ranked | No stored score |
| First suggested | Not yet suggested | |
| Highest rank | #319 | |
In the company’s own words
What this company does
General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company that specializes in high-end design, engineering and manufacturing to deliver state-of-the-art solutions to our customers. We offer a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation; ship construction and repair; land combat vehicles, weapon systems and munitions; and technology products and services. Our leadership positions in attractive business aviation and defense markets enable us to deliver superior and enduring capabilities to our customers and returns to our shareholders.
Our company consists of 10 business units, which are organized into four operating segments: Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems and Technologies. We refer to the latter three collectively as our defense segments. To ensure market focus, customer intimacy, agility and operating expertise, each business unit is responsible for the development and execution of its strategy and operating results. This structure allows for a lean corporate function, which sets the overall strategy and governance for the company and is responsible for allocating and deploying capital.
Our business units seek to deliver superior operating results by building industry-leading franchises. To achieve this goal, we invest in advanced technologies, focus on execution, pursue a culture of continuous improvement, and strive to be the low-cost, high-quality provider in each of our markets. The result is long-term value creation measured by delivering on our commitments to our customers coupled with strong earnings and cash flow and an attractive return on capital.
Over the past decade, we have invested to create, renew or expand our portfolio of products and services across our businesses. This includes product development investments in Aerospace to bring to market an all-new lineup of business jet aircraft, capital investments in Marine Systems to support significant growth in U.S. Navy ship and submarine construction over the next two decades, development of next-generation platforms and technologies to meet customers’ emerging requirements in Combat Systems, and both organic development and strategic acquisitions to ensure we can provide a complete spectrum of solutions for our Technologies customers. We expect to realize an attractive return from these investments in each of our segments, and we will continue to ensure our capital deployment delivers long-term growth and enduring value to our shareholders and our customers.
Quoted from the business section of this company’s 10-K filed January 30, 2026. Read the filing
Four distinct intelligence areas
The IA view
Risk Intelligence
Production core
71
Fundamentally Qualified
+2.6 vs Jun 30, 2026
Business Quality qualification score from the locked IA Defensive Research Core. Price Risk stays a separate category and is never blended in.
As of Sep 11, 2026
Long-Term Potential
Research model
59
Elite Compounder
+6.1 vs Jun 30, 2026
Durable business economics and reinvestment characteristics. Independent external validation is pending.
As of Sep 11, 2026
Fundamental Momentum
Research model
41
Deteriorating
+4.3 vs Jun 30, 2026
Direction and breadth of change in underlying business fundamentals. Not a price-momentum signal.
As of Sep 11, 2026
Elite Investor Activity
Supplemental
57
Mid range
0 vs Jun 30, 2026
Only 7 tracked managers disclosed a position — treat as limited coverage.
As of Sep 11, 2026
Company intelligence
GD score history
Each area is measured and reported separately. No combined score exists.
GD intelligence history from 2023-09-30 to 2026-09-11. Risk Intelligence 70.8 on 2026-09-11, up 2.6 from 68.2 on 2026-06-30. Long-Term Potential 58.9 on 2026-09-11, up 6.1 from 52.8 on 2026-06-30. Fundamental Momentum 40.9 on 2026-09-11, up 4.3 from 36.6 on 2026-06-30. Elite Investor Activity 57.1 on 2026-09-11, unchanged 0 from 57.1 on 2026-06-30. Each area is reported separately and is never combined into a single score.
Risk Intelligence 70.8 as of Sep 11, 2026 (+2.6 vs prior period) · Production core
Long-Term Potential 58.9 as of Sep 11, 2026 (+6.1 vs prior period) · Research model
Fundamental Momentum 40.9 as of Sep 11, 2026 (+4.3 vs prior period) · Research model
Elite Investor Activity 57.1 as of Sep 11, 2026 (0 vs prior period) · Supplemental
Share price
GD price history
Closing prices adjusted for splits and dividends. Past prices do not indicate future results.
- 6M change
- +1.1%
- 1Y change
- +9.9%
- 3Y change
- +71.9%
- 5Y change
- +102.8%
- Max change
- +132.4%
Last stored close $355.90 · +9.9% over the selected range · 52 sessions shown
Balanced evidence
Why IA likes it
- Business Quality meets the frozen IA Defensive qualification.
- More disclosed holders are new or increasing than reducing or exiting.
Risk and uncertainty
What IA doesn’t like
- The Fundamental Momentum research model shows deterioration.
What would change our view
- Business Quality falling below the frozen qualification threshold.
- Price Risk moving to a less favorable category.
- A sustained reversal in the Fundamental Momentum research evidence.
- New material public ownership disclosures.
Public filings · descriptive only
Elite Investor Activity
Reporting holders
1
New holders
1
Increasing
0
Reducing
0
Exiting
0
Coverage
Excellent
Positive disclosed activity · Report period 2016-12-31 · Public 12/22/2023
| Manager | Change | Portfolio weight | Rank | Disclosed |
|---|
Insufficient high-confidence manager coverage.
Objective stored changes
What changed
- Risk Intelligence
Price Risk category changed
Price Risk moved from Not Available to Lower risk.
- Long-Term Potential
IA Compounder softened
IA Compounder research score moved from 52.8 to 45.9.
- Risk Intelligence
IA Defensive improved
Business Quality qualification score moved from 54.6 to 68.2.
- Long-Term Potential
IA Compounder strengthened
IA Compounder research score moved from 46.5 to 52.8.
- Fundamental Momentum
Fundamental Momentum softened
Fundamental Momentum research score moved from 51.2 to 36.6.
- Elite Investor Activity
Elite Investor Consensus strengthened
Disclosed agreement among tracked managers moved from 36 to 57 for the reporting period ending 2026-06-30.
- Elite Investor Activity
Elite Investor Consensus weakened
Disclosed agreement among tracked managers moved from 64 to 36 for the reporting period ending 2026-03-31.
- Elite Investor Activity
Elite Investor Consensus strengthened
Disclosed agreement among tracked managers moved from 50 to 69 for the reporting period ending 2025-09-30.
- Elite Investor Activity
Elite Investor Consensus strengthened
Disclosed agreement among tracked managers moved from 29 to 50 for the reporting period ending 2025-03-31.
- Elite Investor Activity
Elite Investor Consensus weakened
Disclosed agreement among tracked managers moved from 86 to 29 for the reporting period ending 2024-12-31.
Ownership timeline
No high-confidence public ownership events are available.
General research only. Not personalized advice. Public filings may be delayed, amended, incomplete, or reflect positions that have changed since the reporting date.