Zacks Research Issues Pessimistic Forecast for GD Earnings

General Dynamics Co. (NYSE:GD) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for General Dynamics in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, May 14th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the aerospace company will post earnings per share of $3.63 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $3.69. The consensus estimate for General Dynamics’ current full-year earnings is $14.83 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for General Dynamics’ Q4 2025 earnings at $4.13 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $14.87 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $3.86 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $3.91 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.66 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $16.52 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $4.58 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $18.18 EPS.

General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 23rd. The aerospace company reported $3.66 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.43 by $0.23. General Dynamics had a net margin of 7.93% and a return on equity of 17.10%. The business had revenue of $12.22 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11.92 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.88 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.9% on a year-over-year basis.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on shares of General Dynamics from $305.00 to $300.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, April 24th. UBS Group lifted their price objective on shares of General Dynamics from $268.00 to $279.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 24th. BTIG Research cut shares of General Dynamics from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. Argus set a $295.00 price target on shares of General Dynamics in a research report on Tuesday, May 6th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price target on shares of General Dynamics from $261.00 to $236.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, fourteen have issued a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $293.00.

General Dynamics Trading Up 0.7%

General Dynamics stock opened at $280.54 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $75.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.57, a PEG ratio of 1.69 and a beta of 0.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.37 and a quick ratio of 0.82. General Dynamics has a 1 year low of $239.20 and a 1 year high of $316.90. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $269.70 and its 200-day moving average price is $268.81.

Institutional Trading of General Dynamics

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Barclays PLC lifted its stake in General Dynamics by 43.1% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 942,485 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $284,818,000 after acquiring an additional 283,972 shares during the period. Accurate Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in General Dynamics by 8.3% in the fourth quarter. Accurate Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,393 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $881,000 after acquiring an additional 260 shares during the period. Board of the Pension Protection Fund purchased a new stake in General Dynamics in the fourth quarter worth about $237,000. Park Avenue Securities LLC lifted its stake in General Dynamics by 21.8% in the fourth quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 10,372 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $2,733,000 after acquiring an additional 1,853 shares during the period. Finally, Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. lifted its stake in General Dynamics by 4.0% in the fourth quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. now owns 1,051 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $277,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares during the period. 86.14% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, SVP Marguerite Amy Gilliland sold 27,562 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $272.11, for a total transaction of $7,499,895.82. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 45,192 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $12,297,195.12. The trade was a 37.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Insiders own 1.50% of the company’s stock.

General Dynamics Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 9th. Stockholders of record on Friday, April 11th were paid a dividend of $1.50 per share. This is a positive change from General Dynamics’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.42. This represents a $6.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.14%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, April 11th. General Dynamics’s payout ratio is currently 41.61%.

General Dynamics Company Profile

General Dynamics Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems, and Technologies. The Aerospace segment produces and sells business jets; and offers aircraft maintenance and repair, management, aircraft-on-ground support and completion, charter, staffing, and fixed-base operator services.