Long-Time Horizon Analysis of General Dynamics Corp. (GD) Stock

General Dynamics Corp. [GD] stock prices are down -2.22% to $285.90 at the moment. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The GD shares have lost -1.24% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 1.50%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

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From an analyst’s perspective:

General Dynamics Corp. [NYSE: GD] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on July 29, 2024, when Deutsche Bank downgraded its rating to a Hold. Previously, BTIG Research started tracking the stock with Buy rating on June 26, 2024, and set its price target to $345. On April 29, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $335 on the stock. Alembic Global Advisors downgraded its rating to a Neutral but stick to its price target of $296 on January 29, 2024. UBS initiated its recommendation with a Neutral and recommended $265 as its price target on October 11, 2023. Deutsche Bank started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on September 28, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $271. In a note dated March 30, 2023, William Blair initiated an Outperform rating.

The stock price of General Dynamics Corp. [GD] has been fluctuating between $214.53 and $302.75 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $297.77 within the next 12 months. General Dynamics Corp. [NYSE: GD] shares were valued at $285.90 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 4.15% based on the average GD price forecast.

Analyzing the GD fundamentals

The General Dynamics Corp. [NYSE:GD] reported sales of 44.95B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 17.97%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.16% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.1%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.1%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.08%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.06, Equity is 0.17 and Total Capital is 0.12. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.43.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 281.84 points at the first support level, and at 277.78 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 290.44, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 294.99.

Ratios To Look Out For

It’s worth pointing out that General Dynamics Corp. [NYSE:GD]’s Current Ratio is 1.33. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.80 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.07. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.75, the price to book ratio is 3.57 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 22.29.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Kuryea Kimberly A, Senior Vice President & CFO, that happened on May 21 ’24 when 13344.0 shares were sold. Vice President, Burns Mark Lagrand completed a deal on May 17 ’24 to sell 12089.0 shares. Meanwhile, Vice President and Controller Moss William A sold 21050.0 shares on May 13 ’24.

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