GD — General Dynamics Corporation
Industrials · ETF XLI · as of 2026-09-18
Daily · EMA 10 / 20 / 50 · SMA 200 · VolPress: buy/sell split, 20-SMA, white dot = above avg · · E = earnings · RS vs SPY ⓘ · ● RS new high ⓘ
General Dynamics Corporation
NYQ
Industrials · Aerospace & Defense
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. The Marine Systems segment designs and builds nuclear-powered submarines, surface combatants, and auxiliary shi...
Price & today
$353.05
ATR(14) 6.74 (1.91%)
| Stock today | -0.81% |
| Sector ETF today | +0.44% |
| Residual (stock-specific) | -1.25% |
Sector correlation
| 20-day correlation with XLI | 0.27 |
| 60-day correlation with XLI | 0.39 |
| Status | normal |
Decoupling fires when 60d corr − 20d corr > 0.20: stock used to track its sector but the relationship has weakened recently.
Technicals
| 10 EMA | $358.63 |
| 20 EMA | $364.52 |
| 50 EMA | $369.08 |
| EMA stack | BEARISH |
| RSI(14) | 32.2 |
| 52-week high distance | -4.50% |
| 52-week low distance | +32.04% |
Signals
| Market F&G | 45.6 |
| Bull% | 12.2% |
| OVTLYR status | SELL (20d) |
| Sector rank | #288 |
| Next earnings | 2026-10-22 (BMO, 31d) |
MarketSmith metrics - our compute
RS Rating
19.8
ADR%
1.8
RMV (tight)
60.0
Ext (ATR>20EMA)
-1.7
Rel Vol
251.0%
U/D 50d
0.91
U/D 25d
0.51
Accum/Dist 25d
3 / 7
EPS YoY
+13.0%
LoD dist
48.0
Off 52w High
11.7%
Above 52w Low
15.1%
1W / 1M
-0.8 / -10.0
Avg $Vol 50d
403.0M
Mkt Cap (B)
95.5
Trend 8/8
no
Sector XLI
-1.5% 1W
Base len (VCP)
24wk (7/13)
Coil (base shape)
85TVPX
What do these abbreviations mean?
- RS Rating
- - IBD-style relative strength vs SPY (weighted 3/6/9/12-mo). 70+ = leaders pool, 80+ = strong.
- ADR%
- - average daily range over 20 days. 4%+ = the fast movers the playbook prefers (selection order, not a gate).
- RMV (tight)
- - Relative Measured Volatility, 15 bars, scaled 0-100. <15 = tight coiled base (green), <35 moderate, high = loose/expanding - not a base right now.
- Ext (ATR>20EMA)
- - how many ATRs price sits above its 20-EMA. ≤1 = in value (green), >2 = extended/chasing (red) - prefer a pullback.
- Rel Vol
- - latest volume vs the 50-day average. 100% = normal; 140%+ = breakout confirmation.
- U/D 50d / 25d
- - up-day vs down-day volume over the window. 1.1+ = net accumulation (institutions buying); under 0.9 on the 25d = net selling.
- Accum/Dist 25d
- - heavy-volume up days vs heavy-volume down days in the last 25 sessions (close moved 0.2%+ on above-average volume). The institutional-participation footprint; 5+ distribution days = O'Neil caution line.
- LoD dist
- - close distance above the day low in % of ATR (100 = one full ATR off the low). High = strong close.
- Off/Above 52w
- - trend-template legs: within 25% of the 52-week high, at least 25% above the 52-week low.
- Trend 8/8
- - all 8 Minervini Trend Template criteria pass. Discovery floor, NOT an entry signal - entries come from the VCP pivot.
- Base len (VCP)
- - weeks since the VCP base started on the latest scan. 10wk+ bases carry the edge; short stacked bases test below random.
Fundamentals & valuation - reference, not entry inputs
P/E (TTM)
22.2
Fwd P/E
19.5
PEG
2.6
Price/Book
3.7
Profit margin
8.1%
ROE
18.0%
Debt/Equity
37.7
Rev growth
+10.3%
Analyst target
$393 (+11%)
Analyst rating
BUY
Institutional %
87.3%
Insider %
0.5%
Float %
94.1%
Valuation and analyst figures are Yahoo company stats (weekly refresh, ~3,000 larger names - blanks are honest gaps); logo, employees, website and IPO date are Massive company reference. Momentum/VCP entries do not use valuation - this card is context so you do not have to leave the page.
Company data - context read, not entry inputs
Industry rank
62 / 147
Industry
Aerospace & Defense
Float
254.4M
Float turnover 20d
0.4%
Avg $Vol 20d / 50d
409.1M / 403.0M
Days to cover
2.0
Short % float
1.1%
Institutional %
87.3%
Weinstein stage
1
Float, short interest and institutional % come from Yahoo company stats, refreshed weekly for ~3,000 larger names - a blank means Yahoo does not publish the figure for this stock, not that it is zero. Dollar volume and float turnover are computed from our own price bars; industry rank from our rotation data; stage from the weekly chart.
Quarterly EPS - earnings acceleration
A dash in %Chg is deliberate: the year-ago figure was a loss, so a growth % would be meaningless. A dash in Sales means we have no revenue figure for that quarter - read it as a gap in our data, not as zero revenue.
| Quarter | EPS ($) | %Chg YoY | Sales ($M) | %Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct-24 | 3.35 | +10% | 11,671.0 | +10% |
| Jan-25 | 4.15 | +14% | 13,338.0 | +14% |
| Apr-25 | 3.66 | +27% | 12,223.0 | +14% |
| Jul-25 | 3.74 | +15% | 13,041.0 | +9% |
| Oct-25 | 3.88 | +16% | 12,907.0 | +11% |
| Jan-26 | 4.17 | +0% | 14,379.0 | +8% |
| Apr-26 | 4.10 | +12% | 13,481.0 | +10% |
| Jul-26 | 4.24 | +13% | - | - |
† = SEC carries this same fiscal quarter under a second period-end with a materially different figure (hover for it) - a restatement, merger recast or successor-period split; %Chg is blanked when the two are more than 15% apart. It fires only when the two period-ends DISAGREE, so it is a floor, not a guarantee that the rest of the column shares one basis · ‡ = the revenue concept changed from the previous quarter WITH A FIGURE (hover for both) - a blank row in between is skipped, as the eye does - a step at that row is a change of basis, not necessarily of business · EPS = Yahoo
eps_actual (the figure MarketSmith/Deepvue show) - whether a given quarter is GAAP or excludes a one-off follows the filing, so it can sit either side of another vendor's number; AAPL's Oct-24 row, the Sep-2024 fiscal quarter, is $0.97 here - GAAP, including the EU tax charge - where TradingView's year implies $1.64 · Sales ($M) = SEC EDGAR quarterly revenue (fiscal Q4 derived as FY minus 9-mo) · quarter = report month · %Chg blank = prior-year base under $0.05 (not meaningful).Recent news - our DB (Finnhub + OVTLYR)
- Sep 18 + Defense ETFs Stand to Gain as Trump Administration Signs JATM Deal Zacks Investment Research
- Sep 18 · Can L3Harris' Expanding Global Reach Support Future Growth? Zacks Investment Research
- Sep 18 + Wall Street Analysts See General Dynamics (GD) as a Buy: Should You Invest? Zacks Investment Research
- Sep 17 · General Dynamics (GD) Stock Falls Amid Market Uptick: What Investors Need to Know Zacks Investment Research
- Sep 02 + GD or HWM: Which Is the Better Value Stock Right Now? Zacks Investment Research
- Sep 02 · Lockheed Martin Stock Rises 12.6% YTD: Is There Still Room to Grow? Zacks Investment Research
- Sep 01 + Can Boeing's Defense Business Become a Bigger Growth Driver? Zacks Investment Research
- Aug 31 · General Dynamics (GD) Dips More Than Broader Market: What You Should Know Zacks Investment Research