“Internationally, as a result of ongoing regional conflicts and the overall threat environment, we have seen increased demand, particularly in Europe, for our Combat Systems military products and services.”10-Q · Apr 29, 2026 ↗
General Dynamics Corporation
GD
Market read
General Dynamics Corporation's move is spreading beyond its market group.
GD accounts for 6.8% of the group's measured movement across 8.1 effective names. raw member direction is mixed; 8 of 11 SPY-adjusted paths align to the upside. Capital-flow agreement is 16%, so confirmation is not yet clean. No verified headline preceded the measured group move.
Is this move genuinely shared?
HII, KTOS moved materially before GD. GD crossed its material path threshold at 10:25 ET, 35 minutes after the first measured mover. LHX, NOC, DRS followed.
- Revenue increased 10.3% versus the comparable filing period.
5 of 11 members in Aerospace & Defense are active. 0 of 8 disclosed connections are confirming.
- At least 8 of 11 durable members become active together.
- Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
- KBR remains aligned with the group in the next market snapshot.
Invalidation: The live read weakens if participation falls to 3 of 11 members or fewer.
Research brief
The story so far
GD accounts for 6.8% of the group's measured movement across 8.1 effective names. raw member direction is mixed; 8 of 11 SPY-adjusted paths align to the upside. Capital-flow agreement is 16%, so confirmation is not yet clean. No verified headline preceded the measured group move.
- Revenue increased 10.3% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.92x, improving versus the comparable period.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- At least 8 of 11 durable members become active together.
- Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
- KBR remains aligned with the group in the next market snapshot.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +10.1% year over year.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.22x in the latest annual period.
No qualifying adverse evidence was identified; that is not proof there is no downside.
- P/E is 35% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 26% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 10, 2026
354.15Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“INTEREST, NET Net interest expense decreased to $69 in the first three months of 2026 from $89 in the prior-year period, reflecting lower interest expense associated with commercial paper issuances.”10-Q · Apr 29, 2026 ↗
“The increased demand has placed great pressure on the shipbuilding supply chain, which was already impacted by significant demographic issues coming out of the global pandemic.”10-K · Jan 30, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 1.8× · EV/sales 1.9×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for GD. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment · baseline
The latest filing presents a mixed picture
10-Q filed 2026-04-29 against the comparable filing from 2025-04-23.
What improved
- Revenue increased 10.3% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.92x, improving versus the comparable period.
What weakened
No thresholded deterioration was identified.
Filing receipts
“CONSOLIDATED OVERVIEW Three Months Ended April 5, 2026 March 30, 2025 Variance Revenue $ 13,481 $ 12,223 $ 1,258 10.3 % Operating costs and expenses (12,061) (10,955) (1,106) 10.1 % Operating earnings 1,420 1,268 152 12.0 % Operating margin 10.5 % 10.4 % Our consolidated revenue increased in the first quarter of 2026 across all four operating segments, including over 20% growth in our Marine Systems segment driven by increased material volume.”
“Aircraft services operating earnings increased in the first quarter of 2026 due to higher volume and a favorable service mix.”
“Operating earnings and margin in the defense segments are driven by changes in volume, performance or contract mix.”
Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind GD
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
NSCNorfolk Southern CorporationcustomerJan 30, 2026 ▾
“NASSCO conducts full-service maintenance and surface-ship repair operations in Navy fleet concentration areas in San Diego, California; Norfolk, Virginia; Bremerton, Washington; and Mayport, Florida.”
CETIFiling-linked namepartnerJan 30, 2026 ▾
“Mission Systems is a defense electronics manufacturer and integrator for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) applications in all domains.”
Depended on by
MRCYMercury Systems, Inc.customerAug 11, 2025 ▾
“Our top customers include Airbus, BAE Systems, Boeing, General Atomics, General Dynamics, L3Harris Technologies, Leonardo, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Northrop Grumman Corporation, RTX Corporation and the U.S.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
GD is currently a Participant in the organic co-movement group Aerospace & Defense. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.