Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC cut its position in General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE:GD – Free Report) by 14.2% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 12,347 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after selling 2,050 shares during the period. Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in General Dynamics were worth $4,374,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Whipplewood Advisors LLC raised its position in General Dynamics by 1,725.0% during the 1st quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 73 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 69 shares during the last quarter. Scarborough Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of General Dynamics in the 1st quarter valued at $29,000. Wilkerson Advisory Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of General Dynamics by 79.6% in the 1st quarter. Wilkerson Advisory Group LLC now owns 88 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 39 shares during the last quarter. Paladin Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of General Dynamics in the second quarter worth $30,000. Finally, Center for Financial Planning Inc. raised its holdings in shares of General Dynamics by 220.7% during the fourth quarter. Center for Financial Planning Inc. now owns 93 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 64 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 86.14% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Several brokerages have recently issued reports on GD. BNP Paribas Exane boosted their price objective on General Dynamics from $390.00 to $430.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Citigroup raised their target price on General Dynamics from $364.00 to $404.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 30th. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their price target on General Dynamics from $327.00 to $313.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, May 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on General Dynamics from $385.00 to $400.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “hold” rating and issued a $384.00 price objective on shares of General Dynamics in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, General Dynamics currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $410.89.
General Dynamics Price Performance
Shares of General Dynamics stock opened at $384.50 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $104.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.46, a PEG ratio of 2.22 and a beta of 0.33. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $374.15 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $355.82. General Dynamics Corporation has a 12 month low of $306.77 and a 12 month high of $400.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 1.44 and a quick ratio of 0.96.
General Dynamics (NYSE:GD – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The aerospace company reported $4.24 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.96 by $0.28. The firm had revenue of $14.09 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.52 billion. General Dynamics had a net margin of 8.18% and a return on equity of 17.43%. General Dynamics’s quarterly revenue was up 8.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $3.74 earnings per share. General Dynamics has set its FY 2026 guidance at 16.800-16.900 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that General Dynamics Corporation will post 16.97 EPS for the current fiscal year.
General Dynamics Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 13th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 9th will be paid a $1.59 dividend. This represents a $6.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 9th. General Dynamics’s dividend payout ratio is 38.80%.
Insider Activity
In other General Dynamics news, Director Mark Malcolm sold 5,480 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $365.00, for a total transaction of $2,000,200.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 10,643 shares in the company, valued at $3,884,695. This represents a 33.99% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Phebe N. Novakovic sold 51,568 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $382.58, for a total value of $19,728,885.44. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 766,457 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $293,231,119.06. This trade represents a 6.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 100,228 shares of company stock valued at $38,052,853 in the last quarter. Insiders own 1.40% of the company’s stock.
General Dynamics Profile
General Dynamics is a major American aerospace and defense contractor that designs, manufactures and supports a broad range of products and services for government and commercial customers worldwide. Headquartered in the United States (Reston, Virginia), the company supplies platforms and systems used by armed forces, civil authorities and private operators across multiple domains including air, land, sea and cyber.
Its principal activities span several operating businesses: a business aviation unit that develops and supports Gulfstream business jets; land systems that produce armored combat vehicles and related logistics and sustainment services; marine systems that design and construct submarines and surface ships for navies; and mission systems and information technology operations that provide command-and-control, communications, cybersecurity and systems-integration services.
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