GD General Dynamics (GD) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades
Industrials · Ship & boat building & repairing · CIK 0000040533
Congress · 2Form 144 · 6
Insider buyers, 180 days
0
Funds added, last quarter
1,021
13F, latest reported quarter
Conversions, 180 days
19
Codes C/M, not in net · $73.0M priced
What the filings say about GD
Insiders, 180 days
-$68.9M net sold
7 sellers · 0% of sales under a 10b5-1 plan
Congress, 1 year
2 bought · 3 sold
Latest: sale, 2026-06-10
Planned sales (Form 144), 90 days
$1.3B
6 notices
General Dynamics insider trades (Form 4)
Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises
and conversions excluded.
Over the last 180 days, GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP insiders sold a net $68.9M of stock across 95 Form 4 purchases and sales, with no insider buying. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-27.
Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
Context
- First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
- The trade is 89.5% of the 3,096 shares held after it.
- No other insider sold within 30 days.
- 1,021 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director STEEL ROBERT K sold about $958.6K of GD on Sep 23, 2026; 1,021 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.Context
- First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
- The trade is 70.7% of the 3,096 shares held after it.
- No other insider sold within 30 days.
- 1,021 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director STEEL ROBERT K sold about $758.0K of GD on Sep 23, 2026; 1,021 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.Context
- First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
- The trade is 57.5% of the 3,096 shares held after it.
- No other insider sold within 30 days.
- 1,021 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director STEEL ROBERT K sold about $615.9K of GD on Sep 23, 2026; 1,021 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.Context
- First Form 4 purchase or sale (code P or S) here by this insider on our record.
- The trade is 22.6% of the 3,096 shares held after it.
- No other insider sold within 30 days.
- 1,021 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director STEEL ROBERT K sold about $242.1K of GD on Sep 23, 2026; 1,021 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.Context
- 2 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (2 sales), the last on Jul 25, 2025.
- The trade is 50.1% of the 3,969 shares held after it.
- 3 other insiders sold within 30 days.
- 1,021 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director Wall Peter A sold about $788.9K of GD on Aug 10, 2026; 3 other insiders sold within 30 days and 1,021 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.95 transactions on record
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
Context lines are counts over the filings above and returns from our own price history, never a price level. Not investment advice.
Seven facts, ranked against the sector ·
Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
net -$68.9M over 180 days
-$41.8M over 90 days
below 95% of Industrials
Congress
2 members bought in the last year
more than 64% of Industrials
Funds
1,021 funds bought in last quarter
more than 97% of Industrials
Revenue
+10.1% year over year
more than 67% of Industrials
Margin
8.0% net margin
more than 64% of Industrials
Buybacks
$217.0M repurchased, FY to 2026-04-05
more than 74% of Industrials
Short interest
0.8% of the float short (float per yahoo 2026-10-26) · 1.5 days to cover · settled 2026-09-30
below 81% of Industrials
The situation: each line is one rule over one dataset
Federal contracts worth $323.3M were awarded in the last 180 days.
What changed in the last 30 days
Nothing new filed in the last 30 days
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The year, with the filings on it
Total return over 12 months. Each marker is a filing; hover or tap one for the detail.
+4.6%12M
Insider sellForm 144 (planned sale)
Indexed to 100, dividend-adjusted, not a price chart.
When a name files heavily, the largest trades are drawn first.
Who owns GD: institutional holders (13F)
13F holdings, latest reported quarter
27,060,944 sh
$9.6B
19,310,609 sh
$6.8B
16,670,477 sh
$5.9B
13,398,261 sh
$4.7B
11,811,099 sh
$4.2B
Congress trades in GD
STOCK Act disclosures, US House only, filed up to 45 days after the trade
Sold 2026-06-10 · disclosed 14 days later
$1,001 - $15,000
Bought 2026-03-31 · disclosed 30 days later
$1,001 - $15,000
Bought 2026-03-23 · disclosed 38 days later
$1,001 - $15,000
Sold 2026-02-10 · disclosed 27 days later
$1,001 - $15,000
Bought 2026-01-09 · disclosed 35 days later
$1,001 - $15,000
Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)
No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has filed for crossing 5%. That is a fact, not missing data.
GD planned insider sales (Form 144)
Notice of intent to sell, filed before any sale
STEEL ROBERT K
Filed 2026-09-23
$2.6M
Longview Asset Management LLC
Filed 2026-08-28
$1.3B
Wall Peter A
Filed 2026-08-10
$788.9K
Brady Christopher J
Filed 2026-08-05
$2.4M
NOVAKOVIC PHEBE N
Filed 2026-08-03
$19.7M
GD mutual fund holders (N-PORT)
Funds ranked by the share of their own portfolio in this stock (N-PORT).
BARRETT OPPORTUNITY FUND
$3.0M position · as of 2026-06-30
13.2%
BlackRock Exchange Portfolio
$27.7M position · as of 2026-06-30
10.4%
Pacer Solactive Whitney Future of Warfare ETF
$1.2M position · as of 2026-07-31
7.9%
Global X Defense Tech ETF
$613.1M position · as of 2026-05-31
7.7%
Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF
$410.1M position · as of 2026-07-31
5.0%
Amplify Cybersecurity ETF
$127.6M position · as of 2026-06-30
4.9%
SEC N-PORT, monthly, about 60 days late · funds ≥ $10M ·
% is the share of the fund's own portfolio
Government contracts
Award ceilings over the contract's life, subsidiaries included.
Not annual revenue (USASpending.gov).
Department Of Defense
SSN 802 AND 803 LONG LEAD TIME MATERIAL · 2017-02-14
$34.9B
Department Of Defense
COLUMBIA CLASS DESIGN COMPLETION · 2017-09-21
$31.1B
Department Of Defense
SSN 792 LONG LEAD TIME MATERIAL · 2012-04-13
$20.2B
Department Of Defense
DETAIL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION (DD&C) FOR T-AO 205 · 2016-06-30
$5.9B
Department Of Defense
FY18-FY22 DDG 51 CLASS SHIP CONSTRUCTION · 2018-09-27
$5.5B
Department Of Defense
FY13-FY17 DDG 51 CLASS SHIP CONSTRUCTION. · 2013-06-03
$5.0B
Federal awards ≥ $25M in the last 90 days, matched via the SAM.gov parent registry
Corporate PAC
The company's PAC: committee totals only, never individual donors (FEC).
General Dynamics Corporation Political Action Committee (General Dynamics Employee Pac)
Cycle 2026 · $2,454K spent
$2.1M
Federal Election Commission, matched by the PAC's connected organisation
Executive pay vs shareholder return · Novakovic
CEO pay, headline and as actually paid, against the company's
return and its chosen peers' (DEF 14A).
FY
CEO total
Actually paid
Other execs, avg
TSR
Peer TSR
2025
$25.9M
$51.2M
$8.7M
+153%
+130%
2024
$23.8M
$25.9M
$7.1M
+94%
+62%
2023
$22.6M
$31.6M
$7.2M
+87%
+42%
2022
$21.5M
$48.7M
$6.2M
+75%
+33%
2021
$23.6M
$42.6M
$6.5M
+44%
+13%
Tagged by the company under SEC Item 402(v). Returns are
cumulative from the start of the disclosure period. Green where the company beat its own peer group.
Live price
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Why this name is on the desk
Insiders have filed to sell, before selling.
The record shows a net $68.9M sold by insiders over 180 days, 1,021 funds added last quarter, 2 House member(s) bought in 12 months, disclosed weeks after the trade, $1.3B in planned Form 144 sales. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
GD financials
Revenue growth
+10.1%
XBRL, annual
Net margin
8.0%
Ratios from the company's XBRL filings, latest filings
Revenue, TTM
$53.8B
four quarters, 2025-03-31 to 2026-04-05
Revenue, TTM GD
| FY Dec 2025 | $52.5B |
| FY Dec 2024 | $47.7B |
| FY Dec 2023 | $42.3B |
| FY Dec 2022 | $39.4B |
| FY Dec 2021 | $38.5B |
| Apr 2026 | $13.5B |
| Dec 2025 | $14.4B |
| Sep 2025 | $12.9B |
| Jun 2025 | $13.0B |
| Mar 2025 | $12.2B |
| Dec 2024 | $13.3B |
| Sep 2024 | $11.7B |
| Jun 2024 | $12.0B |
At each fiscal year end
Single quarter
Net margin, TTM
+8.1%
net income over revenue, 2025-03-31 to 2026-04-05
Net margin, TTM GD
| FY Dec 2025 | +8.0% |
| FY Dec 2024 | +7.9% |
| FY Dec 2023 | +7.8% |
| FY Dec 2022 | +8.6% |
| FY Dec 2021 | +8.5% |
| Apr 2026 | +8.3% |
| Dec 2025 | +7.9% |
| Sep 2025 | +8.2% |
| Jun 2025 | +7.8% |
| Mar 2025 | +8.1% |
| Dec 2024 | +8.6% |
| Sep 2024 | +8.0% |
| Jun 2024 | +7.6% |
At each fiscal year end
Single quarter
Free cash flow, TTM
$6.2B
operating cash flow minus capex, 2025-03-31 to 2026-04-05
Free cash flow, TTM GD
| FY Dec 2025 | $4.0B |
| FY Dec 2024 | $3.2B |
| FY Dec 2023 | $3.8B |
| FY Dec 2022 | $3.5B |
| FY Dec 2021 | $3.4B |
| Apr 2026 | $2.0B |
| Dec 2025 | $952.0M |
| Sep 2025 | $1.9B |
| Jun 2025 | $1.4B |
| Mar 2025 | -$290.0M |
| Dec 2024 | $1.8B |
| Sep 2024 | $1.2B |
| Jun 2024 | $613.0M |
At each fiscal year end
Single quarter
Debt to equity
0.31x
long-term 2026-04-05 plus current 2026-04-05; equity 2026-04-05
Debt to equity GD
| FY Dec 2025 | 0.31x |
| FY Dec 2024 | 0.40x |
| FY Dec 2023 | 0.43x |
| FY Dec 2022 | 0.57x |
| FY Dec 2021 | 0.65x |
| Apr 2026 | 0.31x |
| Dec 2025 | 0.31x |
| Sep 2025 | 0.33x |
| Jun 2025 | 0.37x |
| Mar 2025 | 0.43x |
| Dec 2024 | 0.40x |
| Sep 2024 | 0.40x |
| Jun 2024 | 0.42x |
At each fiscal year end
Trailing four quarters at each quarter end
Cash flow to debt
0.93x
TTM operating cash flow over long-term 2026-04-05 plus current 2026-04-05
Cash flow to debt GD
| FY Dec 2025 | 0.64x |
| FY Dec 2024 | 0.47x |
| FY Dec 2023 | 0.51x |
| FY Dec 2022 | 0.44x |
| FY Dec 2021 | 0.37x |
| Apr 2026 | 0.93x |
| Dec 2025 | 0.64x |
| Sep 2025 | 0.71x |
| Jun 2025 | 0.58x |
| Mar 2025 | 0.44x |
| Dec 2024 | 0.47x |
| Sep 2024 | 0.34x |
| Jun 2024 | 0.33x |
At each fiscal year end
Trailing four quarters at each quarter end
Return on equity
+18.0%
TTM net income over average of 2025-03-30 and 2026-04-05
Return on equity GD
| FY Dec 2025 | +17.7% |
| FY Dec 2024 | +17.4% |
| FY Dec 2023 | +16.6% |
| FY Dec 2022 | +18.7% |
| FY Dec 2021 | +19.6% |
| Apr 2026 | +18.0% |
| Dec 2025 | +17.7% |
| Sep 2025 | +17.8% |
| Jun 2025 | +17.9% |
| Mar 2025 | +18.2% |
| Dec 2024 | +17.4% |
| Sep 2024 | +17.0% |
| Jun 2024 | +17.1% |
At each fiscal year end
Trailing four quarters at each quarter end
Return on assets
+7.5%
TTM net income over average of 2025-03-30 and 2026-04-05
Return on assets GD
| FY Dec 2025 | +7.4% |
| FY Dec 2024 | +6.8% |
| FY Dec 2023 | +6.2% |
| FY Dec 2022 | +6.7% |
| FY Dec 2021 | +6.4% |
| Apr 2026 | +7.5% |
| Dec 2025 | +7.4% |
| Sep 2025 | +7.4% |
| Jun 2025 | +7.2% |
| Mar 2025 | +7.0% |
| Dec 2024 | +6.8% |
| Sep 2024 | +6.7% |
| Jun 2024 | +6.5% |
At each fiscal year end
Trailing four quarters at each quarter end
Return on invested capital
+15.3%
operating income after a 17.7% effective tax rate, over long-term 2026-04-05 plus current 2026-04-05 plus average of 2025-03-30 and 2026-04-05 minus cash
Return on invested capital GD
| FY Dec 2025 | +14.8% |
| FY Dec 2024 | +14.0% |
| FY Dec 2023 | +12.8% |
| FY Dec 2022 | +13.0% |
| FY Dec 2021 | +13.5% |
| Apr 2026 | +15.3% |
| Dec 2025 | +14.8% |
| Sep 2025 | +15.1% |
| Jun 2025 | +14.3% |
| Mar 2025 | +13.8% |
| Dec 2024 | +14.0% |
| Sep 2024 | +13.3% |
| Jun 2024 | +13.1% |
At each fiscal year end
Trailing four quarters at each quarter end
Return on capital employed
+14.0%
operating income (EBIT proxy) over average of 2025-03-30 and 2026-04-05 minus current liabilities
Return on capital employed GD
| FY Dec 2025 | +13.6% |
| FY Dec 2024 | +12.5% |
| FY Dec 2023 | +11.4% |
| FY Dec 2022 | +11.6% |
| FY Dec 2021 | +11.7% |
| Apr 2026 | +14.0% |
| Dec 2025 | +13.6% |
| Sep 2025 | +14.1% |
| Jun 2025 | +13.6% |
| Mar 2025 | +13.0% |
| Dec 2024 | +12.5% |
| Sep 2024 | +12.6% |
| Jun 2024 | +12.2% |
At each fiscal year end
Trailing four quarters at each quarter end
P/E, trailing
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of diluted EPS
P/E, trailing GD
| FY Dec 2025 | n/a |
| FY Dec 2024 | n/a |
| FY Dec 2023 | n/a |
| FY Dec 2022 | n/a |
| FY Dec 2021 | n/a |
| Apr 2026 | n/a |
| Dec 2025 | n/a |
| Sep 2025 | n/a |
| Jun 2025 | n/a |
| Mar 2025 | n/a |
| Dec 2024 | n/a |
| Sep 2024 | n/a |
| Jun 2024 | n/a |
At each fiscal year end
Trailing four quarters at each quarter end
Enterprise value
$98.8B
market value at close 2026-10-23 on 2026-04-05 shares, plus long-term 2026-04-05 plus current 2026-04-05, minus cash 2026-04-05
Enterprise value GD
| FY Dec 2025 | $96.7B |
| FY Dec 2024 | $79.5B |
| FY Dec 2023 | $78.2B |
| FY Dec 2022 | $77.4B |
| FY Dec 2021 | $68.1B |
| Apr 2026 | $98.8B |
| Dec 2025 | $96.7B |
| Sep 2025 | $94.7B |
| Jun 2025 | $85.4B |
| Mar 2025 | $80.6B |
| Dec 2024 | $79.5B |
| Sep 2024 | $89.7B |
| Jun 2024 | $87.6B |
At each fiscal year end
Trailing four quarters at each quarter end
FCF yield
+6.6%
TTM free cash flow over market value at close 2026-10-23
FCF yield GD
| FY Dec 2025 | +4.3% |
| FY Dec 2024 | +4.4% |
| FY Dec 2023 | +5.4% |
| FY Dec 2022 | +5.1% |
| FY Dec 2021 | +5.8% |
| Apr 2026 | +6.6% |
| Dec 2025 | +4.3% |
| Sep 2025 | +5.4% |
| Jun 2025 | +5.3% |
| Mar 2025 | +4.6% |
| Dec 2024 | +4.4% |
| Sep 2024 | +2.8% |
| Jun 2024 | +2.7% |
At each fiscal year end
Trailing four quarters at each quarter end
PEG, trailing
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of diluted EPS
PEG, trailing GD
| FY Dec 2025 | n/a |
| FY Dec 2024 | n/a |
| FY Dec 2023 | n/a |
| FY Dec 2022 | n/a |
| FY Dec 2021 | n/a |
| Apr 2026 | n/a |
| Dec 2025 | n/a |
| Sep 2025 | n/a |
| Jun 2025 | n/a |
| Mar 2025 | n/a |
| Dec 2024 | n/a |
| Sep 2024 | n/a |
| Jun 2024 | n/a |
At each fiscal year end
Trailing four quarters at each quarter end
Price as of 2026-10-23. Hover or tap a tile for its yearly and quarterly history.
Method
TTM is four consecutive fiscal quarters; Q4 is the year minus nine months when not filed. Returns use the average of opening and closing balances. EBIT is approximated by operating income. PEG uses trailing EPS growth.
Fundamentals
Annual figures from XBRL filings. Pick a past date to see them as known then.
| 2025-12 | 2024-12 | 2023-12 | 2022-12 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $52.5B | $47.7B | $42.3B | $39.4B |
| Operating income | $5.4B | $4.8B | $4.2B | $4.2B |
| Net income | $4.2B | $3.8B | $3.3B | $3.4B |
| EPS (diluted) | 15.45 | 13.63 | 12.02 | 12.19 |
| Operating cash flow | $5.1B | $4.1B | $4.7B | $4.6B |
| Cash | $2.3B | $1.7B | $1.9B | $1.2B |
| Long-term debt | $7.0B | $7.3B | $8.8B | $9.2B |
| Buybacks | $637.0M | $1.5B | $434.0M | $1.2B |
| Dividends paid | $1.6B | $1.5B | $1.4B | $1.4B |
SEC XBRL, fiscal years, as known on 2026-10-27
GD Stock Sonar score 6/7 axes
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GD filings, in plain words
Are General Dynamics insiders buying or selling GD?
In the 180 days to 2026-10-27, General Dynamics insiders were net sellers, a net $68.9M across purchases and sales reported on Form 4, by 7 sellers.
Have members of Congress traded GD?
Yes. In the year to 2026-10-27, 2 House members disclosed buying GD and 3 House members disclosed selling it; the latest on record is a sale by Dwight Evans dated 2026-06-10.
Are there planned insider sales of GD?
Yes. 6 Form 144 notices of planned insider sales were filed in the 90 days to 2026-10-27, covering $1.3B of stock; the latest, by STEEL ROBERT K, was filed 2026-09-23.
Read the full summary
In the 180 days to 2026-10-27, General Dynamics insiders were net sellers of GD, a net $68.9M across purchases and sales reported on Form 4 by 7 sellers. None of the 18 insider sales was flagged as made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan. In the year to 2026-10-27, 2 members of Congress disclosed buying GD and 3 members disclosed selling it; the latest on record is a sale by Dwight Evans dated 2026-06-10. Insiders filed 6 Form 144 notices of intent to sell in the 90 days to 2026-10-27, covering $1.3B of stock. Each figure is counted from SEC and House filings as of 2026-10-27, dated the day the filing was made public.
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