Applied Finance Capital Management LLC Sells 274 Shares of General Dynamics Corporation $GD

17 Oct 2025, 09:26 by Amy Steele · The Cerbat Gem

Applied Finance Capital Management LLC lessened its holdings in General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE:GD – Free Report) by 7.0% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 3,641 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after selling 274 shares during the period. Applied Finance Capital Management LLC’s holdings in General Dynamics were worth $1,062,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of GD. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in General Dynamics in the first quarter worth $272,464,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its position in General Dynamics by 34.8% in the first quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,748,380 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $749,252,000 after purchasing an additional 709,782 shares during the last quarter. Deutsche Bank AG increased its position in General Dynamics by 120.9% in the first quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 1,261,525 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $343,866,000 after purchasing an additional 690,349 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in General Dynamics by 4.9% in the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 5,502,305 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $1,499,819,000 after purchasing an additional 256,687 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Aurora Private Wealth Inc. increased its position in General Dynamics by 25,390.6% during the first quarter. Aurora Private Wealth Inc. now owns 203,670 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $55,516,000 after acquiring an additional 202,871 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 86.14% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have weighed in on GD shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $400.00 price objective on shares of General Dynamics in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of General Dynamics from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, October 4th. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on shares of General Dynamics from $280.00 to $293.00 and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research report on Friday, October 10th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of General Dynamics from $284.00 to $345.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 24th. Finally, Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of General Dynamics from $285.00 to $350.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $327.44.

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Insider Activity at General Dynamics

In other General Dynamics news, VP William A. Moss sold 17,700 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $316.40, for a total transaction of $5,600,280.00. Following the transaction, the vice president directly owned 16,627 shares in the company, valued at $5,260,782.80. This represents a 51.56% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Mark Lagrand Burns sold 43,860 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $312.28, for a total transaction of $13,696,600.80. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 39,875 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,452,165. The trade was a 52.38% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 275,020 shares of company stock worth $86,414,503 over the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 1.50% of the company’s stock.

General Dynamics Stock Down 0.4%

Shares of General Dynamics stock opened at $330.63 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 0.83. General Dynamics Corporation has a 1 year low of $239.20 and a 1 year high of $347.37. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $326.51 and its two-hundred day moving average is $298.49. The stock has a market cap of $88.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.19, a PEG ratio of 2.04 and a beta of 0.47.

General Dynamics (NYSE:GD – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 23rd. The aerospace company reported $3.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.27. General Dynamics had a net margin of 8.13% and a return on equity of 17.99%. The company had revenue of $13.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $12.13 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.26 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 8.9% on a year-over-year basis. General Dynamics has set its FY 2025 guidance at 15.050-15.150 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that General Dynamics Corporation will post 14.83 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

General Dynamics Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, November 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 10th will be issued a dividend of $1.50 per share. This represents a $6.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.8%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 10th. General Dynamics’s dividend payout ratio is presently 40.27%.

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