General Dynamics Corp. (GD) Stock: Navigating the Market Volatility

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In the past week, GD stock has gone up by 0.12%, with a monthly decline of -0.13% and a quarterly plunge of -1.01%. The volatility ratio for the week is 0.89%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 1.77% for General Dynamics Corp. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 0.77% for GD’s stock, with a simple moving average of 6.63% for the last 200 days.

Is It Worth Investing in General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE: GD) Right Now?

General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE: GD) has a price-to-earnings ratio that is above its average at 22.92x. The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.61. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 7 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 8 as “overweight,” 6 as “hold,” and 1 as “sell.”

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The public float for GD is 272.94M, and at present, short sellers hold a 0.66% of that float. On August 22, 2024, the average trading volume of GD was 1.01M shares.

GD) stock’s latest price update

General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE: GD)’s stock price has dropped by -0.58 in relation to previous closing price of 295.80. Nevertheless, the company has seen a gain of 0.12% in its stock price over the last five trading days. barrons.com reported 2024-08-21 that Wolfe Reserach created a basket of companies that would benefit from a Republican sweep, and one of shares that would fall in that scenario.

Analysts’ Opinion of GD

Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for GD stocks, with Morgan Stanley repeating the rating for GD by listing it as a “Overweight.” The predicted price for GD in the upcoming period, according to Morgan Stanley is $345 based on the research report published on August 09, 2024 of the current year 2024.

BTIG Research gave a rating of “Buy” to GD, setting the target price at $345 in the report published on June 26th of the current year.

GD Trading at 1.06% from the 50-Day Moving Average

After a stumble in the market that brought GD to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -2.87% of loss for the given period.

Volatility was left at 1.77%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 0.89%, as shares surge +3.30% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -0.21% lower at present.

During the last 5 trading sessions, GD rose by +0.12%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +20.52% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $292.29. In addition, General Dynamics Corp. saw 13.25% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.

Insider Trading

Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at GD starting from Kuryea Kimberly A, who sale 13,344 shares at the price of $298.16 back on May 21 ’24. After this action, Kuryea Kimberly A now owns 79,255 shares of General Dynamics Corp., valued at $3,978,624 using the latest closing price.

Burns Mark Lagrand, the Vice President of General Dynamics Corp., sale 12,089 shares at $296.59 during a trade that took place back on May 17 ’24, which means that Burns Mark Lagrand is holding 64,132 shares at $3,585,477 based on the most recent closing price.

Stock Fundamentals for GD

Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:

  • 0.1 for the present operating margin
  • 0.16 for the gross margin

The net margin for General Dynamics Corp. stands at 0.08. The total capital return value is set at 0.12. Equity return is now at value 17.08, with 6.53 for asset returns.

Based on General Dynamics Corp. (GD), the company’s capital structure generated 0.3 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.32. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.43. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 27.83.

Currently, EBITDA for the company is 5.25 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 1.77. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 2.01. The receivables turnover for the company is 3.83for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.81. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.33.

Conclusion

To sum up, General Dynamics Corp. (GD) has seen a mixed performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.

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