GD Investors - Our Quick Report For You.

By Emilio Sanchez • Monday, January 16 12:04 • Permanent Link

General Dynamics logged a -3.0% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $240.29 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.4%. GD's trading volume is 1,459,606 compared to the stock's average volume of 1,004,812.

General Dynamics trades -13.0% away from its average analyst target price of $276.2 per share. The 20 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $227 to $325, and on average have given General Dynamics a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in GD, you'll want to know the following:

General Dynamics's current price is 86.0% above its Graham number of $129.16, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
General Dynamics has moved 13.8% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of -12.6%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 12, General Dynamics has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 20.0 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
GD has a forward P/E ratio of 17.3 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $13.91 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.93 — a number near or below 1 signifying that General Dynamics is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 3.7 compared to its sector average of 3.7
General Dynamics Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense company worldwide.
Based in Reston, the company has 103,100 full time employees and a market cap of $65,971,376,128. General Dynamics currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.0%.

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