GD General Dynamics
Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company that offers a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation; ship construction and repair; land combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions; and technology products and services. General Dynamics employs more than 100,000 people worldwide and generated $37.9 billion in revenue in 2020.
Company profile
Ticker
GD
Exchange
Website
CEO
Phebe Novakovic
Employees
Incorporated
Location
Fiscal year end
Sector
Industry (SIC)
SEC CIK
Corporate docs
IRS number
131673581
GD stock data
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News
ComSovereign Acquires Communication Systems Solutions Provider Innovation Digital For $8M
14 Apr 21
Wolfe Research Downgrades General Dynamics to Underperform
9 Apr 21
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7 Apr 21
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6 Apr 21
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30 Mar 21
Press releases
General Dynamics to Webcast 2021 First-Quarter Financial Results Conference Call
9 Apr 21
SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Notifies Shareholders of an Investigation Concerning Possible Breaches of Fiduciary Duty by Certain Officers and Directors of General Dynamics Corporation (GD)
8 Apr 21
Sentries at the Intersection of Technology and Security
23 Mar 21
Gulfstream awarded $696 million in contracts for U.S. Air Force special missions support
9 Mar 21
General Dynamics Board Increases Dividend
3 Mar 21
Calendar
9 Feb 21
18 Apr 21
31 Dec 21
Financial summary
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Financial data from company earnings reports.
Recent insider trades
| Date | Owner | Security | Transaction | Code | Indirect | 10b5-1 | $Price | #Shares | $Value | #Remaining |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Mar 21 | Leon Rudy F De | Common Stock | Grant | Aquire A | No | No | 175.48 | 67 | 11.76K | 4,277 |
| 16 Mar 21 | Cecil D Haney | Common Stock | Grant | Aquire A | No | No | 175.48 | 27 | 4.74K | 1,530 |
| 16 Mar 21 | Mark Malcolm | Common Stock | Grant | Aquire A | No | No | 175.48 | 135 | 23.69K | 7,126 |
| 16 Mar 21 | C Howard Nye | Common Stock | Grant | Aquire A | No | No | 175.48 | 135 | 23.69K | 3,207 |
| 16 Mar 21 | Laura J Schumacher | Common Stock | Grant | Aquire A | No | No | 175.48 | 135 | 23.69K | 7,773 |
Institutional ownership Q4 2020
Data for the last complete 13F reporting period. To see the most recent changes to ownership, click the ownership history button above.
86.8% owned by funds/institutions
13F holders |
Current |
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| Total holders | 1193 |
| Opened positions | 176 |
| Closed positions | 96 |
| Increased positions | 436 |
| Reduced positions | 413 |
13F shares |
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| Total value | 36.6B |
| Total shares | 246.01M |
| Total puts | 1.16M |
| Total calls | 1.36M |
| Total put/call ratio | 0.8 |
Largest owners |
Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Longview Asset Management | 30.04M | $4.47B |
| Vanguard | 20.58M | $3.06B |
| Newport Trust | 19.05M | $2.84B |
| Wellington Management | 15.28M | $2.27B |
| BLK Blackrock | 13.98M | $2.08B |
| Capital Research Global Investors | 11.63M | $1.73B |
| STT State Street | 11.46M | $1.71B |
| WFC Wells Fargo & Co. | 7.29M | $1.09B |
| JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 6.18M | $919.72M |
| BAC Bank Of America | 5.98M | $890.01M |
Financial report summary
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Financial reports
10-K
2020 FY
Annual report
9 Feb 21
10-Q
2020 Q3
Quarterly report
28 Oct 20
10-Q
2020 Q2
Quarterly report
29 Jul 20
10-Q
2020 Q1
Quarterly report
29 Apr 20
10-K
2019 FY
Annual report
10 Feb 20
10-Q
2019 Q3
Quarterly report
23 Oct 19
10-Q
2019 Q2
Quarterly report
24 Jul 19
10-Q
2019 Q1
Quarterly report
24 Apr 19
10-K
2018 FY
Annual report
13 Feb 19
10-Q
2018 Q3
Quarterly report
24 Oct 18
Current reports
8-K
General Dynamics Elects Robert K. Steel to Board of Directors
3 Feb 21
8-K
General Dynamics Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2020 Financial Results
27 Jan 21
8-K
General Dynamics Reports Third-Quarter 2020 Results
28 Oct 20
8-K
General Dynamics Reports Second-Quarter 2020 Results
29 Jul 20
8-K
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
11 May 20
8-K
General Dynamics Reports First-Quarter 2020 Results
29 Apr 20
8-K
Other Events
25 Mar 20
8-K
Other Events
23 Mar 20
8-K
General Dynamics Elects John Stratton to Board of Directors
6 Feb 20
8-K
General Dynamics Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2019 Financial Results
29 Jan 20
Registration and prospectus
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
29 Oct 20
424B5
Prospectus supplement for primary offering
24 Mar 20
FWP
Free writing prospectus
23 Mar 20
424B5
Prospectus supplement for primary offering
23 Mar 20
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
7 May 19
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
3 Aug 18
424B5
Prospectus supplement for primary offering
10 May 18
FWP
Free writing prospectus
8 May 18
424B5
Prospectus supplement for primary offering
7 May 18
S-8
Registration of securities for employees
3 Apr 18
Proxies
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
25 Mar 21
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
24 Mar 21
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
16 Apr 20
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
14 Apr 20
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
26 Mar 20
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
26 Mar 20
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
4 Apr 19
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
21 Mar 19
DEF 14A
Definitive proxy
21 Mar 19
DEFA14A
Additional proxy soliciting materials
15 Apr 18
Other
SD
Conflict minerals disclosure
29 May 20
SD
Conflict minerals disclosure
31 May 19
SD
Conflict minerals disclosure
29 May 18
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
10 Apr 18
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
2 Nov 17
CORRESP
Correspondence with SEC
18 Oct 17
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
15 Oct 17
CORRESP
Correspondence with SEC
6 Sep 17
CORRESP
Correspondence with SEC
21 Aug 17
UPLOAD
Letter from SEC
17 Aug 17
Ownership
4
GENERAL DYNAMICS / Peter A Wall ownership change
18 Mar 21
4
GENERAL DYNAMICS / John G Stratton ownership change
18 Mar 21
4
GENERAL DYNAMICS / ROBERT K STEEL ownership change
18 Mar 21
4
GENERAL DYNAMICS / Catherine B Reynolds ownership change
18 Mar 21
4
GENERAL DYNAMICS / Laura J Schumacher ownership change
18 Mar 21
4
GENERAL DYNAMICS / C Howard Nye ownership change
18 Mar 21
4
GENERAL DYNAMICS / Mark Malcolm ownership change
18 Mar 21
4
GENERAL DYNAMICS / CECIL D HANEY ownership change
18 Mar 21
4
GENERAL DYNAMICS / LEON RUDY F DE ownership change
18 Mar 21
4
GENERAL DYNAMICS / Peter A Wall ownership change
10 Mar 21
Patents
APP
Utility
Monitoring Using Piezo-electric Cable Sensing
1 Apr 21
Sensing an environment by confining a monitored live subject in an enclosure, detecting an effect on a coaxial piezoelectric cable resulting from the monitored live subject, wherein the coaxial piezoelectric cable is located at least proximate to the enclosure, and deriving information about a state of the monitored live subject based on the detected effect.
GRANT
Utility
Monitoring system using piezo-electric cable sensing
9 Mar 21
A rack system including a plurality of cages, wherein each cage comprises a respective plurality of outside surfaces, a plurality of housing areas, each housing area corresponding to a respective one cage of the plurality of cages, each housing area comprising a respective plurality of inside surfaces of the rack system and arranged to support at least a portion of one of the respective plurality of outside surfaces of its corresponding one cage, and a plurality of coaxial piezoelectric cables, each coaxial piezoelectric cable corresponding to a respective one cage of the plurality of cages and at least indirectly coupled to its corresponding one cage.
GRANT
Utility
Automated spectrum planning via quantum optimization
2 Feb 21
A method of optimizing spectrum usage in real-time for a plurality of networks is provided.
APP
Utility
Method and System of Communicating Between a Plurality of Nodes That Are Part of a Cooperative Broadcast Multi-hop Network That Employs Broadcast Flood Routing and Multi-hop Transmission Using a Direct-sequence Spread-spectrum (DSSS) Waveform
21 Jan 21
A method and system of communicating between a plurality of nodes are provided.
APP
Utility
Receiver for Use In a Cooperative Broadcast Multi-hop Network
16 Dec 20
A receiver is provided that includes a multi-user RAKE receiver that can receive a plurality of transmissions directly received from a plurality of nodes of a cooperative broadcast multi-hop network and multipath components of those transmissions, a combiner module and a data despreader module.
Transcripts
2020 Q4
Earnings call transcript
27 Jan 21
2020 Q3
Earnings call transcript
28 Oct 20
2020 Q2
Earnings call transcript
29 Jul 20
2020 Q1
Earnings call transcript
29 Apr 20
2019 Q4
Earnings call transcript
29 Jan 20
2019 Q3
Earnings call transcript
23 Oct 19
2019 Q2
Earnings call transcript
24 Jul 19
2019 Q1
Earnings call transcript
24 Apr 19
2018 Q4
Earnings call transcript
30 Jan 19
2018 Q3
Earnings call transcript
24 Oct 18
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