C Value | F Growth | B Momentum | D VGM
The Style Scores are a complementary set of indicators to use alongside the Zacks Rank. It allows the user to better focus on the stocks that are the best fit for his or her personal trading style.
The scores are based on the trading styles of Value, Growth, and Momentum. There's also a VGM Score ('V' for Value, 'G' for Growth and 'M' for Momentum), which combines the weighted average of the individual style scores into one score.
| Value Score | A |
|---|---|
| Growth Score | A |
| Momentum Score | A |
| VGM Score | A |
Within each Score, stocks are graded into five groups: A, B, C, D and F. As you might remember from your school days, an A, is better than a B; a B is better than a C; a C is better than a D; and a D is better than an F.
As an investor, you want to buy stocks with the highest probability of success. That means you want to buy stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 or #2, Strong Buy or Buy, which also has a Score of an A or a B in your personal trading style.
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This is our short term rating system that serves as a timeliness indicator for stocks over the next 1 to 3 months. How good is it? See rankings and related performance below.
| Zacks Rank | Definition | Annualized Return |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strong Buy | 23.68% |
| 2 | Buy | 17.55% |
| 3 | Hold | 9.21% |
| 4 | Sell | 4.93% |
| 5 | Strong Sell | 2.36% |
| S&P | 500 | 10.96% |
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The Zacks Equity Research reports, or ZER for short, are our in-house, independently produced research reports.
The ever popular one-page Snapshot reports are generated for virtually every single Zacks Ranked stock. It's packed with all of the company's key stats and salient decision making information. Including the Zacks Rank, Zacks Industry Rank, Style Scores, the Price, Consensus & Surprise chart, graphical estimate analysis and how a stocks stacks up to its peers.
The detailed multi-page Analyst report does an even deeper dive on the company's vital statistics. In addition to all of the proprietary analysis in the Snapshot, the report also visually displays the four components of the Zacks Rank (Agreement, Magnitude, Upside and Surprise); provides a comprehensive overview of the company business drivers, complete with earnings and sales charts; a recap of their last earnings report; and a bulleted list of reasons to buy or sell the stock. It also includes an industry comparison table to see how your stock compares to its expanded industry, and the S&P 500.
Researching stocks has never been so easy or insightful as with the ZER Analyst and Snapshot reports.
The Zacks Industry Rank assigns a rating to each of the 265 X (Expanded) Industries based on their average Zacks Rank.
An industry with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #1's and #2's will have a better average Zacks Rank than one with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #4's and #5's.
The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top industry (1 out of 265), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries. The industry with the worst average Zacks Rank (265 out of 265) would place in the bottom 1%.
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Company Summary
General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company that specializes in high-end design, engineering and manufacturing to deliver state-of-the-art solutions to customers. It 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. It comprises 10 business units, which are organized into 4 operating segments: Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems and Technologies. It refers to the latter 3 collectively as its defense segments. It invests in Aerospace to bring to market an all-new lineup of business jet aircraft, capital investments in Marine Systems to support significant growth in the U.S. Navy ship and submarine construction, development of next-generation platforms & technologies to meet customers? emerging requirements in Combat Systems, and strategic acquisitions to achieve critical mass and build out a complete spectrum of solutions.
General Information
General Dynamics Corporation
11011 SUNSET HILLS ROAD
RESTON, VA 20190
Phone: 703-876-3000
Fax: 703-876-3125
Web: http://www.gd.com
Email: investorrelations@generaldynamics.com
| Industry | Aerospace - Defense |
| Sector | Aerospace |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Last Reported Quarter | 6/30/2024 |
| Next EPS Date | 10/23/2024 |
EPS Information
| Current Quarter EPS Consensus Estimate | 3.76 |
| Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate | 14.52 |
| Estimated Long-Term EPS Growth Rate | 12.60 |
| Next EPS Report Date | 10/23/2024 |
Price and Volume Information
| Zacks Rank |  |
| Yesterday's Close | 304.73 |
| 52 Week High | 309.97 |
| 52 Week Low | 214.53 |
| Beta | 0.61 |
| 20 Day Moving Average | 1,082,639.25 |
| Target Price Consensus | 326.89 |
| 4 Week | 3.84 |
| 12 Week | 4.18 |
| YTD | 17.35 |
| 4 Week | 1.24 |
| 12 Week | -0.03 |
| YTD | -2.03 |
| Shares Outstanding (millions) | 274.78 |
| Market Capitalization (millions) | 83,732.97 |
| Short Ratio | NA |
| Last Split Date | 3/27/2006 |
| Dividend Yield | 1.86% |
| Annual Dividend | $5.68 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.44 |
| Change in Payout Ratio | 0.04 |
| Last Dividend Payout / Amount | 7/5/2024 / $1.42 |
Fundamental Ratios
| P/E (F1) | 20.99 |
| Trailing 12 Months | 23.77 |
| PEG Ratio | 1.67 |
| vs. Previous Year | 20.74% |
| vs. Previous Quarter | 13.19% |
| vs. Previous Year | 17.97% |
| vs. Previous Quarter | 11.60% |
| Price/Book | 3.80 |
| Price/Cash Flow | 19.98 |
| Price / Sales | 1.86 |
| 6/30/24 | 16.74 |
| 3/31/24 | 16.48 |
| 12/31/23 | 16.61 |
| 6/30/24 | 6.47 |
| 3/31/24 | 6.26 |
| 12/31/23 | 6.23 |
| 6/30/24 | 1.33 |
| 3/31/24 | 1.44 |
| 12/31/23 | 1.44 |
| 6/30/24 | 0.80 |
| 3/31/24 | 0.87 |
| 12/31/23 | 0.92 |
| 6/30/24 | 7.89 |
| 3/31/24 | 7.85 |
| 12/31/23 | 7.84 |
| 6/30/24 | 7.89 |
| 3/31/24 | 7.85 |
| 12/31/23 | 7.84 |
| 6/30/24 | 9.51 |
| 3/31/24 | 9.44 |
| 12/31/23 | 9.42 |
| 6/30/24 | 80.20 |
| 3/31/24 | 78.04 |
| 12/31/23 | 77.74 |
| 6/30/24 | 4.20 |
| 3/31/24 | 4.26 |
| 12/31/23 | 4.52 |
| 6/30/24 | 0.33 |
| 3/31/24 | 0.41 |
| 12/31/23 | 0.41 |
| 6/30/24 | 24.77 |
| 3/31/24 | 29.02 |
| 12/31/23 | 29.13 |