What is William Blair’s Forecast for GD Q2 Earnings?

General Dynamics Co. (NYSE:GD) – Stock analysts at William Blair issued their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of General Dynamics in a report issued on Wednesday, January 29th. William Blair analyst L. Dipalma anticipates that the aerospace company will post earnings of $3.33 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for General Dynamics’ current full-year earnings is $15.92 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for General Dynamics’ FY2025 earnings at $14.78 EPS.

General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The aerospace company reported $4.15 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $4.29 by ($0.14). General Dynamics had a net margin of 7.93% and a return on equity of 17.08%.

A number of other brokerages have also weighed in on GD. UBS Group lowered their target price on General Dynamics from $337.00 to $281.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 28th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “hold” rating and issued a $300.00 price objective (down from $345.00) on shares of General Dynamics in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Seaport Res Ptn cut shares of General Dynamics from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, October 11th. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their target price on shares of General Dynamics from $290.00 to $280.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price target on General Dynamics from $303.00 to $295.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, January 2nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have given a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $301.24.

General Dynamics Stock Up 0.1 %

GD stock opened at $257.17 on Monday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $267.05 and its 200 day simple moving average is $286.79. The company has a market cap of $70.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 0.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a current ratio of 1.32. General Dynamics has a fifty-two week low of $247.01 and a fifty-two week high of $316.90.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in GD. Czech National Bank raised its holdings in General Dynamics by 21.3% during the 3rd quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 52,532 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $15,875,000 after acquiring an additional 9,208 shares during the period. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC raised its stake in shares of General Dynamics by 76.0% during the 3rd quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC now owns 2,525 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $763,000 after purchasing an additional 1,090 shares during the period. Burns J W & Co. Inc. NY lifted its holdings in General Dynamics by 17.8% during the 3rd quarter. Burns J W & Co. Inc. NY now owns 1,392 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $421,000 after purchasing an additional 210 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its holdings in General Dynamics by 17.2% during the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,834 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $1,159,000 after purchasing an additional 563 shares in the last quarter. Finally, WealthBridge Capital Management LLC bought a new position in General Dynamics in the 3rd quarter worth about $250,000. Institutional investors own 86.14% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other General Dynamics news, VP Christopher J. Brady sold 5,540 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, November 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $280.91, for a total value of $1,556,241.40. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president now directly owns 20,296 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,701,349.36. This trade represents a 21.44 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Insiders own 1.52% of the company’s stock.

General Dynamics announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, December 4th that authorizes the company to buyback 10,000,000 outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the aerospace company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

General Dynamics Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 7th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 17th will be paid a $1.42 dividend. This represents a $5.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 17th. General Dynamics’s payout ratio is 41.64%.

About General Dynamics

General Dynamics Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Aerospace, Marine Systems, Combat Systems, and Technologies. The Aerospace segment produces and sells business jets; and offers aircraft maintenance and repair, management, aircraft-on-ground support and completion, charter, staffing, and fixed-base operator services.