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GD General Dynamics Corporation

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372.59 Close 10/30
Since 2024-12-02 +40.0%
Open
376.44
High
386.60
Low
370.67
Prev close
370.82
Volume
2.5M
Amplitude
4.30%
P/E
24.1
P/B
3.7
Revenue YoY (TTM)
+10.1%
52W 306.77 400.00

Is General Dynamics Corporation a buy? Fundamentals and valuation first

As of 2026-10-30

Quality: Good, Growth: Good, Momentum: Good, Risk / liquidity: Strong; Valuation: Pricey.

Valuation Pricey Free-cash-flow yield is Good, but Price / book is Pricey.
TTM P/E 24.1 61th percentile Pricey
Price / book 3.69 76th percentile Pricey
Free-cash-flow yield (%) 3.93 62th percentile Good
US Stock Backtest in Python: Price-to-Book Ratio StrategyQuality Factor Investing: A US Quality Value Backtest
Quality Good All 3 indicators are Good.
ROE, TTM (%) 15.43 77th percentile Good
Operating margin, TTM (%) 10.19 56th percentile Good
FCF margin, TTM (%) 7.53 56th percentile Good
Quality Factor Investing: A US Quality Value Backtest
Growth Good All 2 indicators are Good.
Revenue growth, TTM YoY (%) 10.13 61th percentile Good
Diluted EPS growth, TTM YoY (%) 13.34 63th percentile Good
Momentum Good All 2 indicators are Good.
60-day return (%) -3.24 59th percentile Good
240-day return (%) 10.18 63th percentile Good
Momentum Trading Strategy: A 12-1 Momentum Backtest
Risk / liquidity Strong 20-day dollar volume is Top; 60-day annualized volatility is Good.
20-day dollar volume 432,116,407 97th percentile Top
60-day annualized volatility (%) 19.43 21th percentile Good
Factor Investing Explained: 10 Classic Factors in US Stocks

General Dynamics Corporation (GD) today

1 quant signals active · As of 2026-10-30

Win rate and excess are historical post-trigger stats vs the market. Click a signal for its full definition and samples; history does not predict future results.

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General Dynamics Corporation (GD) quant signal backtests

Signals active now

Each active condition is tested against this stock’s own history and benchmarked versus the S&P 500.

EPS surprise beat

Active · now 8.98%

Reported EPS beat consensus estimate by at least 5%; event date is the earnings-surprise timestamp.

PEAD: Post-Earnings Announcement Drift Backtest
16 historical occurrences (since 2015-04-29)

Average forward return after EPS surprise beat

20-day: Win 66.7%, Sample 12, Median +0.34%, Excess -0.82%, Beat mkt rate 41.7%

60-day: Win 75%, Sample 12, Median +2.79%, Excess +0.55%, Beat mkt rate 58.3%

120-day: Win 72.7%, Sample 11, Median +5.89%, Excess +0.24%, Beat mkt rate 54.5%

120 days after: historical avg +3.74%

20-day -0.25%
60-day +2.01%
120-day +3.74%
20-day
60-day
120-day
Win
66.7%
75%
72.7%
Sample
12
12
11
Median
+0.34%
+2.79%
+5.89%
Excess
-0.82%
+0.55%
+0.24%
Beat mkt rate
41.7%
58.3%
54.5%

Over 11 occurrences, 120-day forward avg gained 3.74%, beat the market by 0.24 pts; win rate 72.7%.

Valuation regime and forward returns

Daily TTM P/E is converted into an expanding own-history percentile, then grouped into five valuation regimes. Forward returns use adjusted prices over the next 240 trading days.

PE percentile bandSample days240-day avg returnMedianWin rateAvg excess (vs index)
0-20 0Insufficient data
20-40 3Insufficient data
40-60 110+32.6% +32% 100% +12%
60-80 236+29.9% +30.1% 100% +9.1%
80-100 You are here554+5.1% +1.8% 59.6% -10.5%

Quarterly EPS is aligned by SEC filing date before it is forward-filled to daily prices. The expanding percentile uses only information available up to each day.

Current TTM P/E is about 24.10, placing it in the 91.3 own-history percentile, inside the 80-100 bucket.

More history: Valuation × momentum analogs, Market-wide momentum baseline, Signals not active now

Valuation × momentum analogs

Each historical day is grouped by own-history P/E tercile and 60-day momentum direction, then tested for the next 120-trading-day adjusted return.

Valuation
Momentum
Cheap (own-history bottom third)
Middle
Expensive (own-history top third)
60-day momentum up
Insufficient data
(0d)
+23.5%
Win rate 100% Excess +6.9%
76d
+4.7%
Win rate 68% Excess -3.3%
625d
60-day momentum down
Insufficient data
(0d)
+17.9%
Win rate 100% Excess +11.3%
82d
Now
+5.1%
Win rate 61.3% Excess -1%
240d

Currently in “Expensive (own-history top third) × 60-day momentum down”: across 240 historical days, 120-day forward avg gained 5.1%, win rate 61.3%, lagged the market by 1%.

Days = trading days in this bucket; returns use adjusted prices, ex-costs. 60-day momentum: direction of this stock's price over the past 60 trading days.

Market-wide momentum baseline

Across 99,493 liquid US common-stock samples, top-quintile 6-month momentum was followed by an average 60-trading-day return of +6.42%, a 58.4% positive-return rate, and +3.08 percentage points of average excess return versus the S&P 500.

Baseline: weekly samples since 2016 where a liquid US common stock ranked in the top quintile by 126-trading-day momentum. Forward return is 60 trading days; excess return is versus S&P 500 (^GSPC).

Signals not active now

Inactive signals still show the stock-specific historical forward-return distribution for context.

52-week adjusted-price high

Pending

Adjusted close first reaches a 252-trading-day high; repeated hits within 20 days count once.

25 times historically; 60-day forward avg -0.02%, win rate 52%, beating the market by -1.96 pts on average.

Top-quintile 6-month momentum

Pending

The stock ranks in the top 20% of the liquid US common-stock universe by 126-day adjusted return.

Momentum Trading Strategy: A 12-1 Momentum Backtest

9 times historically; 60-day forward avg +7.36%, win rate 88.9%, beating the market by +5.71 pts on average.

Filed revenue acceleration

Pending

TTM revenue growth is at least 10% and improved versus the prior filed quarter; event date is the SEC filing date.

Method and limits

  • Returns use us_price:adj_close, adjusted for splits and dividends where available.
  • Excess returns use world_index:^GSPC as the S&P 500 benchmark proxy.
  • Quarterly fundamentals are aligned to SEC filing dates before daily valuation studies.
  • The promoted universe starts from active NYSE/NASDAQ common stocks, then applies price and dollar-volume gates.
  • Snapshot-only tables such as analyst consensus, DCF, us_ratios, and us_key_metrics are intentionally excluded from historical evidence.
  • Overlapping event windows are descriptive distributions, not independent samples.

This page is for historical data analysis and education only. It is not investment advice. Backtests and historical return distributions do not predict future performance; evaluate risk independently before trading.