In today’s recent session, 0.86 million shares of the General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE:GD) have been traded, and its beta is 0.66. Most recently the company’s share price was $278.05, and it changed around -$14.67 or -5.01% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $76.18B. GD at last check was trading at a discount to its 52-week high of $296.50, offering almost -6.64% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $202.35, which indicates that the recent value has risen by an impressive 27.23% since then. We note from General Dynamics Corp.’s average daily trading volume that its 3-month average coming to 1.03 million.
General Dynamics Corp. stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Overweight, based on a mean score of 1.76. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 1 out of 22 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 8 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 6 recommended GD as a Hold, whereas 7 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. General Dynamics Corp. is expected to report earnings per share of $2.93 for the current quarter.
General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE:GD) trade information
Instantly GD has been showing red trend so far today with a performance of -5.01% on intraday trading today. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The company’s shares are currently up 7.08% year-to-date, but still down -2.25% over the last five days. On the other hand, General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE:GD) is -0.33% down in the 30-day period.
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $267, which translates to bulls needing to decrease their stock price by -4.14% from its current value. Analyst projections state that GD is forecast to be at a low of $176 and a high of $325.
General Dynamics Corp. (GD) estimates and forecasts
General Dynamics Corp. share prices are performing particularly well compared to other companies within the same industry. As is evident from the statistics, the company’s shares have risen 19.23 percent over the past six months and at a 21.13% annual growth rate that is well above the industry average of 14.10%. Moreover, analysts have decided to roll up on their fiscal year 2024 revenue estimates. The rating firms predict that it will gain 11.00% in revenue this quarter, and will report an increase of 29.30% in the next quarter. The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 9.90%, up from the previous year.
Consensus estimates provided by 19 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of $10.32 billion in revenue for the current quarter. 19 analysts expect General Dynamics Corp. to make $11.45 billion in revenue for the quarter ending Jun 2024. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were $9.88 billion and $10.15 billion respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 4.40%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 12.70%.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 1.46%. General Dynamics Corp. earnings are expected to increase by 21.60% in 2024, but the outlook is positive 12.70% per year for the next five years.
GD Dividends
General Dynamics Corp.’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in May. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 1.93 percent and its annual dividend per share was 5.38. It is important to note, however, that the 1.93% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision.
