The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. General Dynamics Corp shares valued at $1,926,644 were sold by Paddock David on Aug 04 ’25. At $312.26 per share, Paddock David sold 6,170 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 29,264 shares worth approximately $9.22 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Paddock David purchased 6,170 shares, netting a total of over 1,926,645 in proceeds.
Before that, DE LEON RUDY F had sold 5,490 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $1,717,312, the Director traded General Dynamics Corp shares for $312.81 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 5,490 shares, worth approximately $1.73 million.
As published in a research note from Wolfe Research on July 24, 2025, General Dynamics Corp [GD] has been rated up from a Peer perform to an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $360. Analysts at Deutsche Bank upgraded the stock from ‘”a Hold”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early July. As of April 16, 2025, Morgan Stanley has decreased its “an Overweight” rating to a “an Equal-weight” for GD. Earlier on February 21, 2025, William Blair downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Mkt perform” for GD stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.
Analyzing GD Stock Performance
On last trading session, General Dynamics Corp [NYSE: GD] rose 0.39% to $314.99. The stock’s lowest price that day was $313.0, but it reached a high of $316.96 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.90%. Over the course of the year, General Dynamics Corp shares have jumped approximately 7.73%.
Is General Dynamics Corp subject to short interest?
Stocks of General Dynamics Corp saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by -0.18 million shares to 2.3 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 2.48 million shares. A decline of -7.85% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.81 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.81.
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In terms of General Dynamics Corp share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 309.5 in the next 12 months, down nearly -1.36% from the previous closing price of $313.76. Analysts anticipate General Dynamics Corp stock to reach 325 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 261. In spite of this, 14 analysts ranked General Dynamics Corp stock as Buy at the end of 2025.
