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General Dynamics
Aerospace & Defense · Industrials · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$331.72
+0.5% on the session
1-year return
-1.0%
-4.7% over six months
Volatility
22.4%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-16.6%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

General Dynamics is a aerospace & defense name in the industrials sector. Over the past year it returned -1.0%, against -11.5% over three months and -9.3% over one. It trades 6.1% below its 200-day average, so recent moves have not repaired the longer downtrend. Annualized volatility of 22.4% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -16.6%, and it has traded a median $381M a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.23 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Industrials#42 of 81
Stronger than 49% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#311 of 496

How GD scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound, plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 11 others in Aerospace & Defense.

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Full metrics
1 day+0.5%
1 week-0.7%
1 month-9.3%
3 months-11.5%
6 months-4.7%
1 year-1.0%
12-1 momentum+9.2%
Volatility (1y, annualized)22.4%
Max drawdown (1y)-16.6%
Distance vs 200-day average-6.1%
Return per unit of risk-0.05
Median daily dollar volume$381M
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