General Dynamics (GD) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $4.49
- Estimate
- $4.13
- Surprise
- +8.6%
- Revenue (period 2026-10-04)
- $14.57B
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.5 → 5.6/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
General Dynamics (GD) beat the $4.13 estimate with adjusted EPS of $4.49 — a clear 8.6% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.5/10) to Hold at 5.6/10 after the report.
Coverage in the report window
- General Dynamics CEO Signs Off After 14 Years With Record $220 Billion Backlog — benzinga, 2026-10-30
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates GD Hold at 5.6/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +8.6% surprise compares with a +7.0% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
- Positive news sentiment (+0.67)
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Customer: U.S. government (70.0%)
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.9)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $372.59
- Stop
- $358.29
At 21.9× trailing and 20.0× forward earnings, consensus estimates imply little change in earnings power.
Risk check: RSI 83 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum; trading volume is running 1.9× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-31 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
GD at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Market cap
- $100.81B
- P/E (fwd)
- 20.0
- P/E (ttm)
- 21.9
- 52-week range
- $306.77–$400.00
- Off 52-week high
- 6.9%
- RSI (14)
- 83
- Volume vs avg
- 1.92×
- Score today
- 5.6/10