Lobbying Update: $3,360,000 of GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP lobbying was just disclosed

$3,360,000 of GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP lobbying was just disclosed, from Q1 of 2026, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.

This included lobbying on issues like:

"Issues and funding related to Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) Defense Appropriations (bill numbers not yet assigned); FY27 Homeland Security Appropriations (bill numbers not yet assigned); FY27 Energy and Water Development Appropriations (bill numbers not yet assigned); FY27 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations (bill numbers not yet assigned); FY27 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations (bill numbers not yet assigned); FY27 Intelligence Classified Annex; FY27 State-Foreign Operations Appropriations (bill numbers not yet assigned); FY27 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations (bill numbers not yet assigned); FY27 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations (bill numbers not yet assigned); FY27 Interior Appropriations (bill numbers not yet assigned); FY27 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations (bill numbers not yet assigned). Issues and funding related to Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Defense Appropriations (HR 4016 / S 2572 / HR 7148); FY26 Homeland Security Appropriations (HR 4213 / Senate bill introduced, number not yet assigned / HR 7148); FY26 Energy and Water Development Appropriations (HR 4553 / HR 6938 includes conferenced text); FY26 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations (HR 5342 / S 2354 / HR 6938 includes conferenced text); FY26 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations (HR 7148); FY26 Intelligence Classified Annex; FY26 State-Foreign Operations Appropriations (HR 7006); FY26 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations (HR4552 / S 2465 / HR 7148); FY26 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations (HR 7006); FY26 Interior Appropriations (House bill number not yet assigned / S 2431 / HR 6938 includes conferenced text); FY26 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations (HR 3944 / Senate bill number not yet assigned / became Public Law 119-37). Issues related to FY27 Defense Authorization (bill numbers not yet assigned). FY26 and FY27 Department of Defense Appropriations and Authorization issues and funding include but are not limited to shipbuilding; submarines; submarine workforce training and education; Navy ship repair; ground vehicles; air defense systems in regards to M-SHORAD; aircraft; communication systems; classified programs; ammunition and weapon systems; cloud computing; nontraditional defense contractors and acquisition policy; and acquisition reform. FY26 and FY27 Homeland Security Appropriations issues and funding include but are not limited to cyber programs; information systems; telecommunications; technology equipment; infrastructure; support and services; border security technologies; Department of Homeland Security Headquarters Consolidation at St. Elizabeths; Office of Biometric Identity Management. FY26 and FY27 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations issues are related to Department of Homeland Security Headquarters consolidation. FY26 and FY27 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development issues related to FAA communications, funding for the FAA Aircraft Certification Service, all general aviation related issues, FAA air/ground communications, Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve sealift recapitalization, commercial shipping, and the shipbuilding industry regarding Maritime Guaranteed Loan Program and the Jones Act. FY26 and FY27 Labor, Health, and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Bill for submarine supplier development and community college partnerships; submarine workforce training and education; pension funding stabilization for single-employer plans. FY26 and FY27 Intelligence Community issues and funding related to classified programs. FY26 and FY27 Interior issues related to Indian Health Services. FY26 and FY27 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs issues related to Veterans Administration Technology Modernization. FY27 Department of Defense Appropriations and Authorization issues and funding included but are not limited to shipbuilding; submarines; submarine workforce training and education, Navy ship repair; ground vehicles; air defense systems in regards to M-SHORAD; aircraft; communication systems; classified programs; ammunition and weapon systems; cloud computing; US Battlefield Information Collection and Exploitation- eXtended (US BICES-X); nontraditional defense contractors and acquisition policy; and acquisition reform. FY27 State-Foreign Operations Appropriations (bill numbers not yet assigned); FY27 Department of State Authorization Bill (bill numbers not yet assigned). FY27 and Defense Authorization (bill numbers not yet assigned). The treatment of research & experimental expenditures incurred during the taxable year in connection with trade or business expenses. FY26 and FY27 Homeland Security Appropriations issues and funding include but are not limited to cyber programs; information systems; telecommunications; technology equipment; infrastructure; support and services; border security technologies; Consolidated Tower and Surveillance Equipment; Department of Homeland Security Headquarters Consolidation at St. Elizabeths; and Office of Biometric Identity Management. FY26 and FY27 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development issues related to FAA communications, FY25 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development issues related to FAA communications, funding for the FAA Aircraft Certification Service, all general aviation related issues, FAA air/ground communications, commercial shipping, and the shipbuilding industry regarding Maritime Guaranteed Loan Program and the Jones Act. Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve sealift recapitalization. Issues related to FAA communications, FAA Aircraft Certification Service, FAA air/ground communications, and all general aviation related issues in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (HR 3935 that became Public Law 118-63) to include the enacted legislation's implementation. FY26 and FY27 Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development issues are related to FAA Aircraft Certification Service, emissions standards, all general aviation related issues, FAA air/ground communications, and IT & cyber security issues. FY26 and FY27 Commerce, Justice and Science issues are related to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Hurricane Hunter aircraft fleet. FY26 and FY27 Labor, Health, and Human Services, and Education issues for submarine supplier development and community college partnerships; submarine workforce training and education; pension funding stabilization for single-employer plans. Issues related to Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) technology modernization and award eligibility determination. FY26 and FY27 Intelligence Community issues and funding related to classified programs. FY26 and FY27 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education issues regarding submarine supplier development and community college partnerships. FY26 and FY27 State and Foreign Operations & FY26 and FY27 Department of State issues and funding including but not limited to relevant cyber programs; information systems; telecommunications; technology equipment; infrastructure; support & services; foreign military sales & direct commercial sales to include those by non-United States based subsidiaries; the Australia - United Kingdom - United States (AUKUS) partnership and Virginia Class Submarines. Issues related to funding and user fees for USCIS (United States Citizenship & Immigration Services) within FY26 and FY27 appropriations bills. Issues related to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). FY26 and FY27 Department of Interior Appropriations and FY26 and FY27 Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations issues and funding related to Indian Health Services Electronic Health Records."

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GD Congressional Stock Trading

Members of Congress have traded $GD stock 4 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 3 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $GD stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:

REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. has traded it 2 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $15,000 on 01/09 and 1 sale worth up to $15,000 on 02/10.
REPRESENTATIVE JULIE JOHNSON has traded it 2 times. They made 0 purchases and 2 sales worth up to $30,000 on 12/18, 11/13.

To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.

GD Insider Trading Activity

GD insiders have traded $GD stock on the open market 9 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 9 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $GD stock by insiders over the last 6 months:

PHEBE N NOVAKOVIC (Chairman and CEO) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 32,918 shares for an estimated $11,656,060.
DAVID PADDOCK (Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 20,360 shares for an estimated $6,818,920.
MARK LAGRAND BURNS (Executive Vice President) sold 10,153 shares for an estimated $3,603,827
MARK RAYHA (Vice President) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 4,470 shares for an estimated $1,558,184.
MARGUERITE AMY GILLILAND (Executive Vice President) sold 3,819 shares for an estimated $1,350,020
GREGORY S GALLOPOULOS (Senior VP, Gen. Counsel, Sec.) sold 3,729 shares for an estimated $1,321,359

To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.

GD Hedge Fund Activity

We have seen 984 institutional investors add shares of GD stock to their portfolio, and 807 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.

Here are some of the largest recent moves:

UBS AM, A DISTINCT BUSINESS UNIT OF UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC removed 1,932,919 shares (-74.8%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $650,736,510
HAMILTON WEALTH, LLC added 1,336,858 shares (+209538.9%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $450,066,614
CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS removed 1,168,249 shares (-17.0%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $393,302,708
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC added 1,048,661 shares (+28.9%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $353,042,212
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ removed 993,501 shares (-10.4%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $334,472,046
PACER ADVISORS, INC. removed 871,052 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $293,248,366
BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. removed 727,332 shares (-98.7%) from their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $244,863,591

To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.

GD Analyst Ratings

Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $GD in the last several months. We have seen 3 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.

Here are some recent analyst ratings:

B of A Securities issued a "Buy" rating on 01/30/2026
JP Morgan issued a "Overweight" rating on 12/19/2025
Susquehanna issued a "Positive" rating on 10/27/2025

To track analyst ratings and price targets for GD, check out Quiver Quantitative's $GD forecast page.

GD Price Targets

Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $GD recently. We have seen 9 analysts offer price targets for $GD in the last 6 months, with a median target of $388.0.

Here are some recent targets:

Sheila Kahyaoglu from Jefferies set a target price of $380.0 on 04/07/2026
John Godyn from Citigroup set a target price of $380.0 on 04/02/2026
David Strauss from Wells Fargo set a target price of $400.0 on 04/01/2026
Ronald Epstein from B of A Securities set a target price of $400.0 on 01/30/2026
Gavin Parsons from UBS set a target price of $388.0 on 01/15/2026
Seth Seifman from JP Morgan set a target price of $385.0 on 12/19/2025
Kristine Liwag from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $408.0 on 12/16/2025

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