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General Dynamics forward PE GD

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1996.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
20.0×
10-year median
18.6×
Against its 10-year history
68th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
10.2× to 23.1×
Peer median
24.1×

General Dynamics' forward PE is 20.0× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 18.6×, higher than on 68% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 10.2× in Mar 2020 to 23.1× in Jan 2026.

The median for 10 aerospace and defense stocks of a similar size is 24.1×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far20.0×18.9×23.1×
202521.6×16.3×22.7×
202418.0×17.8×21.5×
202319.4×17.0×21.4×
202221.4×17.5×22.0×
202117.7×13.1×18.1×
202013.1×10.2×16.9×
201916.1×13.7×17.1×
201814.0×13.6×21.9×
201720.6×18.5×22.1×
201618.0×13.7×18.6×
201514.9×14.8×17.2×
201417.2×13.9×17.7×
201314.1×10.5×14.1×
201210.1×8.6×10.5×
20119.2×7.8×11.1×
201010.3×8.5×12.0×
200910.8×6.1×11.1×
20089.3×8.6×16.7×
200716.9×15.5×18.7×

Against its peers

Companies in Aerospace & Defense nearest General Dynamics' size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
GDGeneral Dynamics20.0×
NOCNorthrop Grumman18.9×
HWMHowmet Aerospace31.5×
LMTLockheed Martin19.2×
TDGTransDigm23.6×
BABoeing197×
HONAHoneywell Aerospace20.1×
LHXL3Harris Technologies20.6×
HEIHEICO42.8×
RTXRTX24.7×
AXONAxon Enterprise47.0×
Peer median24.1×

Where General Dynamics ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.