General Dynamics PE ratio GD

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 21.3×
10-year median: 19.4×
Against its 10-year history: 77th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 9.5× to 24.6×
Peer median: 33.5×

General Dynamics' PE ratio is 21.3× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $349.36 against $16.39 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 19.4×, higher than on 77% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 9.5× in Mar 2020 to 24.6× in Apr 2024.

The median for 10 aerospace and defense stocks of a similar size is 33.5×.

PE ratio over time

median 19.4×

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

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	21.3×	20.1×	24.3×
2025	22.2×	17.8×	23.1×
2024	20.3×	20.1×	24.6×
2023	21.7×	16.8×	21.7×
2022	20.7×	17.7×	21.3×
2021	17.9×	13.3×	18.3×
2020	13.5×	9.5×	16.2×
2019	15.4×	14.5×	17.1×
2018	15.2×	14.7×	24.1×
2017	20.3×	19.0×	22.0×
2016	18.5×	14.2×	19.1×
2015	15.6×	15.6×	20.9×
2014	20.9×	15.6×	21.5×
2013	9.8×	9.8×	10.6×
2012	10.1×	9.2×	10.7×
2011	9.3×	8.0×	12.0×
2010	11.0×	9.2×	11.6×

Against its peers

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

Company	PE ratio
GDGeneral Dynamics	21.3×
NOCNorthrop Grumman	17.5×
HWMHowmet Aerospace	40.1×
LMTLockheed Martin	21.5×
TDGTransDigm	33.5×
BABoeing	81.5×
HONAHoneywell Aerospace	n/m
LHXL3Harris Technologies	25.6×
HEIHEICO	49.5×
RTXRTX	31.0×
AXONAxon Enterprise	174×
Peer median	33.5×

Where General Dynamics ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.