GD
StockGeneral Dynamics Corporation
One email when a drop — in price or in valuation — is historically rare for GD. Otherwise we stay quiet.
Bigger than its usual dip. Not yet rare.
General Dynamics Corporation is 16% off its high — deeper than its 4.4% average pullback, but it has been through 285 drawdowns before. Not historically significant yet — we'll say so if that changes.
But down is not the same as cheap: General Dynamics Corporation's P/S Severity Score is 0.0 — its valuation sits in or above its typical range.
Elevated
Current Drawdown
-16.0%
Days in Drawdown
45
Avg Max Drawdown
4.4%
Avg Length
50
Drawdown Severity Score™
3.4
GD - Price & High Water Mark
GD - Drawdown Timeline
How to read this chart: Negative values indicate drawdowns from all-time highs. Values closer to 0% mean the stock is near its high water mark.
Valuation vs Its Own History
Data as of October 12, 2026 · updated daily
Where today's valuation sits within GD's own multi-year range, scored with the same Drawdown Severity Score language as price, measured from its typical level rather than its record high — a higher score means it has rarely been cheaper. This is context, not a recommendation.
Price to Sales
General Dynamics Corporation has been cheaper on this measure only about 76% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
Price to Sales history
EV to EBITDA
General Dynamics Corporation has been cheaper on this measure only about 75% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
EV to EBITDA history · log scale
General Dynamics Corporation (GD) Analysis: Current Drawdown Insights
General Dynamics Corporation is currently in a drawdown that is unusual by its own historical standards. As of 2026-10-13, the stock is trading at $332.42, which represents a 16.0% decline from its all-time high of $395.97. This drawdown has persisted for 45 days.
Based on its full tracked price history, General Dynamics Corporation typically experiences drawdowns averaging 4.4% in depth, with an average duration of 50 days. General Dynamics Corporation has gone through 285 total drawdown events in its tracked history. The largest drawdown on record for General Dynamics Corporation was 76.1%, beginning in 1986. The longest drawdown duration on record was 2291 days.
The Drawdown Severity Score™ for General Dynamics Corporation currently stands at 3.39. This is our proprietary indicator that shows the relative severity of the current drawdown based on the asset's unique historical patterns. A score between 3.0 and 5.0 indicates an elevated drawdown that's larger than this asset's historical averages.
Understanding Drawdowns: A drawdown measures how far a stock has fallen from its peak price. Every stock experiences drawdowns: periods when the price declines from all-time highs before recovering. By analyzing General Dynamics Corporation's historical drawdown patterns, investors can identify when the stock is experiencing a typical market fluctuation versus an unusual decline that is rare by that stock's own historical standards.
📜 Historical Drawdown Events
Current drawdown shown in blue. Showing the most recent and the deepest of 285 tracked pullbacks (65 listed).
| Start Date | End Date | Duration | Max Depth | Start Price | Lowest Price | Recovery Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-29 | Ongoing | 45 days | -16.0% | $395.97 | $332.42 | n/a |
| 2026-01-16 | 2026-07-02 | 167 days | -15.2% | $368.69 | $312.53 | $373.54 |
| 2026-01-07 | 2026-01-12 | 6 days | -4.2% | $360.71 | $345.64 | $360.94 |
| 2025-10-28 | 2026-01-05 | 70 days | -6.0% | $353.77 | $332.38 | $355.56 |
| 2025-10-07 | 2025-10-24 | 18 days | -4.2% | $344.98 | $330.59 | $350.77 |
| 2025-10-01 | 2025-10-02 | 2 days | -0.1% | $339.51 | $339.26 | $339.56 |
| 2025-09-12 | 2025-09-26 | 15 days | -2.1% | $328.18 | $321.25 | $328.89 |
| 2025-08-28 | 2025-09-11 | 15 days | -1.3% | $324.04 | $319.92 | $328.18 |
| 2025-08-14 | 2025-08-22 | 9 days | -1.2% | $316.10 | $312.21 | $318.21 |
| 2025-07-24 | 2025-08-13 | 21 days | -2.0% | $315.55 | $309.38 | $316.10 |
| 2024-11-14 | 2025-07-23 | 251 days | -22.5% | $307.71 | $238.33 | $315.55 |
| 2024-11-12 | 2024-11-13 | 2 days | -0.6% | $307.59 | $305.77 | $307.71 |
| 2024-10-21 | 2024-11-08 | 19 days | -5.5% | $302.27 | $285.74 | $303.24 |
| 2024-09-24 | 2024-10-17 | 24 days | -3.9% | $300.44 | $288.70 | $302.03 |
| 2024-09-17 | 2024-09-23 | 7 days | -1.7% | $299.91 | $294.87 | $300.44 |
| 2024-09-11 | 2024-09-13 | 3 days | -0.9% | $294.89 | $292.15 | $297.23 |
| 2024-09-03 | 2024-09-09 | 7 days | -2.2% | $291.93 | $285.51 | $294.07 |
| 2024-05-21 | 2024-08-30 | 102 days | -6.4% | $291.32 | $272.57 | $291.93 |
| 2024-05-13 | 2024-05-17 | 5 days | -1.0% | $287.64 | $284.82 | $290.14 |
| 2024-04-08 | 2024-05-09 | 32 days | -4.3% | $285.01 | $272.76 | $287.18 |
| 2024-04-02 | 2024-04-03 | 2 days | -0.3% | $281.51 | $280.53 | $281.64 |
| 2024-03-21 | 2024-04-01 | 12 days | -1.5% | $272.82 | $268.76 | $281.51 |
| 2024-03-15 | 2024-03-18 | 4 days | -0.1% | $265.92 | $265.73 | $268.04 |
| 2024-03-05 | 2024-03-13 | 8 days | -0.9% | $265.25 | $262.93 | $265.88 |
| 2024-02-29 | 2024-03-04 | 5 days | -0.9% | $264.86 | $262.58 | $265.25 |
| 2024-02-26 | 2024-02-28 | 3 days | -0.3% | $264.32 | $263.62 | $264.86 |
| 2024-02-12 | 2024-02-21 | 10 days | -1.1% | $260.84 | $258.02 | $262.54 |
| 2024-02-08 | 2024-02-09 | 2 days | -0.0% | $259.82 | $259.74 | $260.84 |
| 2024-01-31 | 2024-02-07 | 8 days | -1.4% | $259.42 | $255.86 | $259.82 |
| 2024-01-26 | 2024-01-30 | 5 days | -0.4% | $256.70 | $255.66 | $259.42 |
| 2024-01-02 | 2024-01-24 | 23 days | -3.7% | $249.40 | $240.06 | $252.19 |
| 2023-12-14 | 2023-12-26 | 13 days | -2.5% | $245.73 | $239.69 | $246.08 |
| 2023-12-05 | 2023-12-08 | 4 days | -0.5% | $242.24 | $240.97 | $242.32 |
| 2022-12-05 | 2023-12-04 | 365 days | -19.3% | $239.97 | $193.73 | $242.24 |
| 2022-11-28 | 2022-12-02 | 5 days | -1.3% | $238.12 | $235.05 | $239.97 |
| 2022-11-11 | 2022-11-25 | 15 days | -4.2% | $237.85 | $227.85 | $238.12 |
| 2022-11-09 | 2022-11-10 | 2 days | -1.2% | $236.97 | $234.14 | $237.85 |
| 2022-10-31 | 2022-11-07 | 8 days | -1.7% | $235.26 | $231.18 | $236.07 |
| 2022-10-26 | 2022-10-27 | 2 days | -0.0% | $230.60 | $230.55 | $232.71 |
| 2022-04-21 | 2022-10-25 | 188 days | -15.3% | $229.80 | $194.63 | $230.60 |
| 2022-03-08 | 2022-04-19 | 42 days | -7.9% | $228.23 | $210.14 | $228.78 |
| 2022-03-01 | 2022-03-02 | 2 days | -0.5% | $216.38 | $215.33 | $217.58 |
| 2022-02-23 | 2022-02-24 | 2 days | -0.3% | $200.11 | $199.60 | $201.68 |
| 2022-02-10 | 2022-02-18 | 9 days | -2.0% | $198.83 | $194.89 | $199.18 |
| 2022-02-03 | 2022-02-08 | 6 days | -0.9% | $197.58 | $195.77 | $197.93 |
| 2022-01-18 | 2022-02-02 | 16 days | -3.8% | $196.67 | $189.12 | $197.58 |
| 2022-01-10 | 2022-01-13 | 4 days | -0.7% | $194.64 | $193.28 | $195.08 |
| 2022-01-05 | 2022-01-07 | 3 days | -0.8% | $194.61 | $193.01 | $194.64 |
| 2018-03-12 | 2022-01-04 | 1395 days | -51.6% | $192.54 | $93.13 | $194.61 |
| 2018-02-27 | 2018-03-09 | 11 days | -3.4% | $189.88 | $183.49 | $192.54 |
| 2018-01-26 | 2018-02-26 | 32 days | -9.0% | $189.67 | $172.53 | $189.88 |
| 2015-08-19 | 2016-08-10 | 358 days | -18.2% | $122.37 | $100.15 | $123.57 |
| 2008-08-13 | 2013-07-11 | 1794 days | -61.0% | $62.88 | $24.51 | $63.03 |
| 2008-05-20 | 2008-08-12 | 85 days | -14.0% | $62.85 | $54.07 | $62.88 |
| 2007-12-11 | 2008-05-19 | 160 days | -15.8% | $61.98 | $52.17 | $62.85 |
| 2002-06-24 | 2004-11-05 | 866 days | -52.1% | $33.62 | $16.09 | $33.79 |
| 2001-10-09 | 2002-03-04 | 147 days | -20.5% | $28.69 | $22.82 | $28.72 |
| 2001-05-23 | 2001-07-19 | 58 days | -12.5% | $25.09 | $21.94 | $25.28 |
| 2001-01-02 | 2001-05-01 | 119 days | -21.5% | $23.20 | $18.22 | $23.30 |
| 1999-05-11 | 2000-11-15 | 555 days | -50.0% | $21.69 | $10.85 | $21.77 |
| 1998-11-17 | 1999-02-03 | 79 days | -12.7% | $17.62 | $15.39 | $17.66 |
| 1997-09-24 | 1998-03-17 | 175 days | -12.2% | $12.64 | $11.10 | $12.84 |
| 1996-11-26 | 1997-05-30 | 185 days | -14.6% | $10.36 | $8.84 | $10.47 |
| 1993-10-11 | 1995-02-24 | 502 days | -18.8% | $6.18 | $5.01 | $6.20 |
| 1993-03-22 | 1993-08-09 | 140 days | -18.4% | $5.19 | $4.24 | $5.22 |
| 1986-04-16 | 1992-07-24 | 2291 days | -76.1% | $3.34 | $0.80 | $3.45 |
How to read: Each row shows a complete drawdown from peak to recovery. Red rows = most severe drawdowns (worst 20% or 5x+ average), yellow rows = moderate (2x-5x worse than average).
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General Dynamics Corporation (GD) is trading at $332.42 as of Oct 13, 2026. It is 16.0% below its high of $395.97. The drawdown has lasted 45 days. Severity score: 3.4 (Elevated).
GD Price History and Drawdown Data
Latest price
$332.42
High-water mark
$395.97
Current drawdown
-16.0%
Days in drawdown
45
This GD page is built around daily price history, the latest high-water mark, current drawdown depth, drawdown duration, and comparable historical drawdown events. The chart above provides the price-history context, while the sections below explain how the current move compares with prior General Dynamics Corporation drawdowns.
What History Says About GD
General Dynamics Corporation has dropped 20%+ from its high 8 times in its tracked history. These events lasted an average of 927 days with an average max drop of -44.4%.
The current drawdown of -16.0% has lasted 45 days, which is within the typical range for comparable events.
| Period | Max Drop | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 1986 to Jul 1992 | -76.1% | 2291 days |
| Aug 2008 to Jul 2013 | -61.0% | 1794 days |
| Jun 2002 to Nov 2004 | -52.1% | 866 days |
| Mar 2018 to Jan 2022 | -51.6% | 1395 days |
| May 1999 to Nov 2000 | -50.0% | 555 days |
| Nov 2024 to Jul 2025 | -22.5% | 251 days |
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