General Dynamics Corp (GD): stock score 51/100

General Dynamics Corp (GD) scores 51 out of 100 (around average among 99 US stocks) on trend, stability, fundamentals, market backdrop and news tone. Every calculation step shown. Educational, not advice.

GD scores 51.1 out of 100 (around average), up 3.2 points from last week. Its fundamentals add the most (+2.4 points: revenue growth vs a year earlier: +10.3%). Its price trend weighs on it most (-3.6 points: price is -2.4% vs its 100-day average). Fundamentals have not yet been tested in our research.

How the score is built

Trend: 32/100 (-3.6 points)

1. Price is -2.4% vs its 100-day average → higher than 26% of the comparison group → 26
2. 12-1 month momentum +2.1% → higher than 38% of the comparison group → 38
3. Average of the two → trend score 31.8

Tested in our research: the trend rule did not hold up out of sample.

Stability: 60/100 (+2.0 points)

1. Forecast 20.2% vs normal 19.9% → ratio 1.01
2. Ratio is higher than 40% of the comparison group → 100 minus 40 → stability 60.1 (bigger expected swings than usual → lower stability)

A machine-learning volatility model beat HAR for the S&P 500 (p = 0.04); not yet tested on single stocks. This component uses HAR.

Fundamentals: 62/100 (+2.4 points)

1. Revenue growth vs a year earlier: +10.3% → higher than 62% of the comparison group → 62
2. Operating-margin change vs a year earlier: +0.2 pp → higher than 38% of the comparison group → 38
3. Change in leverage (1 - equity/assets) vs a year earlier: -4.9 pp → higher than 85% of the comparison group (lower is better) → 85
4. Average of available items → fundamentals score 61.8

Not yet tested in our research.

Market backdrop: 51/100 (+0.2 points)

1. VIX in its 5-year range: 60 after inverting (lower VIX → higher)
2. Breadth vs its 5-year range → 45
3. Credit trend vs its 5-year range → 15
4. Yield curve vs its 5-year range → 83
5. Average → backdrop score 50.8 (same for every stock)

Tested in our research: cross-asset indicators did not improve forecasts.

News tone: 51/100 (+0.2 points)

1. Average FinBERT sentiment +0.208 over 14 articles; shrunk towards 0 for few articles → tone +0.153
2. Tone vs this stock's own past year → news score 51.2

Tested in our research: news sentiment made predictions slightly worse.

GD score history (weekly)

Industrials stocks compared

• UNP: 68/100
• LMT: 64/100
• TMO: 59/100
• DHR: 55/100
• FDX: 52/100
• GD: 51/100
• BA: 48/100
• HON: 48/100
• NKE: 41/100
• UPS: 34/100
• BKNG: 27/100

Questions

What is General Dynamics Corp's (GD) Quantooo score today?

GD scores 51 out of 100 on 2026-10-22, around average among 99 US stocks. It ranks 38th of 99 overall and 6th of 11 in Industrials. It was 48 a week earlier.

What raises and lowers GD's score?

Fundamentals adds the most (62/100, +2.4 points) and trend weighs on it most (32/100, -3.6 points). The score is 50 plus each part's weighted distance from 50.

Is GD stock volatile right now?

Our volatility model (HAR) expects annualised swings of 20.2% over the next 20 trading days, against a normal level of 19.9% for GD: about as calm as usual for this stock. Its stability score is 60/100 compared with the other 99 US stocks.

How are General Dynamics Corp's fundamentals changing?

Revenue growth vs a year earlier: +10.3%; Operating-margin change vs a year earlier: +0.2 pp; Change in leverage (1 - equity/assets) vs a year earlier: -4.9 pp. Fundamentals score: 62/100. From the 10-Q filed 2026-04-29 (period to 2026-04-05).

Does the score predict GD's share price?

No. The score describes the stock's recent data; it is not a forecast of the share price. Our own tests found no reliable ability to rank stocks by future returns, and every test, including the failures, is published. Educational, not investment advice.

Sector: Industrials. Data as of 2026-10-22. Scores describe data; they are not recommendations or predictions. Educational, not investment advice.