All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
GD real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, GD returned +5.81% over the past year and +8.26% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 2, 1962, GD is up +17,557.39% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.31%/yr, and is currently −6.29% below its real total-return high on Aug. 10, 2026.
Data ending Mon Nov. 2, 2026
| Tue 1962-01-02💬 to Mon 2026-11-02 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GD × |
+17,557.39%
+8.31%/yr |
+9.85%/yr
R2=0.926 |
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| General Dynamics Corporation NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Tue 1962-01-02💬 to Mon 2026-11-02 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| GD × |
$10,000.00
1962-01-02 |
$1,765,738.54
2026-11-02 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| GD × | +8.26% | +5.81% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| GD × |
−6.29%
on 2026-11-02 from 2026-08-10 peak |
−88.49%
on 1974-09-16 from 1967-07-10 peak |
| Period ending Mon 2026-11-02 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GD × | +5.81% |
+23.67% +11.20%/yr |
+47.64% +13.87%/yr |
+68.08% +10.94%/yr |
+121.55% +8.28%/yr |
| Year | GD |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +8.26% |
| 2025 | +27.00% |
| 2024 | +0.62% |
| 2023 | +3.65% |
| 2022 | +14.30% |
| 2021 | +34.32% |
| 2020 | −14.31% |
| 2019 | +12.23% |
| 2018 | −22.81% |
| 2017 | +17.37% |
| 2016 | +25.85% |
| 2015 | +1.53% |
| 2014 | +46.16% |
| 2013 | +38.90% |
| 2012 | +6.38% |
| 2011 | −6.63% |
| 2010 | +5.11% |
| 2009 | +18.42% |
| 2008 | −34.23% |
| 2007 | +16.58% |
| 2006 | +28.93% |
| 2005 | +6.93% |
| 2004 | +13.71% |
| 2003 | +13.81% |
| 2002 | −1.32% |
| 2001 | +2.07% |
| 2000 | +45.68% |
| 1999 | −11.62% |
| 1998 | +36.38% |
| 1997 | +23.25% |
| 1996 | +18.85% |
| 1995 | +36.78% |
| 1994 | −5.21% |
| 1993 | +25.51% |
| 1992 | +91.26% |
| 1991 | +112.96% |
| 1990 | −45.36% |
| 1989 | −13.97% |
| 1988 | +1.64% |
| 1987 | −30.00% |
| 1986 | −1.20% |
| 1985 | −3.33% |
| 1984 | +17.20% |
| 1983 | +73.21% |
| 1982 | +33.14% |
| 1981 | −46.12% |
| 1980 | +27.93% |
| 1979 | +72.20% |
| 1978 | +59.40% |
| 1977 | −20.22% |
| 1976 | +36.22% |
| 1975 | +82.89% |
| 1974 | −14.35% |
| 1973 | −27.54% |
| 1972 | +12.90% |
| 1971 | +10.07% |
| 1970 | −34.01% |
| 1969 | −43.33% |
| 1968 | −33.54% |
| 1967 | +33.63% |
| 1966 | −18.03% |
| 1965 | +59.10% |
| 1964 | +45.97% |
| 1963 | −17.67% |
| 1962 | −6.26% |
