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 −2.29% over the past year and −3.13% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 2, 1962, GD is up +15,698.54% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.13%/yr, and is currently −16.15% below its real total-return high on Aug. 10, 2026.
Data ending Tue Oct. 13, 2026
| Tue 1962-01-02💬 to Tue 2026-10-13 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GD × |
+15,698.54%
+8.13%/yr |
+9.85%/yr
R2=0.926 |
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| General Dynamics Corporation NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Tue 1962-01-02💬 to Tue 2026-10-13 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| GD × |
$10,000.00
1962-01-02 |
$1,579,854.30
2026-10-13 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| GD × | −3.13% | −2.29% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| GD × |
−16.15%
on 2026-10-13 from 2026-08-10 peak |
−88.49%
on 1974-09-16 from 1967-07-10 peak |
| Period ending Tue 2026-10-13 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GD × | −2.29% |
+8.19% +4.01%/yr |
+32.67% +9.88%/yr |
+48.41% +8.22%/yr |
+96.35% +6.98%/yr |
| Year | GD |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −3.13% |
| 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 | +25.52% |
| 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 | +17.21% |
| 1983 | +73.19% |
| 1982 | +33.11% |
| 1981 | −46.12% |
| 1980 | +27.93% |
| 1979 | +72.25% |
| 1978 | +59.40% |
| 1977 | −20.22% |
| 1976 | +36.22% |
| 1975 | +82.75% |
| 1974 | −14.28% |
| 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 | +45.87% |
| 1963 | −17.62% |
| 1962 | −6.26% |
