GD Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own GD shares is 2097, representing 89.17% of the company's common stock.

RHUMBLINE ADVISERS, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in GD by -0.68% restricting it's holding to 493.82 thousand shares of worth nearly $139.50M. PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC also lessened -21.59% of the GD shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 270.35 thousand shares of worth $76.37M. STATE STREET CORP also shunned GD shares holding by -2.06% last quarter which brought its holding to 9.84 million shares worth $2.78B.

As per its latest 13F filing, MITSUBISHI UFJ KOKUSAI ASSET MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. increased its stake in GD by 14.15% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 294.75 thousand shares having worth more than $83.26M. STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP also added 1.03% more shares of GD to its portfolio, raising its holding to 280.86 thousand shares of worth $79.35M. PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ also increased its GD shares holding by 2.47% which brought its holding to 4.78 million shares worth $1.35B.

The insider with the most stakes in GD is NOVAKOVIC PHEBE N , Chairman and CEO at the company. Additionally, GD stock is highly held by director CHABRAJA NICHOLAS D and Executive Vice President HEEBNER DAVID K among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.5% percent of General Dynamics Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 3 transaction(s) in which GD insiders have sold stock, totaling 8.66K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include SCHUMACHER LAURA J, BRADY CHRISTOPHER J, and WALL PETER A.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which General Dynamics Corporation insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 35.06K General Dynamics Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.5% of GD stock.

GD Chairman and CEO, NOVAKOVIC PHEBE N holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. GD shares owned by NOVAKOVIC total nearly 768.98 thousand.

RHUMBLINE ADVISERS is the largest institutional owner in GD which holds 493.82 thousand shares worth $139.50M or 0.18% of the total GD shares outstanding followed by MITSUBISHI UFJ KOKUSAI ASSET MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. with ownership of 294.75 thousand shares representing 0.11% of the GD ownership. STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP is the third largest stakeholder with 280.86 thousand shares or 0.1% of the ownership worth more than $79.35M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the GD is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of GD shares short is 2.90M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 270.35M shares of GD are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, GD has 256.85M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for GD is 1.82.