BKD Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in General Dynamics Co. (NYSE:GD) by 11.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 4,106 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 436 shares during the period. BKD Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in General Dynamics were worth $564,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of GD. Capital City Trust Company boosted its position in shares of General Dynamics by 7.9% in the fourth quarter. Capital City Trust Company now owns 28,525 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,918,000 after buying an additional 2,082 shares during the last quarter. Woodstock boosted its position in shares of General Dynamics by 13.7% in the fourth quarter. Woodstock now owns 5,865 shares of the company’s stock worth $806,000 after buying an additional 708 shares during the last quarter. New England Research & Management bought a new position in shares of General Dynamics during the fourth quarter worth about $302,000. Indiana Trust & Investment Management Company boosted its position in shares of General Dynamics by 5.4% in the fourth quarter. Indiana Trust & Investment Management Company now owns 11,630 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,601,000 after buying an additional 600 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Community Bank & Trust of Waco, Texas bought a new position in shares of General Dynamics during the fourth quarter worth about $1,847,000.

General Dynamics Co. (NYSE:GD) traded down 0.05% on Monday, hitting $133.70. The stock had a trading volume of 1,066,436 shares. The company has a market capitalization of $41.89 billion and a PE ratio of 14.72. General Dynamics Co. has a 12-month low of $121.61 and a 12-month high of $153.76. The company has a 50 day moving average of $133.53 and a 200 day moving average of $141.84.

General Dynamics (NYSE:GD) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 27th. The company reported $2.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.38 by $0.02. The company earned $7.80 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.24 billion. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 6.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.19 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts expect that General Dynamics Co. will post $9.44 earnings per share for the current year.

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.69 per share. This represents a $2.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.07%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, January 13th. This is a boost from General Dynamics’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.51.

GD has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Vetr raised General Dynamics from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $163.66 price target for the company in a report on Thursday, October 29th. Barclays reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a $157.00 price target (up from $153.00) on shares of General Dynamics in a report on Monday, November 9th. RBC Capital raised their price target on General Dynamics from $165.00 to $169.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 29th. Sterne Agee CRT raised their price target on General Dynamics to $175.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 29th. Finally, Zacks Investment Research raised General Dynamics from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $169.00 price target for the company in a report on Thursday, October 29th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twelve have issued a buy rating to the company. The company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $159.63.

General Dynamics Corporation is an aerospace and defense company that offers a portfolio of products and services in business aviation; combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions; communications and information technology systems and solutions, and military and commercial shipbuilding. The Company operates through four business groups: Aerospace, Combat Systems, Information Systems and Technology and Marine Systems. Aerospace group designs, manufactures and outfits a family of Gulfstream business-jet aircraft and provides aircraft services. Combat Systems group is engaged in systems engineering, spanning design, development, manufacture and support of military vehicles, weapons systems and munitions. Marine Systems group designs, builds and supports submarines and surface ships. Information Systems and Technology group provides technologies, products and services that support a range of military, federal/civilian and commercial information-systems requirements.

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