General Dynamics Ownership | Who Owns General Dynamics?

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General Dynamics Ownership Summary

General Dynamics is owned by 49.57% institutional investors, 0.51% insiders, and 49.92% retail investors. Longview asset management is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 10.18% of GD shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 2.74% of its assets in General Dynamics shares.

GD Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	General Dynamics	49.57%	0.51%	49.92%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	46.77%	12.62%	40.60%
Industry	Defense Stocks	47.02%	10.48%	42.50%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Longview asset management	27.31M	10.18%	$9.31B
Vanguard group	24.24M	9.04%	$8.27B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	17.39M	6.49%	$5.93B
Blackrock	14.88M	5.44%	$4.32B
Newport trust	13.96M	5.21%	$4.76B
State street	11.03M	4.11%	$3.76B
Capital research global investors	6.86M	2.56%	$2.34B
Massachusetts financial services co /ma/	6.33M	2.36%	$2.16B
Geode capital management	5.87M	2.19%	$2.00B
Morgan stanley	5.64M	2.10%	$1.92B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Longview asset management	27.31M	96.01%	$9.31B
Drh investments	35.19K	10.93%	$12.00M
Newport trust	13.96M	10.84%	$4.76B
Holowesko partners	67.82K	8.56%	$23.13M
Eliot finkel investment counsel	26.35K	5.40%	$8.98M
Thomas story & son	39.10K	4.90%	$13.33M
Weybosset research & management	42.84K	4.72%	$14.61M
Randolph	123.66K	4.10%	$42.17M
Lummis asset management, lp	14.98K	3.35%	$5.11M
Clough capital partners l p	111.87K	3.34%	$38.15M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	2.75M	0.12%	2.75M
Northern trust	3.33M	0.15%	863.39K
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	17.39M	0.10%	850.48K
Pacer advisors	871.05K	0.75%	845.48K
Vanguard group	24.24M	0.12%	677.66K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Wellington management group llp	1.33M	0.08%	-1.41M
Morgan stanley	5.64M	0.12%	-1.31M
Wells fargo & company/mn	4.59M	0.30%	-1.27M
Longview asset management	27.31M	96.01%	-727.01K
Janus henderson group	25.18K	0.00%	-711.92K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	2.75M	0.12%	2.75M	$799.09M
Point72 asset management	357.80K	0.20%	357.80K	$122.01M
Holocene advisors, lp	328.12K	0.25%	328.12K	$111.89M
Skandinaviska enskilda banken ab (publ)	91.00K	0.12%	91.00K	$31.03M
Owl creek asset management	90.63K	0.98%	90.63K	$30.90M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Mendota financial group	-1.00
Vsm wealth advisory	-1.00
Delta asset management llc/tn	-2.00
Greenline partners	-2.00
Redwood wealth management group	-2.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Sep 30, 2025	1,503	-21.60%	132,924,207	-39.51%	49	0.74%	736	-24.36%	475	-22.39%
Jun 30, 2025	1,905	2.47%	228,845,541	-1.23%	85	1.15%	964	10.55%	609	-6.74%
Mar 31, 2025	11	-99.41%	558,182	-99.76%	-	0.00%	5	-99.43%	2	-99.70%
Dec 31, 2024	1,790	-2.19%	234,931,008	-2.94%	85	1.10%	827	-1.08%	650	0.62%
Sep 30, 2024	1,798	0.56%	241,351,250	2.14%	87	1.18%	829	1.10%	625	1.46%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	7.40M	2.74%	-418.05K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	7.22M	2.69%	49.88K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	7.17M	2.66%	-166.33K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	6.24M	2.32%	-913.67K
MFS Large Cap Value Equity	3.75M	1.40%	-128.18K
MFS Value A	3.73M	1.39%	-21.82K
Fidelity 500 Index	3.19M	1.19%	1.37K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	3.16M	1.17%	-99.51K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	3.07M	1.14%	-16.09K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	3.04M	1.13%	37.44K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Nov 20, 2025	Rayha Mark	Vice President	Sell	$33.99K
Sep 12, 2025	Malcolm Mark	-	Sell	$1.06M
Aug 25, 2025	Brady Christopher J	Vice President	Sell	$2.62M
Aug 22, 2025	Malcolm Mark	-	Sell	$386.04K
Aug 18, 2025	NOVAKOVIC PHEBE N	Chairman and CEO	Sell	$37.17M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q4	-	-
2025 Q3	-	16
2025 Q2	-	7
2025 Q1	-	5
2024 Q4	-	1

GD Ownership FAQ

Who Owns General Dynamics?

General Dynamics shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 49.57%, followed by 0.51% insiders and 49.92% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in General Dynamics's industry, Defense Stocks, is 47.02%, which General Dynamics exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of General Dynamics?

General Dynamics’s largest shareholders are Longview asset management (27.31M shares, 10.18%), Vanguard group (24.24M shares, 9.04%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (17.39M shares, 6.49%). Together, they hold 25.71% of General Dynamics’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own General Dynamics?

Yes, BlackRock owns 5.44% of General Dynamics, totaling 14.88M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.10% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 4.32B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 106.29K shares, a 0.72% change.

Who is General Dynamics’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Longview asset management is General Dynamics’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 96.01% of its assets in 27.31M General Dynamics shares, valued at 9.31B$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of General Dynamics shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of General Dynamics shares, with 2.74% of its total shares outstanding invested in 7.4M General Dynamics shares.

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