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General Dynamics Ownership Summary

General Dynamics is owned by 85.35% institutional investors, 0.51% insiders, and 14.15% retail investors. Longview asset management is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 10.46% 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	85.35%	0.51%	14.15%
Sector	Industrials Stocks	64.07%	12.69%	23.24%
Industry	Defense Stocks	62.16%	10.39%	27.46%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Longview asset management	28.03M	10.46%	$8.18B
Vanguard group	23.78M	8.67%	$6.27B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	16.54M	6.17%	$4.82B
Newport trust	14.98M	5.46%	$3.95B
Blackrock	14.88M	5.44%	$4.32B
State street	10.00M	3.66%	$2.90B
Wellington management group llp	8.31M	3.03%	$2.19B
Capital research global investors	6.94M	2.59%	$2.02B
Massachusetts financial services co /ma/	6.45M	2.41%	$1.88B
Wells fargo & company/mn	6.09M	2.22%	$1.61B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Longview asset management	28.03M	95.00%	$8.18B
Drh investments	35.45K	10.69%	$10.34M
Newport trust	14.98M	9.56%	$3.95B
Holowesko partners	59.92K	7.23%	$15.79M
Eliot finkel investment counsel	27.42K	4.60%	$7.23M
Thomas story & son	39.41K	4.42%	$11.49M
Weybosset research & management	43.13K	4.32%	$12.58M
Randolph	123.38K	3.63%	$32.51M
Clough capital partners l p	108.33K	3.14%	$31.60M
Saratoga research & investment management	232.95K	3.10%	$61.38M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	2.75M	0.12%	2.75M
Vanguard group	23.78M	0.11%	706.32K
Ubs group	1.55M	0.08%	581.68K
Hsbc	1.29M	0.20%	252.11K
Bnp paribas arbitrage, snc	553.44K	0.08%	244.20K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Wellington management group llp	8.31M	0.40%	-5.90M
Fmr	3.75M	0.06%	-1.19M
Janus henderson group	25.18K	0.00%	-711.92K
Verity & verity	-	-	-632.93K
Jpmorgan chase	5.25M	0.10%	-578.50K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	2.75M	0.12%	2.75M	$799.09M
Marshall wace, llp	228.34K	0.07%	228.34K	$66.60M
Exoduspoint capital management, lp	95.50K	0.24%	95.50K	$27.85M
Trexquant investment lp	75.04K	0.23%	75.04K	$19.77M
Nearwater capital markets	65.00K	0.30%	65.00K	$18.96M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Mendota financial group	-1.00
Greenline partners	-2.00
Delta asset management llc/tn	-2.00
Redwood wealth management group	-2.00
Proffitt & goodson	-3.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
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%
Jun 30, 2024	1,761	-1.51%	235,980,355	1.52%	86	1.19%	809	-1.58%	605	-2.89%

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%	-9.50K
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	3.05M	1.13%	-12.73K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
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
Aug 18, 2025	NOVAKOVIC PHEBE N	Chairman and CEO	Sell	$3.31M
Aug 14, 2025	Moss William A	Vice President and Controller	Sell	$2.82M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q3	-	15
2025 Q2	-	7
2025 Q1	-	5
2024 Q4	-	1
2024 Q3	-	1

GD Ownership FAQ

Who Owns General Dynamics?

General Dynamics shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 85.35%, followed by 0.51% insiders and 14.14% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in General Dynamics's industry, Defense Stocks, is 62.16%, which General Dynamics exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of General Dynamics?

General Dynamics’s largest shareholders are Longview asset management (28.03M shares, 10.46%), Vanguard group (23.78M shares, 8.67%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (16.54M shares, 6.17%). Together, they hold 25.29% 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 95.00% of its assets in 28.03M General Dynamics shares, valued at 8.18B$.

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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