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sellModerate cluster of 7

David Paddock sold $1.9M of GD

Vice President at GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP. 6,170 shares at an average of $312.26, traded Aug 4, 2025, filed Aug 6, 2025.

Warning score
45
Value
$1.9M
6,170 shares
Holdings after
29,264
-17% from before
From 52-week low
+31%
low $234.09, close $305.88
From 52-week high
-1%
high $309.94, as of Aug 4, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $1.9M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 17% of holdings
    +5
  • Cluster
    7 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m +2.5%, 3m +9.3%, 6m +13.1%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

GDOct 9, 2026 · close 331.27
Since filing Aug 6, 2025: +7.5%SPY +24.6% · excess -17.1%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0000950170-25-103877, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Aug 4, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock
+5,400$191.71$1.0M33,286Aug 6, 2025
Aug 4, 2025FTax withholding
Common Stock
-4,022$312.43$1.3M29,264Aug 6, 2025
Aug 4, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock
+6,170$167.61$1.0M35,434Aug 6, 2025
Aug 4, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-6,170$312.26$1.9M29,264Aug 6, 2025
Aug 4, 2025MOption exercise
Stock Optionsderivative
-5,400$0.00$00Aug 6, 2025
Aug 4, 2025MOption exercise
Stock Optionsderivative
-6,170$0.00$00Aug 6, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
45Moderate
GDsell
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
Robert K Steel
director
$2.6M
7,440 shares
-127%
47Moderate
GDsell 4
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
Peter A Wall
director
$789k
1,990 shares
-33%
45Moderate
GDsell 4
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
Christopher J Brady
Vice President
$2.4M
6,320 shares
-20%
50Moderate
GDsell 4
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
Marguerite Amy Gilliland
Executive Vice President
$16M
43,180 shares
-49%
50Moderate
GDsell 4
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
Phebe N Novakovic
Chairman and CEO
$20M
51,568 shares
-6%
35Weak
GDsell
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
Mark Malcolm
director
$2.0M
5,480 shares
-42%
45Moderate
GDsell
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
Mark Lagrand Burns
Executive Vice President
$25M
72,710 shares
-97%
60Notable
GDsell 4
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
Mark Lagrand Burns
Executive Vice President
$3.6M
10,153 shares
-21%
65Notable
GDsell 4
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
Phebe N Novakovic
Chairman and CEO
$12M
32,918 shares
-4%
55Moderate
GDsell 4
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
Gregory S Gallopoulos
Senior VP, Gen. Counsel, Sec.
$1.3M
3,729 shares
-3%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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