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General Dynamics has managed to avoid much of the defense stock pain that came after fighting began in Iran. Wall Street was looking for earnings per share of $3.96 from sales of $13.5 billion. Operating profit margin was 10.4%, up 0.4 percentage point year-over-year.

The latest trading day saw General Dynamics (GD) settling at $373.16, representing a +1.48% change from its previous close.

General Dynamics (GD) closed the most recent trading day at $365.63, moving 1.05% from the previous trading session.

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President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran might be over. “To me, I think it’s over, I don’t want to deal with them anymore,” Trump told reporters at a NATO summit in Ankara on Wednesday, according to the Wall Street Journal. U.S. Central Command said American forces hit more than 80 targets in a new round of strikes against Iran Tuesday.

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President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. would resume attacks on Iran, after a Shahed drone downed a U.S. Apache helicopter. “We’re gonna be attacking them, attacking them very hard,” Trump told reporters, according to The Wall Street Journal. Defense stocks were down in midday trading.

While General Dynamics has underperformed its sector peers recently, analysts remain moderately optimistic about the stock’s prospects.

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The U.S. Navy fired interceptors at inbound Iranian cruise missiles in the Strait of Hormuz yesterday morning. Those interceptors were almost certainly built by Raytheon. CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper said Iran fired cruise missiles at U.S. Navy ships and drones at commercial vessels, all of which were engaged with no U.S. Navy or U.S.-flagged ... U.S. Navy intercepts Iranian cruise missiles — 4 defense stocks to watch today

Shares soared 8% on an earnings beat Wednesday, erasing much of the losses the company has suffered since the start of the war in Iran.