General Dynamics Increase
I own 65 GD shares at an average cost of $105.53 per share. Following this increase, my yield on cost is 5.69%. (GD’s forward yield is 2.21% at $271.56 per share.)
Since opening my position in March 2013, the stock has generated a total return of 193%, including $2,452.85 in dividend income. That’s a splendid annualized rate of return of 13.7%.
GD became DivGro’s 1st Home Run stock in October 2014, when the stock doubled my original capital outlay.
5-Year History of Dividend Payouts by Ex-Date
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | • | 2025 |
| $4.32 | $4.67 | $4.97 | $5.22 | $5.58 | ⬆ | $5.92✝ |
| 8.27% | 8.10% | 6.42% | 5.03% | 6.90% | ⬇ | 6.09% |
| 5-year DGR: | 6.95% | ⬇ | 6.50% | |||
✝projected, assuming no further changes
