The Goldman Sachs Group (GS) Competitors

$427.57
+7.52 (+1.79%)
(As of 04/26/2024 ET)

GS vs. SCHW, MS, BLK, IBKR, PGR, MUFG, C, HSBC, HDB, and TD

Should you be buying The Goldman Sachs Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Goldman Sachs Group include Charles Schwab (SCHW), Morgan Stanley (MS), BlackRock (BLK), Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR), Progressive (PGR), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Citigroup (C), HSBC (HSBC), HDFC Bank (HDB), and Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

The Goldman Sachs Group vs.

Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW) and The Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Charles Schwab pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. The Goldman Sachs Group pays an annual dividend of $11.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Charles Schwab pays out 41.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Goldman Sachs Group pays out 43.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Charles Schwab has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and The Goldman Sachs Group has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. The Goldman Sachs Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, The Goldman Sachs Group had 13 more articles in the media than Charles Schwab. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for The Goldman Sachs Group and 41 mentions for Charles Schwab. The Goldman Sachs Group's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Charles Schwab's score of 0.50 indicating that Charles Schwab is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Charles Schwab
17 Very Positive mention(s)
11 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
The Goldman Sachs Group
20 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
21 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

The Goldman Sachs Group has higher revenue and earnings than Charles Schwab. The Goldman Sachs Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Charles Schwab, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Charles Schwab$18.84B7.07$5.07B$2.3931.38
The Goldman Sachs Group$108.42B1.28$8.52B$25.6116.70

Charles Schwab has a net margin of 26.14% compared to Charles Schwab's net margin of 8.17%. The Goldman Sachs Group's return on equity of 19.86% beat Charles Schwab's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Charles Schwab26.14% 19.86% 1.19%
The Goldman Sachs Group 8.17%8.65%0.58%

84.4% of Charles Schwab shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of The Goldman Sachs Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of Charles Schwab shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of The Goldman Sachs Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Charles Schwab has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Goldman Sachs Group has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Charles Schwab presently has a consensus price target of $74.47, suggesting a potential downside of 0.69%. The Goldman Sachs Group has a consensus price target of $434.93, suggesting a potential upside of 1.72%. Given Charles Schwab's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe The Goldman Sachs Group is more favorable than Charles Schwab.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Charles Schwab
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36
The Goldman Sachs Group
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

The Goldman Sachs Group received 378 more outperform votes than Charles Schwab when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.16% of users gave Charles Schwab an outperform vote while only 60.34% of users gave The Goldman Sachs Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Charles SchwabOutperform Votes
847
63.16%
Underperform Votes
494
36.84%
The Goldman Sachs GroupOutperform Votes
1225
60.34%
Underperform Votes
805
39.66%

Summary

The Goldman Sachs Group beats Charles Schwab on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding GS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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GS vs. The Competition

MetricThe Goldman Sachs GroupSecurity brokers & dealers IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$138.76B$23.34B$8.66B$17.47B
Dividend Yield2.62%2.73%10.07%3.55%
P/E Ratio16.7013.7348.9121.95
Price / Sales1.284.94285.1110.49
Price / Cash10.2416.4215.3117.65
Price / Book1.182.102.364.87
Net Income$8.52B$898.06M$1.00B$964.96M
7 Day Performance5.83%2.27%1.04%1.90%
1 Month Performance2.98%-1.56%-2.19%-3.08%
1 Year Performance25.17%41.57%13.49%96.69%

The Goldman Sachs Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SCHW
Charles Schwab
4.7149 of 5 stars
$75.24
+1.3%
$74.47
-1.0%
+48.2%$133.62B$18.84B31.4833,000Dividend Announcement
Insider Selling
MS
Morgan Stanley
4.5608 of 5 stars
$93.82
+1.9%
$98.07
+4.5%
+5.0%$152.61B$96.19B17.0980,000
BLK
BlackRock
4.8264 of 5 stars
$766.68
+0.9%
$845.42
+10.3%
+17.2%$114.19B$17.86B19.4819,800Short Interest ↓
IBKR
Interactive Brokers Group
3.5679 of 5 stars
$114.69
+1.4%
$124.00
+8.1%
+50.9%$48.29B$7.78B19.612,932
PGR
Progressive
4.6217 of 5 stars
$214.02
+0.5%
$211.88
-1.0%
+55.4%$125.35B$62.11B21.9161,400
MUFG
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
3.8346 of 5 stars
$10.09
+0.5%
N/A+57.2%$124.49B$68.70B8.14121,800
C
Citigroup
4.9429 of 5 stars
$62.66
+2.8%
$62.91
+0.4%
+33.7%$120.00B$156.82B18.54239,000Short Interest ↓
HSBC
HSBC
3.7426 of 5 stars
$41.90
+0.7%
$560.00
+1,236.7%
+17.9%$158.43B$131.13B7.35220,861Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
HDB
HDFC Bank
2.3406 of 5 stars
$58.43
+0.2%
N/A-16.3%$108.67B$25.50B18.03173,222Short Interest ↑
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
3.9597 of 5 stars
$58.92
+0.6%
$89.33
+51.6%
-0.2%$103.89B$75.05B12.59103,257Short Interest ↓

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This page (NYSE:GS) was last updated on 4/27/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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