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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
BlackRock stock logo
BLK
BlackRock
$1,050.09
+1.3%
$1,013.75
$917.39
$1,219.94
$160.87B1.44539,493 shs760,387 shs
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
$981.97
+5.7%
$885.93
$582.50
$984.70
$273.99B1.281.74 million shs3.10 million shs
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo
XLF
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund
$51.66
+1.1%
$50.65
$47.67
$56.51
$50.95B0.8848.53 million shs42.15 million shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
BlackRock stock logo
BLK
BlackRock
+1.27%-4.03%+0.19%-2.97%+5.19%
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
+5.86%+2.86%+4.47%+7.16%+61.99%
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo
XLF
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund
+1.10%+1.31%-1.84%-0.94%+0.62%
CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
BlackRock stock logo
BLK
BlackRock
$1,050.09
+1.3%
$1,013.75
$917.39
$1,219.94
$160.87B1.44539,493 shs760,387 shs
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
$981.97
+5.7%
$885.93
$582.50
$984.70
$273.99B1.281.74 million shs3.10 million shs
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo
XLF
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund
$51.66
+1.1%
$50.65
$47.67
$56.51
$50.95B0.8848.53 million shs42.15 million shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
BlackRock stock logo
BLK
BlackRock
+1.27%-4.03%+0.19%-2.97%+5.19%
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
+5.86%+2.86%+4.47%+7.16%+61.99%
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo
XLF
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund
+1.10%+1.31%-1.84%-0.94%+0.62%
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
BlackRock stock logo
BLK
BlackRock
2.90
Moderate Buy$1,269.0620.85% Upside
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
2.39
Hold$943.95-3.87% Downside
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo
XLF
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund
2.65
Moderate Buy$51.66N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest BLK, GS, and XLF Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
5/19/2026
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
Boost Price TargetOutperform$825.00 ➝ $980.00
5/13/2026
BlackRock stock logo
BLK
BlackRock
UpgradeHold (C+)Buy (B-)
5/8/2026
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
DowngradeBuy (B-)Hold (C+)
5/8/2026
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
Boost Price TargetNeutral$765.00 ➝ $930.00
5/8/2026
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
UpgradeHold
5/7/2026
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
Boost Price Target$890.00 ➝ $1,050.00
5/6/2026
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
Boost Price Target$930.00 ➝ $940.00
5/5/2026
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
Boost Price TargetNeutral$891.00 ➝ $930.00
5/4/2026
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
Boost Price Target$729.00 ➝ $765.00
4/29/2026
BlackRock stock logo
BLK
BlackRock
DowngradeBuy (B-)Hold (C+)
4/24/2026
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
UpgradeHold (C+)Buy (B-)
(Data available from 5/21/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
BlackRock stock logo
BLK
BlackRock
$24.22B6.73$57.92 per share18.13$366.58 per share2.86
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
$125.10B2.32$68.24 per share14.39$369.75 per share2.66
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo
XLF
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
BlackRock stock logo
BLK
BlackRock
$5.55B$39.8426.3617.221.3524.40%14.74%4.95%7/21/2026 (Estimated)
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
$17.18B$54.7217.9514.931.2014.13%16.53%0.97%7/14/2026 (Estimated)
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo
XLF
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund
N/AN/A18.25N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Latest BLK, GS, and XLF Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
4/14/2026Q1 2026
BlackRock stock logo
BLK
BlackRock
$12.40$12.53+$0.13$14.06$6.56 billion$6.70 billion
4/13/2026Q1 2026
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
$15.92$17.55+$1.63$17.55$16.66 billion$17.23 billion
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield5-Year Annualized Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
BlackRock stock logo
BLK
BlackRock
$22.922.18%+7.50%57.53%16 Years
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
$18.001.83%+22.87%32.89%13 Years
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo
XLF
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund
$0.791.53%N/AN/AN/A

Latest BLK, GS, and XLF Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
4/13/2026
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
quarterly$4.502.02%6/1/20266/1/20266/29/2026
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
BlackRock stock logo
BLK
BlackRock
0.34
4.09
4.09
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
2.89
0.63
0.63
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo
XLF
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund
N/AN/AN/A

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
BlackRock stock logo
BLK
BlackRock
80.69%
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
71.21%
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo
XLF
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund
72.51%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
BlackRock stock logo
BLK
BlackRock
1.92%
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
0.55%
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo
XLF
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund
N/A
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
BlackRock stock logo
BLK
BlackRock
24,900155.23 million152.25 millionOptionable
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. stock logo
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
47,400295.01 million293.38 millionOptionable
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo
XLF
Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund
N/A986.20 millionN/ANot Optionable

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BlackRock stock logo

BlackRock NYSE:BLK

$1,050.09 +13.79 (+1.33%)
Closing price 05/20/2026 03:59 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$1,045.32 -4.77 (-0.45%)
As of 05/20/2026 07:45 PM Eastern
Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Massive. Learn more.

BlackRock, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. The firm primarily provides its services to institutional, intermediary, and individual investors including corporate, public, union, and industry pension plans, insurance companies, third-party mutual funds, endowments, public institutions, governments, foundations, charities, sovereign wealth funds, corporations, official institutions, and banks. It also provides global risk management and advisory services. The firm manages separate client-focused equity, fixed income, and balanced portfolios. It also launches and manages open-end and closed-end mutual funds, offshore funds, unit trusts, and alternative investment vehicles including structured funds. The firm launches equity, fixed income, balanced, and real estate mutual funds. It also launches equity, fixed income, balanced, currency, commodity, and multi-asset exchange traded funds. The firm also launches and manages hedge funds. It invests in the public equity, fixed income, real estate, currency, commodity, and alternative markets across the globe. The firm primarily invests in growth and value stocks of small-cap, mid-cap, SMID-cap, large-cap, and multi-cap companies. It also invests in dividend-paying equity securities. The firm invests in investment grade municipal securities, government securities including securities issued or guaranteed by a government or a government agency or instrumentality, corporate bonds, and asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities. It employs fundamental and quantitative analysis with a focus on bottom-up and top-down approach to make its investments. The firm employs liquidity, asset allocation, balanced, real estate, and alternative strategies to make its investments. In real estate sector, it seeks to invest in Poland and Germany. The firm benchmarks the performance of its portfolios against various S&P, Russell, Barclays, MSCI, Citigroup, and Merrill Lynch indices. BlackRock, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is based in New York City with additional offices in Boston, Massachusetts; London, United Kingdom; Gurgaon, India; Hong Kong; Greenwich, Connecticut; Princeton, New Jersey; Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Sydney, Australia; Taipei, Taiwan; Singapore; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Washington, District of Columbia; Toronto, Canada; Wilmington, Delaware; and San Francisco, California.

The Goldman Sachs Group stock logo

The Goldman Sachs Group NYSE:GS

$981.97 +53.23 (+5.73%)
Closing price 05/20/2026 03:59 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$983.96 +1.99 (+0.20%)
As of 05/20/2026 08:00 PM Eastern
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The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a financial institution, provides a range of financial services for corporations, financial institutions, governments, and individuals worldwide. It operates through Global Banking & Markets, Asset & Wealth Management, and Platform Solutions segments. The Global Banking & Markets segment provides financial advisory services, including strategic advisory assignments related to mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense activities, restructurings, and spin-offs; and relationship lending, and acquisition financing, as well as secured lending, through structured credit and asset-backed lending and involved in financing under securities to resale agreements. This segment also offers client execution activities for cash and derivative instruments; credit and interest rate products; and provision of mortgages, currencies, commodities, and equities related products, as well as underwriting services. The Asset & Wealth Management segment manages assets across various classes, including equity, fixed income, hedge funds, credit funds, private equity, real estate, currencies, and commodities; and provides customized investment advisory solutions, wealth advisory services, personalized financial planning, and private banking services, as well as invests in corporate equity, credit, real estate, and infrastructure assets. The Platform Solutions segment offers credit cards and point-of-sale financing for purchase of goods or services. This segment also provides cash management services, such as deposit-taking and payment solutions for corporate and institutional clients. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSEARCA:XLF

$51.66 +0.56 (+1.10%)
Closing price 05/20/2026 04:10 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$51.59 -0.07 (-0.14%)
As of 05/20/2026 07:59 PM Eastern
Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Massive. Learn more.

The Fund seeks to provide investors with a low-cost passive approach for investing in a portfolio of equity securities of firms as represented by the Financial Select Sector Index.