Compare Stocks: PIPR, GS, and MS

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$1,038.01 +0.0%	$1,043.76	$727.15 ▼ $1,153.99	$302.22B	1.29	1.81 million shs	1.43 million shs
MS Morgan Stanley	$217.73 +0.3%	$215.70	$146.29 ▼ $232.25	$342.51B	1.21	3.89 million shs	3.13 million shs
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	$77.04 -0.9%	$74.98	$68.70 ▼ $95.07	$5.49B	1.4	492,678 shs	417,918 shs

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Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	-0.06%	+0.35%	-2.28%	-0.21%	+42.42%
MS Morgan Stanley	+0.20%	+1.42%	-0.43%	+2.49%	+46.68%
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	-0.91%	+1.99%	+1.25%	+0.63%	-4.45%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$1,038.01 +0.0%	$1,043.76	$727.15 ▼ $1,153.99	$302.22B	1.29	1.81 million shs	1.43 million shs
MS Morgan Stanley	$217.73 +0.3%	$215.70	$146.29 ▼ $232.25	$342.51B	1.21	3.89 million shs	3.13 million shs
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	$77.04 -0.9%	$74.98	$68.70 ▼ $95.07	$5.49B	1.4	492,678 shs	417,918 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	-0.06%	+0.35%	-2.28%	-0.21%	+42.42%
MS Morgan Stanley	+0.20%	+1.42%	-0.43%	+2.49%	+46.68%
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	-0.91%	+1.99%	+1.25%	+0.63%	-4.45%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	2.54	Moderate Buy	$1,062.86	2.39% Upside
MS Morgan Stanley	2.65	Moderate Buy	$224.75	3.22% Upside
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	2.33	Hold	$95.06	23.39% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest PIPR, GS, and MS Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/24/2026	MS Morgan Stanley	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
8/17/2026	PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C+)
8/6/2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
8/5/2026	MS Morgan Stanley	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
8/5/2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
8/3/2026	MS Morgan Stanley	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$255.00 ➝ $260.00
8/3/2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$1,120.00 ➝ $1,150.00
7/21/2026	MS Morgan Stanley	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Hold	$190.00 ➝ $215.00
7/20/2026	MS Morgan Stanley	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sector Perform	$243.00
7/17/2026	MS Morgan Stanley	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$240.00 ➝ $250.00
7/17/2026	MS Morgan Stanley	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$220.00 ➝ $235.00

(Data available from 9/5/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$125.10B	2.42	$64.55 per share	16.08	$376.80 per share	2.75
MS Morgan Stanley	$119.66B	2.87	$13.57 per share	16.04	$68.28 per share	3.19
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	$1.90B	2.86	$5.19 per share	14.84	$22.18 per share	3.47

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$17.18B	$64.79	16.02	14.36	1.05	15.53%	19.16%	1.07%	10/13/2026 (Estimated)
MS Morgan Stanley	$16.86B	$12.37	17.60	16.67	1.54	15.65%	19.31%	1.33%	10/14/2026 (Estimated)
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	$281.33M	$4.32	17.85	14.43	1.80	14.51%	21.92%	14.60%	10/30/2026 (Estimated)

Latest PIPR, GS, and MS Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	$0.8750	$1.04	+$0.1650	$0.95	$445.28 million	$491.14 million
7/15/2026	Q2 2026	MS Morgan Stanley	$2.89	$3.46	+$0.57	$3.46	$19.67 billion	$21.35 billion
7/14/2026	Q2 2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$14.47	$20.98	+$6.51	$20.98	$16.22 billion	$20.34 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	$20.00	1.93%	+22.87%	30.87%	13 Years
MS Morgan Stanley	$4.60	2.11%	+22.42%	37.19%	12 Years
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	$0.80	1.04%	+23.39%	18.52%	1 Years

Latest PIPR, GS, and MS Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/13/2026	GS The Goldman Sachs Group	quarterly	$5.00	2%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/29/2026
7/30/2026	PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	quarterly	$0.20	1.06%	8/28/2026	8/28/2026	9/11/2026
7/15/2026	MS Morgan Stanley	quarterly	$1.15	2.18%	7/31/2026	7/31/2026	8/14/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	3.17	0.63	0.63
MS Morgan Stanley	3.65	0.79	0.79
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	N/A	1.41	0.67

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	71.21%
MS Morgan Stanley	84.19%
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	72.79%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	0.55%
MS Morgan Stanley	0.17%
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	3.10%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
GS The Goldman Sachs Group	47,400	291.17 million	289.57 million	Optionable
MS Morgan Stanley	82,992	1.58 billion	1.57 billion	Optionable
PIPR Piper Sandler Companies	1,858	70.67 million	68.48 million	N/A

PIPR, GS, and MS Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Piper Sandler Companies: 'Pretty Good, Just Not Great And Robust'

August 29, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

A look back at investment banking & brokerage stocks’ Q2 earnings: Piper Sandler (NYSE:PIPR) vs the rest of the pack

August 28, 2026 | msn.com

Beyond Big Tech: 3 Non-Tech Earnings Winners to Watch (PIPR)

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August 25, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE:PIPR) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Hold" by Brokerages

August 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Piper Sandler Continues to Strengthen Private Capital Advisory with Addition of Tim Light as Managing Director of Secondary Capital Advisory

August 20, 2026 | uk.finance.yahoo.com

Piper Sandler declares $0.20 dividend

July 30, 2026 | msn.com

Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

July 30, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) Q2 Earnings and Revenues Beat Estimates

July 30, 2026 | zacks.com

Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) Q2 2026 Earnings

July 30, 2026 | 247wallst.com

Piper Sandler Companies Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results; Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.20 Per Share

July 30, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Piper Sandler (NYSE:PIPR) surprises with strong Q2 CY2026

July 30, 2026 | msn.com

Piper Sandler Q2 2026 net revenues rise 25 percent to $495.5 million

July 30, 2026 | quiverquant.comQ

Piper Sandler (PIPR) Stock Looks Above Fair Value After A 189% Run

July 25, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) Earnings Expected to Grow: Should You Buy?

July 23, 2026 | zacks.com

Piper Sandler Companies to Announce Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results and Host a Conference Call on July 30, 2026

July 16, 2026 | businesswire.com

Why Is PIPR (NYSE:PIPR) Strengthening Advisory Services in Russell 1000?

July 7, 2026 | kalkinemedia.comK

PIPR vs. MCO: Which Stock Is the Better Value Option?

July 1, 2026 | zacks.com

Piper Sandler Expands Restructuring Group With the Addition of John D’Amico

June 29, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Piper Sandler: Strong Advisory Growth, But Cyclicality Still Matters

June 11, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

Is Piper Sandler Cos (PIPR) a Bargain After 3.3% Drop? GF Value Says Undervalued

June 10, 2026 | gurufocus.com

Unpacking Q1 Earnings: Piper Sandler (NYSE:PIPR) In The Context Of Other Investment Banking & Brokerage Stocks

June 10, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

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PIPR, GS, and MS Company Descriptions

The Goldman Sachs Group NYSE:GS

$1,038.01 +0.08 (+0.01%)

As of 09/4/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

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.

Morgan Stanley NYSE:MS

$217.73 +0.58 (+0.27%)

As of 09/4/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Morgan Stanley, a financial holding company, provides various financial products and services to corporations, governments, financial institutions, and individuals in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. It operates through Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Investment Management segments. The Institutional Securities segment offers capital raising and financial advisory services, including services related to the underwriting of debt, equity, and other securities, as well as advice on mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, real estate, and project finance. This segment also provides equity and fixed income products comprising sales, financing, prime brokerage, and market-making services; foreign exchange and commodities; corporate and commercial real estate loans, commercial mortgage and secured lending facilities, and financing for sales and trading customers, and asset-backed and mortgage lending; and wealth management services, investment, and research services. The Wealth Management segment offers financial advisor-led brokerage, custody, administrative, and investment advisory services; self-directed brokerage services; financial and wealth planning services; workplace services, including stock plan administration; annuity and insurance products; securities-based lending, residential real estate loans, and other lending products; banking; and retirement plan services to individual investors and small to medium-sized businesses and institutions. The Investment Management segment provides equity, fixed income, alternatives and solutions, and liquidity and overlay services to benefit/defined contribution plans, foundations, endowments, government entities, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, third-party fund sponsors, corporations, and individuals through institutional and intermediary channels. The company was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Piper Sandler Companies NYSE:PIPR

$77.04 -0.71 (-0.91%)

As of 09/4/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Piper Sandler Companies operates as an investment bank and institutional securities firm that serves corporations, private equity groups, public entities, non-profit entities, and institutional investors in the United States and internationally. The company offers investment banking and institutional sales, trading, and research services for various equity and fixed income products. It provides advisory services, such as mergers and acquisitions, equity private placements, and debt and restructuring advisory; raises capital through equity and debt financings; underwrites municipal issuances; and offers municipal financial advisory and loan placement services, as well as various over-the-counter derivative products. The company also offers public finance investment banking services that focus on state and local governments, and cultural and social service non-profit entities, as well as the education, healthcare, hospitality, senior living, and transportation sectors. In addition, it provides equity and fixed income advisory and trade execution services for institutional investors, and government and non-profit entities. Further, the company is involved in the alternative asset management funds merchant banking and healthcare to invest firm capital and to manage capital from outside investors, as well as trading activities. The company was formerly known as Piper Jaffray Companies and changed its name to Piper Sandler Companies in January 2020. Piper Sandler Companies was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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