NYSE:GS - Goldman Sachs Group Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Goldman Sachs Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "GS."

Goldman Sachs Group declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 17th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 30th will be given a dividend of $0.80 per share on Friday, December 28th. This represents a $3.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.62%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 29th. View Goldman Sachs Group's Dividend History.

Goldman Sachs Group declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Monday, April 24th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase 50,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 16th. The investment management company reported $6.04 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $5.15 by $0.89. The investment management company earned $8.08 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.48 billion. Goldman Sachs Group had a net margin of 16.68% and a return on equity of 14.10%. The firm's revenue was down .5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $5.68 EPS. View Goldman Sachs Group's Earnings History.

15 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Goldman Sachs Group's shares. Their predictions range from $207.00 to $335.00. On average, they expect Goldman Sachs Group's stock price to reach $264.3333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Goldman Sachs Group.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Goldman Sachs Group in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Goldman Sachs Group.

Media coverage about GS stock has been trending positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Goldman Sachs Group earned a media sentiment score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the investment management company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Goldman Sachs Group saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 14th, there was short interest totalling 6,268,512 shares, an increase of 58.2% from the November 30th total of 3,962,294 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,557,366 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.4 days. Approximately 1.8% of the company's stock are short sold. View Goldman Sachs Group's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Goldman Sachs Group include Morgan Stanley (MS), BlackRock (BLK), Charles Schwab (SCHW), Credit Suisse Group (CS), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), Nomura (NMR), Raymond James (RJF), MarketAxess (MKTX), SEI Investments (SEIC), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Stifel Financial (SF), Navient (NAVI), Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR), Piper Jaffray Companies (PJC) and Wisdom Tree Investments (WETF).

Goldman Sachs Group's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Greenhaven Associates Inc. (0.90%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.07%), Cornerstone Investment Partners LLC (0.06%), Cacti Asset Management LLC (0.05%), Personal Capital Advisors Corp (0.03%) and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%). Company insiders that own Goldman Sachs Group stock include Alan M Cohen, Brian J Lee, David A Viniar, David M Solomon, Edith W Cooper, Gregory K Palm, Harvey M Schwartz, James A /Dc/ Johnson, John FW Rogers, Lloyd C Blankfein, Pablo J Salame, R Martin Chavez, Richard J Gnodde and Sarah G Smith. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Goldman Sachs Group.

GS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DNB Asset Management AS, Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Personal Capital Advisors Corp, Greenhaven Associates Inc., CenterStar Asset Management LLC, RNC Capital Management LLC and Grassi Investment Management. Company insiders that have sold Goldman Sachs Group company stock in the last year include Brian J Lee, David A Viniar, David M Solomon, Gregory K Palm, John FW Rogers, Pablo J Salame and R Martin Chavez. View Insider Buying and Selling for Goldman Sachs Group.

GS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Addison Capital Co, Cornerstone Investment Partners LLC, Virtu Financial LLC, Cacti Asset Management LLC, YHB Investment Advisors Inc., Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC, Edge Wealth Management LLC and Narwhal Capital Management. View Insider Buying and Selling for Goldman Sachs Group.

Shares of GS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $197.08.

Goldman Sachs Group has a market capitalization of $66.48 billion and generates $32.07 billion in revenue each year. The investment management company earns $4.29 billion in net income (profit) each year or $19.76 on an earnings per share basis. Goldman Sachs Group employs 36,600 workers across the globe.

The official website for Goldman Sachs Group is http://www.goldmansachs.com.

Goldman Sachs Group's mailing address is 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY, 10282. The investment management company can be reached via phone at 212-902-1000 or via email at [email protected]