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 Tuesday, July 16th. Investors of record on Friday, August 30th will be given a dividend of $1.25 per share on Friday, September 27th. This represents a $5.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.47%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 29th. This is a boost from Goldman Sachs Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.85. View Goldman Sachs Group's Dividend History.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July, 16th. The investment management company reported $5.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $4.73 by $1.08. The investment management company earned $9.46 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.88 billion. Goldman Sachs Group had a net margin of 22.09% and a return on equity of 12.43%. Goldman Sachs Group's revenue was up .6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $5.98 EPS. View Goldman Sachs Group's Earnings History.

Goldman Sachs Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 15th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Goldman Sachs Group.

Goldman Sachs Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, October 15th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8882817154.

16 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Goldman Sachs Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $202.00 to $312.00. On average, they anticipate Goldman Sachs Group's stock price to reach $244.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 20.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Goldman Sachs Group.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Goldman Sachs Group in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 7 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Goldman Sachs Group.

Media stories about GS stock have trended positive on Friday, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Goldman Sachs Group earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the investment management company a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Goldman Sachs Group.

Goldman Sachs Group saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totalling 7,434,600 shares, an increase of 12.6% from the June 15th total of 6,600,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,340,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.2 days. Currently, 2.2% of the shares of the 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), MarketAxess (MKTX), Nomura (NMR), Raymond James (RJF), SEI Investments (SEIC), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Stifel Financial (SF), Virtu Financial (VIRT), Navient (NAVI), Futu (FHL) and Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Goldman Sachs Group investors own include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), Netflix (NFLX), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Boeing (BA), Intel (INTC), Micron Technology (MU) and Walt Disney (DIS).

Goldman Sachs Group's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.10%), BlackRock Inc. (5.93%), Invesco Ltd. (1.37%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.21%), Northern Trust Corp (1.15%) and Greenhaven Associates Inc. (0.92%). Company insiders that own Goldman Sachs Group stock include Brian J Lee, Dane E Holmes, David A Viniar, David M Solomon, Gregory K Palm, Harvey M Schwartz, John FW Rogers, Lloyd C Blankfein, Pablo J Salame, R Martin Chavez and Richard J Gnodde. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Goldman Sachs Group.

GS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Institute for Wealth Management LLC., Hyman Charles D, Natixis, Natixis, BlackRock Inc., Man Group plc, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Goldman Sachs Group company stock in the last year include Dane E Holmes and Gregory K Palm. View Insider Buying and Selling for Goldman Sachs Group.

GS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Invesco Ltd., Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Renaissance Technologies LLC. 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 $202.42.

Goldman Sachs Group has a market capitalization of $72.78 billion and generates $36.62 billion in revenue each year. The investment management company earns $10.46 billion in net income (profit) each year or $25.27 on an earnings per share basis. Goldman Sachs Group employs 36,600 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Goldman Sachs Group.

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]