The Goldman Sachs Group - GS Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for The Goldman Sachs Group in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" GS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in GS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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15 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for The Goldman Sachs Group's stock. Their GS share price forecasts range from $290.00 to $477.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $402.19 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.3% from the stock's current price.
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The Goldman Sachs Group's stock was trading at $382.55 at the beginning of the year. Since then, GS shares have decreased by 6.4% and is now trading at $358.08.
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The Goldman Sachs Group saw a increase in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,100,000 shares, an increase of 24.3% from the October 31st total of 5,710,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,280,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.1 days. Approximately 2.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 17th 2023.
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The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 18th. The investment management company reported $8.25 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $7.47 by $0.78. The investment management company earned $11.98 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $11.53 billion. The Goldman Sachs Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.23% and a net margin of 22.50%. The Goldman Sachs Group's quarterly revenue was down 12.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $14.93 earnings per share.
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The Goldman Sachs Group announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 17th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 1st will be paid a dividend of $2.50 per share on Thursday, December 29th. This represents a $10.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.79%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 30th.
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The Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS) pays an annual dividend of $10.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.78%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 26.63%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, GS will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.35% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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811 employees have rated The Goldman Sachs Group Chief Executive Officer David M. Solomon on Glassdoor.com. David M. Solomon has an approval rating of 91% among the company's employees. This puts David M. Solomon in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

The Goldman Sachs Group's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.88%), BlackRock Inc. (6.81%), State Street Corp (6.10%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.80%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.41%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.41%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian J Lee, David A Viniar, David M Solomon, Ericka T Leslie, Goldman Sachs Group Inc, John E Waldron, John FW Rogers, Laurence Stein, Philip R Berlinski and Stephen M Scherr.
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Shares of GS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of GS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $358.08.

The Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS) has a market capitalization of $121.26 billion and generates $64.99 billion in revenue each year. The investment management company earns $21.64 billion in net income (profit) each year or $37.55 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 43,900 workers across the globe.

The Goldman Sachs Group's mailing address is 200 WEST STREET, NEW YORK NY, 10282. The official website for the company is www.goldmansachs.com. The investment management company can be reached via phone at (212) 902-1000, via email at gs-investor-relations@gs.com, or via fax at 212-902-3000.