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 Thursday, January 17th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.80 per share on Thursday, March 28th. This represents a $3.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.61%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 27th. View Goldman Sachs Group's Dividend History.

Goldman Sachs Group announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Monday, April 24th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase 50,000,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 16th. The investment management company reported $6.04 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $5.15 by $0.89. The investment management company earned $8.08 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.48 billion. Goldman Sachs Group had a return on equity of 13.35% and a net margin of 28.92%. The firm's revenue was down .5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $5.68 EPS. View Goldman Sachs Group's Earnings History.

Goldman Sachs Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 16th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Goldman Sachs Group.

15 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Goldman Sachs Group's stock. Their predictions range from $207.00 to $300.00. On average, they expect Goldman Sachs Group's share price to reach $260.3333 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 31.1% 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 2 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Goldman Sachs Group.

News coverage about GS stock has trended neutral on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Goldman Sachs Group earned a daily sentiment score of 0.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the investment management company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Goldman Sachs Group saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 7,340,209 shares, an increase of 47.9% from the December 31st total of 4,961,537 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,327,988 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days. Approximately 2.1% of the company's shares 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), TD Ameritrade (AMTD), Credit Suisse Group (CS), 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 number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.00%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (4.47%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.92%), Jennison Associates LLC (1.27%), Northern Trust Corp (1.16%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.15%). Company insiders that own Goldman Sachs Group stock include Brian J Lee, 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 Boston Partners, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Investec Asset Management LTD, Bank of Montreal Can, BlackRock Inc. and Eaton Vance Management. Company insiders that have sold Goldman Sachs Group company stock in the last year include Brian J Lee, David M Solomon, Gregory K Palm and John FW Rogers. View Insider Buying and Selling for Goldman Sachs Group.

GS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Lakewood Capital Management LP, Jennison Associates LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, Quinn Opportunity Partners LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Yacktman Asset Management LP and MFN Partners Management LP. 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 $198.60.

Goldman Sachs Group has a market capitalization of $73.87 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.

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]