GS vs. MS, SCHW, RJF, LPLA, EVR, SF, LAZ, BGC, PIPR, and OPY
Should you be buying The Goldman Sachs Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Goldman Sachs Group include Morgan Stanley (MS), Charles Schwab (SCHW), Raymond James (RJF), LPL Financial (LPLA), Evercore (EVR), Stifel Financial (SF), Lazard (LAZ), BGC Group (BGC), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), and Oppenheimer (OPY). These companies are all part of the "investment banking & brokerage" industry.
The Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
Morgan Stanley has a net margin of 10.17% compared to The Goldman Sachs Group's net margin of 9.36%. Morgan Stanley's return on equity of 11.90% beat The Goldman Sachs Group's return on equity.
The Goldman Sachs Group currently has a consensus price target of $484.59, indicating a potential downside of 3.00%. Morgan Stanley has a consensus price target of $101.18, indicating a potential downside of 3.73%. Given The Goldman Sachs Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe The Goldman Sachs Group is more favorable than Morgan Stanley.
The Goldman Sachs Group has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Stanley has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Morgan Stanley had 13 more articles in the media than The Goldman Sachs Group. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Morgan Stanley and 25 mentions for The Goldman Sachs Group. The Goldman Sachs Group's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Morgan Stanley's score of 0.38 indicating that The Goldman Sachs Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Goldman Sachs Group pays an annual dividend of $11.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Morgan Stanley pays an annual dividend of $3.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. The Goldman Sachs Group pays out 43.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morgan Stanley pays out 67.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
71.2% of The Goldman Sachs Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.2% of Morgan Stanley shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of The Goldman Sachs Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Morgan Stanley shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
The Goldman Sachs Group received 50 more outperform votes than Morgan Stanley when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.76% of users gave Morgan Stanley an outperform vote while only 60.16% of users gave The Goldman Sachs Group an outperform vote.
Morgan Stanley has lower revenue, but higher earnings than The Goldman Sachs Group. Morgan Stanley is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Goldman Sachs Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
The Goldman Sachs Group and Morgan Stanley tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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