The Goldman Sachs Group (GS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a global financial services company headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1869, the firm provides services to corporations, financial institutions, governments, individuals and other clients through its investment banking, markets, asset management and wealth management businesses.

Goldman Sachs advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, financing and other strategic transactions, and facilitates trading in equities, fixed income, currencies and commodities. Its asset and wealth management operations provide investment management, financial planning, advisory services and private banking solutions for institutions, companies and individuals.

The company also offers transaction banking and other financial services through its platforms business, including cash management and financing solutions. Goldman Sachs serves clients across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and other international markets. David Solomon serves as the company’s chairman and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $897.26 to $913.00
• 50-Day Range: $896.11 to $1,062.20
• 52-Week Range: $740.01 to $1,153.99
• Volume: 1.59 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.06 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $263.12 billion
• P/E Ratio: 13.95
• Dividend Yield: 2.21%
• Price Target: $1,073.60
• Consensus Rating: Hold

The Goldman Sachs Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

The Goldman Sachs Group scored higher than 99% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 37th out of 839 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

The Goldman Sachs Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.39, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 10 buy ratings, 12 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

The Goldman Sachs Group has a consensus price target of $1,073.60, representing about 18.8% upside from its current price of $903.66.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

The Goldman Sachs Group has been the subject of 12 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 5.77%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for The Goldman Sachs Group are expected to grow by 5.77% in the coming year, from $68.98 to $72.96 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of The Goldman Sachs Group is 13.95, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.94.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of The Goldman Sachs Group is 13.95, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.50.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

The Goldman Sachs Group has a PEG Ratio of 0.92. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

The Goldman Sachs Group has a P/B Ratio of 2.47. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.39% of the float of The Goldman Sachs Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

The Goldman Sachs Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.91, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in The Goldman Sachs Group has recently decreased by 0.84%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

The Goldman Sachs Group pays a meaningful dividend of 2.22%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

The Goldman Sachs Group has been increasing its dividend for 13 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of The Goldman Sachs Group is 30.87%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, The Goldman Sachs Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.41% next year. This indicates that The Goldman Sachs Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.51

News Sentiment

The Goldman Sachs Group has a news sentiment score of 0.51. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 85 news articles for The Goldman Sachs Group this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

45 people have searched for GS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 15% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

34 people have added The Goldman Sachs Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 21% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, The Goldman Sachs Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.55% of the stock of The Goldman Sachs Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

71.21% of the stock of The Goldman Sachs Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/14/2026
• Record date for 9/29 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/29 Dividend: 9/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/29/2026
• Today: 10/03/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/13/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Capital Markets
• Sub-Industry: Investment Banking & Brokerage
• Current Symbol: NYSE:GS
• CIK: 886982
• Web: www.goldmansachs.com
• Phone: (212) 902-1000
• Fax: 212-902-3000
• Employees: 47,400
• Year Founded: 1869

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for The Goldman Sachs Group: $1,073.60
• High Price Target: $1,300.00
• Low Price Target: $920.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +18.8%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.39
• Research Coverage: 23 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $64.79
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 13.95
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.21
• P/E Growth: 0.92
• Net Income: $17.18 billion
• Net Margins: 15.53%
• Pretax Margin: 19.48%
• Return on Equity: 19.16%
• Return on Assets: 1.07%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 3.17
• Current Ratio: 0.63
• Quick Ratio: 0.63

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $125.10 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.10
• Cash Flow: $64.64 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 13.98
• Book Value: $366.15 per share
• Price / Book: 2.47

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 291,170,000
• Free Float: 289,570,000
• Market Cap: $263.12 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.29