The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS)
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a financial institution, provides a range of financial services for corporations, financial institutions, governments, and individuals in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
Scored against other Financial Services stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
The Goldman Sachs Group is right in the middle: the good and the not-so-good roughly cancel out.
- What's working
- It's been growing faster than most other financial companies over the past year.
- Worth watching
- The stock has been sliding and sits near the low end of its range for the year.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 21 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a financial institution, provides a range of financial services for corporations, financial institutions, governments, and individuals in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. It operates through three segments: Global Banking & Markets, Asset & Wealth Management, and Platform Solutions…
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Capital Markets
- Employees
- 47,500
- Headquarters
- New York, NY
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 12.7 — lower than 64% of Financial Services peers
P/B 2.4 — lower than 59% of Financial Services peers
P/S 3.6 — lower than 41% of Financial Services peers
EV/Revenue 1.5 — lower than 76% of Financial Services peers
PEG 1.1 — lower than 58% of Financial Services peers
Profitability & quality
Operating margin 38.2% — higher than 59% of Financial Services peers
Net margin 31.2% — higher than 71% of Financial Services peers
ROE 17.8% — higher than 59% of Financial Services peers
ROA 1.1% — higher than 22% of Financial Services peers
Financial health
Debt/equity 6.7 — lower than 0% of Financial Services peers
Current ratio 2.63 — higher than 100% of Financial Services peers
Quick ratio 2.12 — higher than 100% of Financial Services peers
Cash/debt 1.20 — higher than 79% of Financial Services peers
Growth
Revenue growth 23.3% YoY — higher than 88% of Financial Services peers
Earnings growth 38.8% YoY — higher than 75% of Financial Services peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 26.3% — typical for Financial Services peers
Net insider buying, +7.0% of insider shares
Institutions net sold, -13.5% of shares held
Insiders hold 0.6% of shares outstanding
2.3% of float sold short
Momentum
Below its 50- & 200-day averages
34% of the way from its 52-week low to high