A View of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS) Stock’s Fundamentals and Valuations

At the time of writing, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. [GS] stock is trading at $414.00, up 0.94%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The GS shares have gain 1.93% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 5.54%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

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From an analyst’s perspective:

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. [NYSE: GS] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 14, 2024, when Daiwa Securities upgraded its rating to a Outperform and also boosted its price target to $430 from $410. On January 30, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight and revised its price target to $449 on the stock. BMO Capital Markets reiterated its Market Perform rating and increased its price target to $360 on January 18, 2024. BMO Capital Markets downgraded its rating to a Market Perform and reduced its price target to $357 on January 10, 2024. HSBC Securities started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on September 07, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $403. In a note dated August 01, 2023, Atlantic Equities upgraded an Neutral rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $330 to $351.

For the past year, the stock price of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. fluctuated between $289.36 and $419.20. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $425.54 within the next 12 months. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. [NYSE: GS] shares were valued at $414.00 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 2.79% based on the average GS price forecast.

Analyzing the GS fundamentals

According to Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. [NYSE:GS], the company’s sales were 110.07B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 23.74% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.34% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.52%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.23%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.18%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.01, Equity is 0.07 and Total Capital is 0.05. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 5.49.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 411.12 points at the first support level, and at 408.25 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 416.75, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 419.51.

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. [GS] reported earnings per share of $5.48 for its fiscal quarter that ended on 12/30/2023. Based on the Wall Street analysts’ estimates, the company was expected to report earnings of $3.51/share, meaning a difference of $1.97 and a surprise factor of 56.10%. By comparison, the stated earnings for the previous quarter ended on 9/29/2023 were $5.47 per share as compared to estimates of $5.31 per share, a difference of $0.16 representing a surprise of 3.00%.

Ratios To Look Out For

It is important to note that Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. [NYSE:GS] has a current ratio of 0.87. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.22, the price to book ratio is 1.27 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 18.14.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved COLEMAN DENIS P., Chief Financial Officer, that happened on Feb 23 ’24 when 12680.0 shares were sold. Global Treasurer, BERLINSKI PHILIP R. completed a deal on Feb 22 ’24 to sell 11650.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chief Legal Officer, GC Ruemmler Kathryn H. sold 7277.0 shares on Jan 23 ’24.

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