Seaport Res Ptn Analysts Increase Earnings Estimates for GS

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) – Equities research analysts at Seaport Res Ptn raised their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of The Goldman Sachs Group in a research report issued on Friday, January 17th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Mitchell now forecasts that the investment management company will earn $12.79 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $12.08. The consensus estimate for The Goldman Sachs Group’s current full-year earnings is $37.24 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for The Goldman Sachs Group’s Q2 2025 earnings at $11.00 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $10.73 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $12.27 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $49.70 EPS.

The Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 15th. The investment management company reported $11.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $8.21 by $3.74. The business had revenue of $13.87 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $12.36 billion. The Goldman Sachs Group had a net margin of 9.89% and a return on equity of 11.39%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 22.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $5.48 EPS.

Other equities analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. HSBC downgraded shares of The Goldman Sachs Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and raised their price target for the company from $569.00 to $608.00 in a research note on Tuesday, November 26th. Oppenheimer dropped their price target on shares of The Goldman Sachs Group from $677.00 to $639.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. Bank of America raised their price target on shares of The Goldman Sachs Group from $563.00 to $575.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 16th. Hsbc Global Res downgraded shares of The Goldman Sachs Group from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 26th. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of The Goldman Sachs Group from $736.00 to $782.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twelve have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $589.19.

The Goldman Sachs Group Stock Performance

Shares of The Goldman Sachs Group stock opened at $626.84 on Monday. The Goldman Sachs Group has a fifty-two week low of $372.07 and a fifty-two week high of $627.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.32, a current ratio of 0.67 and a quick ratio of 0.67. The firm has a market capitalization of $196.77 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.39, a P/E/G ratio of 0.66 and a beta of 1.38. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $587.22 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $530.29.

The Goldman Sachs Group Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be given a dividend of $3.00 per share. This represents a $12.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.91%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group’s payout ratio is presently 35.21%.

Insider Transactions at The Goldman Sachs Group

In other The Goldman Sachs Group news, Director David A. Viniar sold 5,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, November 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $612.08, for a total value of $3,060,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 608,425 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $372,404,774. This represents a 0.82 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP John F.W. Rogers sold 6,416 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $596.36, for a total transaction of $3,826,245.76. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 57,614 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $34,358,685.04. The trade was a 10.02 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 20,940 shares of company stock valued at $12,656,179 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.57% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of GS. Semmax Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new position in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $26,000. West Branch Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $30,000. DT Investment Partners LLC grew its position in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group by 110.0% during the 3rd quarter. DT Investment Partners LLC now owns 63 shares of the investment management company’s stock valued at $31,000 after acquiring an additional 33 shares during the period. Truvestments Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Finally, Country Trust Bank purchased a new stake in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $37,000. 71.21% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

The Goldman Sachs Group Company Profile

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc, a financial institution, provides a range of financial services for corporations, financial institutions, governments, and individuals worldwide. It operates through Global Banking & Markets, Asset & Wealth Management, and Platform Solutions segments. The Global Banking & Markets segment provides financial advisory services, including strategic advisory assignments related to mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense activities, restructurings, and spin-offs; and relationship lending, and acquisition financing, as well as secured lending, through structured credit and asset-backed lending and involved in financing under securities to resale agreements.