Goldman Sachs Group Inc GS
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Goldman Sachs Group Inc is a mega-cap company in the Financial Services sector (Capital Markets), with a market value of $262.8B, based in the USA.
It employs about 46,200 people and has been listed since May 03, 1999.
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. 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; equity and debt underwriting of public offerings and private placements; relationship lending and acquisition financing; secured lending through structured credit and asset-backed lending, such as warehouse, residential and commercial mortgage, corporate, consumer, auto, and student loans; financing through securities purchased under agreements to resell; and commodity financing through structured transactions.
Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 13.9 versus 13.3 for 4 direct peers — priced in line with its group.
Revenue is growing 42% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 12.8 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 1116.75, 24% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 42% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • Quarterly report in 9 days (2026-10-13) — a day the stock can move a lot.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 17 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Buys back its shares (4% fewer shares in a year).
- ✅ More cash than debt.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (7 vs 2).
- ✅ Revenue is growing 42% a year.
- ✅ Pays a dividend (1.9% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 3.5% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLF -2.5%).
This week's news
- U.S. debt could reach 160% of GDP within decade, Scope warns finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
- Fed’s Hammack says there is time to weigh next rate move finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-03
- Why lifestyle creep is squeezing high earners finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Major shareholder announcement finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Gold Has Lost Its Luster but Here’s How It Can Shine to Record Highs Again finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Will Higher Rates Boost Morgan Stanley's Wealth Management Growth? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.