Seaport Res Ptn Has Positive Outlook of GS FY2025 Earnings

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) – Seaport Res Ptn lifted their FY2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of The Goldman Sachs Group in a research note issued to investors on Monday, October 20th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Mitchell now forecasts that the investment management company will post earnings per share of $50.30 for the year, up from their previous forecast of $47.90. The consensus estimate for The Goldman Sachs Group’s current full-year earnings is $47.12 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for The Goldman Sachs Group’s Q4 2025 earnings at $12.99 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $13.48 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $14.32 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $57.00 EPS.

Other analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Evercore ISI raised their target price on The Goldman Sachs Group from $752.00 to $830.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 30th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $843.00 target price on shares of The Goldman Sachs Group in a research report on Tuesday, October 14th. JMP Securities reaffirmed a “market perform” rating and issued a $600.00 target price on shares of The Goldman Sachs Group in a research report on Monday, July 14th. Citizens Jmp reaffirmed a “market perform” rating on shares of The Goldman Sachs Group in a research report on Monday, July 14th. Finally, HSBC raised their target price on The Goldman Sachs Group from $652.00 to $677.00 in a research report on Thursday, October 2nd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, The Goldman Sachs Group currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $779.50.

The Goldman Sachs Group Stock Performance

Shares of The Goldman Sachs Group stock opened at $759.22 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $229.83 billion, a PE ratio of 15.42, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.41 and a beta of 1.42. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $766.45 and a 200-day simple moving average of $674.16. The company has a quick ratio of 0.67, a current ratio of 1.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.23. The Goldman Sachs Group has a 12 month low of $439.38 and a 12 month high of $825.25.

The Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 14th. The investment management company reported $12.25 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $10.27 by $1.98. The business had revenue of $11.33 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.68 billion. The Goldman Sachs Group had a return on equity of 14.79% and a net margin of 13.18%.The company’s revenue was up 19.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $8.40 EPS.

Institutional Trading of The Goldman Sachs Group

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in GS. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC lifted its position in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group by 617,504.5% in the second quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 29,058,291 shares of the investment management company’s stock worth $20,566,005,000 after buying an additional 29,053,586 shares during the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group in the first quarter worth about $1,766,238,000. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group in the second quarter worth about $2,138,031,000. Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group in the first quarter worth about $897,185,000. Finally, Ninety One UK Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group in the second quarter worth about $408,780,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.21% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, COO John E. Waldron sold 9,000 shares of The Goldman Sachs Group stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $750.51, for a total transaction of $6,754,590.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer owned 106,268 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $79,755,196.68. This trade represents a 7.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Denis P. Coleman sold 7,463 shares of The Goldman Sachs Group stock in a transaction on Friday, July 25th. The shares were sold at an average price of $724.40, for a total value of $5,406,197.20. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 18,594 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $13,469,493.60. The trade was a 28.64% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 25,707 shares of company stock valued at $19,094,804. Insiders own 0.55% of the company’s stock.

The Goldman Sachs Group Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 2nd will be given a dividend of $4.00 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 2nd. This represents a $16.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.1%. The Goldman Sachs Group’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 32.50%.

About The Goldman Sachs Group

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.