Seaport Res Ptn Has Optimistic Outlook of GS Q1 Earnings

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) – Equities researchers at Seaport Res Ptn increased their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for The Goldman Sachs Group in a research report issued on Thursday, April 3rd. Seaport Res Ptn analyst J. Mitchell now anticipates that the investment management company will post earnings of $12.83 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $12.79. 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 Q1 2025 earnings at $12.83 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $13.90 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $13.90 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $11.98 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $12.12 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $12.12 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $11.68 EPS.

Several other research firms also recently commented on GS. Oppenheimer downgraded shares of The Goldman Sachs Group from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 19th. UBS Group boosted their price objective on The Goldman Sachs Group from $610.00 to $640.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. Citigroup lowered their price objective on The Goldman Sachs Group from $585.00 to $550.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, March 24th. Daiwa Capital Markets cut The Goldman Sachs Group from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $560.00 price objective on the stock. in a research note on Friday. Finally, Morgan Stanley reduced their target price on shares of The Goldman Sachs Group from $782.00 to $659.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, March 13th. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $589.19.

The Goldman Sachs Group Stock Performance

Shares of The Goldman Sachs Group stock opened at $469.57 on Friday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $597.54 and a 200 day simple moving average of $572.76. The firm has a market capitalization of $146.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.58, a PEG ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 1.33. 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 Goldman Sachs Group has a one year low of $387.12 and a one year high of $672.19.

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 for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $8.21 by $3.74. The firm had revenue of $13.87 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.36 billion. The Goldman Sachs Group had a net margin of 11.32% and a return on equity of 13.30%. The business’s revenue was up 22.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $5.48 earnings per share.

The Goldman Sachs Group Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 28th were given a dividend of $3.00 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, February 28th. This represents a $12.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.56%. The Goldman Sachs Group’s dividend payout ratio is presently 29.59%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Kevin R. Johnson purchased 2,400 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, January 17th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $619.02 per share, with a total value of $1,485,648.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director now directly owns 2,400 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,485,648. This trade represents a ∞ increase in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, Treasurer Carey Halio sold 1,545 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $624.67, for a total value of $965,115.15. Following the completion of the sale, the treasurer now owns 8,192 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,117,296.64. The trade was a 15.87 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 19,925 shares of company stock valued at $12,630,683. Company insiders own 0.55% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Quantbot Technologies LP purchased a new stake in The Goldman Sachs Group during the 3rd quarter valued at about $206,000. Morse Asset Management Inc bought a new position in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group in the third quarter worth approximately $911,000. Royal London Asset Management Ltd. increased its stake in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group by 2.3% in the third quarter. Royal London Asset Management Ltd. now owns 220,855 shares of the investment management company’s stock worth $109,348,000 after buying an additional 4,980 shares during the period. Quantinno Capital Management LP increased its stake in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group by 36.1% in the third quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP now owns 34,431 shares of the investment management company’s stock worth $17,048,000 after buying an additional 9,140 shares during the period. Finally, SageView Advisory Group LLC raised its holdings in The Goldman Sachs Group by 19.1% during the 3rd quarter. SageView Advisory Group LLC now owns 2,181 shares of the investment management company’s stock valued at $1,080,000 after buying an additional 349 shares during the last quarter. 71.21% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other 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.