8.20% percent quarterly performance for Goldman Sachs Group, Inc (GS) is not indicative of the underlying story

Steve Mayer

A new trading day began on Friday, with Goldman Sachs Group, Inc (NYSE: GS) stock price down -1.81% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $805.5. GS’s price has ranged from $439.38 to $841.28 over the past 52 weeks.

During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Financial Sector giant was 14.03%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 20.05%. With a float of $298.37 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $300.12 million.

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc (GS) Insider Activity

As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Capital Markets Industry. The insider ownership of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc is 0.52%, while institutional ownership is 74.32%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 27 ’25, was worth 6,933,996. In this transaction President and COO of this company sold 9,244 shares at a rate of $750.11, taking the stock ownership to the 115,268 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 28 ’25, when Company’s President and COO sold 9,000 for $750.51, making the entire transaction worth $6,754,556. This insider now owns 106,268 shares in total.

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc (GS) Earnings and Forecasts

In its latest quarterly report, released on 12/31/2024, the company reported earnings of 11.95 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 14.96 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 20.05% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 15.14% during the next five years compared to 14.03% growth over the previous five years of trading.

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc (NYSE: GS) Trading Performance Indicators

Here are Goldman Sachs Group, Inc’s current performance indicators. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.87. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 4.14.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 49.23, a number that is poised to hit 11.59 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 55.50 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc (GS)

Looking closely at Goldman Sachs Group, Inc (NYSE: GS), its last 5-days average volume was 2.26 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 2.37 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 62.96%.

During the past 100 days, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc’s (GS) raw stochastic average was set at 70.50%, which indicates a significant increase from 35.82% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 21.53 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 16.01 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $784.94, while its 200-day Moving Average is $668.74. However, in the short run, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $801.68. Second resistance stands at $812.45. The third major resistance level sits at $824.29. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $779.07, it is likely to go to the next support level at $767.23. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $756.46.

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc (NYSE: GS) Key Stats

With a market capitalization of 237.22 billion, the company has a total of 299,928K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 53,512 M while annual income is 14,276 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 15,184 M while its latest quarter income was 4,098 M.

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