GS Investors, You Need to Know These Facts Today.

By Scott Lee • Thursday, August 03 18:51 • Permanent Link

Goldman Sachs logged a 0.6% change during today's evening session, and is now trading at a price of $353.16 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. GS's trading volume is 1,755,409 compared to the stock's average volume of 2,362,311.

Goldman Sachs trades -8.14% away from its average analyst target price of $384.47 per share. The 26 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $305.0 to $483.0, and on average have given Goldman Sachs a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying GS should be aware of the facts below:

Goldman Sachs's current price is -25.3% below its Graham number of $473.04, which implies the stock has a margin of safety
Goldman Sachs has moved 9.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 10.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 23.51, Goldman Sachs has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 15.0 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
GS has a forward P/E ratio of 9.7 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $36.42 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.27 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Goldman Sachs is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.15 compared to its sector average of 1.57
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a financial institution, provides a range of financial services for corporations, financial institutions, governments, and individuals worldwide.
Based in New York, the company has 44,600 full time employees and a market cap of $117.41 Billion. Goldman Sachs currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.8%.

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