Why Are People Talking About Investing in GS?

By Naomi Wentworth • Wednesday, December 25 15:13 • Permanent Link

Shares of Capital Markets company Goldman Sachs climbed 2.1% this afternoon. Here are some quick facts to get you started if you are interested in the stock:

Goldman Sachs has logged a 51.6% 52 week change, compared to 26.3% for the S&P 500
GS has an average analyst rating of buy and is -3.75% away from its mean target price of $605.5 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $34.09, which brings its trailing Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio to 17.1. The Finance sector's average P/E ratio is 20.04
The company's forward earnings per share (EPS) is $41.56 and its forward P/E ratio is 14.0
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.78 in contrast to the Finance sector's average P/B ratio is 1.86
GS has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 53.6% and gross profit margins of 0.8%
The company's free cash flow for the last fiscal year was $-14903000000 and the average free cash flow growth rate is -18.6%
Goldman Sachs's revenues have an average growth rate of 4.2% with operating expenses growing at 7.4%. The company's current operating margins stand at 26.9%

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