The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

NYSE:GS Stock Report

Market Cap: US$191.4b

Goldman Sachs Group Valuation

Is GS undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of GS when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: GS ($581.93) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($645.17)

Significantly Below Fair Value: GS is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for GS?

Key metric: As GS is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for GS. This is calculated by dividing GS's market cap by their current earnings.
What is GS's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio16.8x
EarningsUS$11.42b
Market CapUS$191.40b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does GS's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for GS vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average24.2x
MS Morgan Stanley
20x8.1%US$213.0b
SCHW Charles Schwab
31.4x18.6%US$146.8b
IBKR Interactive Brokers Group
29.3x3.2%US$78.4b
RJF Raymond James Financial
16x4.3%US$33.1b
GS Goldman Sachs Group
16.8x10.6%US$191.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: GS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.8x) compared to the peer average (24.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does GS's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Capital Markets Industry?

22 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ADX Adams Diversified Equity Fund
4xn/aUS$2.52b
CET Central Securities
4.5xn/aUS$1.32b
GAM General American Investors Company
4.1xn/aUS$1.16b
MUDS Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation II
3.4xn/aUS$401.64m
GS 16.8xIndustry Avg. 23.7xNo. of Companies75PE020406080100+
22 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: GS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.8x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (23.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is GS's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

GS PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio16.8x
Fair PE Ratio24.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: GS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.8x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst GS forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$581.93
US$567.74
-2.4%
10.3%US$680.00US$450.00n/a19
Nov ’25US$519.35
US$546.60
+5.2%
8.4%US$614.00US$450.00n/a20
Oct ’25US$490.17
US$519.70
+6.0%
7.1%US$571.00US$450.00n/a20
Sep ’25US$510.25
US$514.86
+0.9%
8.1%US$571.00US$423.98n/a21
Aug ’25US$500.12
US$514.95
+3.0%
8.2%US$571.00US$423.98n/a20
Jul ’25US$463.66
US$454.68
-1.9%
9.2%US$525.00US$360.00n/a22
Jun ’25US$456.52
US$452.82
-0.8%
9.3%US$525.00US$360.00n/a22
May ’25US$426.95
US$443.91
+4.0%
9.4%US$517.00US$355.00n/a22
Apr ’25US$413.51
US$419.41
+1.4%
8.3%US$493.00US$355.00n/a22
Mar ’25US$388.10
US$414.26
+6.7%
9.4%US$506.00US$355.00n/a23
Feb ’25US$383.85
US$414.18
+7.9%
10.1%US$506.00US$325.00n/a22
Jan ’25US$385.77
US$383.10
-0.7%
11.2%US$481.00US$305.00n/a24
Dec ’24US$348.43
US$376.83
+8.2%
10.9%US$468.00US$305.00n/a24
Nov ’24US$307.16
US$378.17
+23.1%
10.0%US$447.00US$305.00US$519.3523
Oct ’24US$323.57
US$384.30
+18.8%
9.1%US$450.00US$305.00US$490.1723
Sep ’24US$327.40
US$386.13
+17.9%
9.4%US$461.00US$305.00US$510.2523
Aug ’24US$357.72
US$387.47
+8.3%
9.8%US$483.00US$305.00US$500.1223
Jul ’24US$322.54
US$387.74
+20.2%
10.0%US$470.00US$305.00US$463.6623
Jun ’24US$316.40
US$390.78
+23.5%
9.1%US$470.00US$330.00US$456.5223
May ’24US$340.57
US$390.52
+14.7%
9.2%US$470.00US$330.00US$426.9523
Apr ’24US$327.11
US$397.85
+21.6%
11.3%US$495.00US$330.00US$413.5123
Mar ’24US$346.23
US$399.94
+15.5%
11.0%US$495.00US$330.00US$388.1023
Feb ’24US$365.71
US$395.25
+8.1%
10.5%US$495.00US$330.00US$383.8523
Jan ’24US$343.38
US$393.79
+14.7%
11.3%US$492.00US$300.00US$385.7725
Dec ’23US$383.81
US$391.47
+2.0%
12.1%US$512.00US$300.00US$348.4325
Nov ’23US$348.58
US$387.15
+11.1%
11.8%US$477.00US$290.00US$307.1625

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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