The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

NYSE:GS Stock Report

Market Cap: US$186.4b

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 ($566.1) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($662.27)

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 Ratio16.3x
EarningsUS$11.42b
Market CapUS$186.37b

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 Average22.6x
MS Morgan Stanley
18.7x9.1%US$198.9b
SCHW Charles Schwab
29x19.4%US$136.0b
IBKR Interactive Brokers Group
27.4x3.4%US$74.3b
RJF Raymond James Financial
15.4x6.0%US$31.6b
GS Goldman Sachs Group
16.3x10.8%US$186.4b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: GS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.3x) compared to the peer average (22.6x).

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
3.6xn/aUS$2.26b
CET Central Securities
4.4xn/aUS$1.29b
GAM General American Investors Company
4.2xn/aUS$1.20b
MUDS Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corporation II
3.4xn/aUS$401.64m
GS 16.3xIndustry Avg. 23.6xNo. of Companies73PE020406080100+
22 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: GS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.3x) compared to the US Capital Markets industry average (23.6x).

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 Ratio16.3x
Fair PE Ratio24.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: GS is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (16.3x) 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$566.10
US$605.50
+7.0%
11.2%US$736.00US$450.00n/a20
Dec ’25US$608.57
US$582.68
-4.3%
9.8%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$305.00US$608.5724
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

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 01:39
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is covered by 54 analysts. 16 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Stephen BiggarArgus Research Company
Jason GoldbergBarclays
Jason GoldbergBarclays