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Goldman SachsGSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Financials›Investment Banks/Brokers

Global investment bank providing M&A advisory, underwriting, trading and asset/wealth management services.

Momentum weak 35
Mkt cap
$250B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
100%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$2.15B
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
12.0×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 6.8%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Official | Implied
BBB+ / BBB+
agencies · bond market
Next earnings
74 days
19 Jan 2027
Close · USD$865.82
1D-0.4%
1W-3.2%
1M-1.9%
3M-16.3%
6M-7.5%
YTD-1.0%
1Y+10.3%
ATR %3.2%
Beta1.59
52w lowhigh24.9% off high

What Goldman Sachs does

Global investment bank providing M&A advisory, underwriting, trading and asset/wealth management services.

Earns fees for advising on mergers and underwriting securities, trading revenue from clients' buying and selling, and fees on assets managed, with the first two the swing factors. It has scaled back its consumer lending push in recent years to focus on institutional clients and wealth.

Products and services

  • Investment banking (M&A, underwriting)
  • Global markets (trading)
  • Asset & wealth management
  • Platform solutions

Customers

  • Corporations
  • Governments
  • Institutional investors
  • High-net-worth clients

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Investment banking & trading
  • Asset & wealth management

What could go right

  • M&A/IPO activity recovery
  • Asset management fee growth

What could go wrong

  • Trading revenue volatility
  • Regulatory capital requirements

Moat: narrow (brand, scale, distribution). Premier advisory brand and deep institutional relationships sustain deal flow and trading volumes.

Headquarters: New York, New York, US · Founded: 1869 · Employees: 47,400

Named competitors

Goldman Sachs at a glance

Size Goldman Sachs (GS) is a United States Financials company (Investment Banks/Brokers) with a market value of $250B, the 46th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $865.82 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 7.5%, against +7.2% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 2nd lowest of 11 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 12.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +8.1%); the operating margin is 39.6% (peer median 42.4%).

Valuation It trades at 12.0× forward earnings against a peer median of 19.1× (3rd cheapest of 11).

Credit Goldman Sachs has 149 bonds outstanding ($224B), rated BBB+ by the agencies and trading like BBB+ at a weighted spread of 101 bp.

Short interest Short interest is 2.4% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 19 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 106GS 92
Six months, rebased to 100: Goldman Sachs against the median of its 10 peers (local-currency closes).

Goldman Sachs financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$142B$126B$127B$109B$67.3B
Revenue growth—0%+17%+62%—
Net income$22.2B$17.2B$14.3B$8.52B$11.3B
Free cash flow$150B$23.2B$71.2B$147B-$43.5B
Capital expenditure$2.12B$2.06B$2.09B$2.32B$3.75B
Total debt$842B$663B$673B$644B$465B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Goldman Sachs competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-10%0%+10%+20%+30%-20%0%SCHWIBKRCMEBNYICEBARCHOODDBKDB1MQGGS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Goldman Sachs is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+10%+20%10×20×30×SCHWIBKRCMEBNYICEBARCHOODDBKDB1MQGGSRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Goldman Sachs is the large dot.

Goldman Sachs competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (GS vs MS vs JPM vs BAC)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Goldman Sachs GS$250B-8%+12%40%12.0×n/a
Morgan Stanley MS$285B-6%+16%33%13.6×n/a
JPMorgan Chase JPM$889B+11%+9%42%13.4×n/a
Bank of America BAC$341B-3%-1%34%10.1×n/a
Citigroup C$200B-5%+5%29%9.8×n/a

How Goldman Sachs compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Goldman Sachs against its 10 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureGSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-1.9%+1.8%4th lowest of 11
6-month return-7.5%+7.2%2nd lowest of 11
Distance from 52-week high-24.9%-11.4%2nd lowest of 11
Revenue growth (TTM)+12.0%+8.1%5th highest of 11
Operating margin39.6%42.4%5th lowest of 11
Forward P/E12.0×19.1×3rd cheapest of 11
Bond spread101 bp63 bp3rd widest of 8

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Goldman Sachs GSUnited States$250B-8%+12%40%12.0×n/an/a
Charles Schwab SCHWUnited States$158B+3%+12%52%12.2×n/an/a
Interactive Brokers IBKRUnited States$129B-10%+16%87%23.9×n/an/a
CME CMEUnited States$109B+9%+9%66%23.6×n/an/a
BNY Mellon BNYUnited States$99.4B+13%-1%37%14.7×n/an/a
Intercontinental Exchange ICEUnited States$96.3B+11%+14%47%20.1×n/an/a
Barclays BARC.LUnited Kingdom$75.1B+1%+7%22%8.2×n/an/a
Robinhood Markets HOODUnited States$72.9B+5%+22%44%29.7×n/an/a
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft DBK.DEGermany$65.0B+15%0%30%9.5×n/an/a
Deutsche Boerse DB1.DEGermany$63.8B+32%+7%41%24.7×n/an/a
Macquarie MQG.AXAustralia$63.5B+5%+5%20%18.1×n/an/a

Goldman Sachs bonds and credit

Goldman Sachs has 149 bonds outstanding with $224B face value. The agencies rate it BBB+; its bonds trade like BBB+. Weighted yield 5.25%, a spread of 101 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are Goldman Sachs's main competitors?
Named competitors: Morgan Stanley (MS), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Charles Schwab (SCHW), Interactive Brokers (IBKR), CME (CME), BNY Mellon (BNY), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Barclays (BARC.L).
Is Goldman Sachs expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 12.0× against a peer median of 19.1×, 3rd cheapest of 11 in its peer set.
How has Goldman Sachs stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -7.5% against +7.2% for the median peer; over one year +10.3%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.