Generali Investments CEE investicni spolecnost a.s. Purchases Shares of 8,027 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS)

Generali Investments CEE investicni spolecnost a.s. purchased a new stake in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 8,027 shares of the investment management company's stock, valued at approximately $4,596,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in GS. Stephens Consulting LLC acquired a new position in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Asset Planning Inc acquired a new position in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Truvestments Capital LLC acquired a new position in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group in the third quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Whipplewood Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Finally, Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC acquired a new position in shares of The Goldman Sachs Group in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $37,000. 71.21% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

GS has been the subject of a number of research reports. Citigroup lifted their price objective on shares of The Goldman Sachs Group from $485.00 to $585.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Hsbc Global Res cut shares of The Goldman Sachs Group from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, November 26th. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of The Goldman Sachs Group from $713.00 to $760.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods downgraded shares of The Goldman Sachs Group from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $690.00 to $660.00 in a research note on Thursday, February 27th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on shares of The Goldman Sachs Group from $736.00 to $782.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $591.69.

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The Goldman Sachs Group Stock Down 1.4 %

Shares of NYSE:GS opened at $559.55 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $174.60 billion, a PE ratio of 13.80, a P/E/G ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 1.37. The company has a current ratio of 0.67, a quick ratio of 0.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.32. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. has a twelve month low of $381.42 and a twelve month high of $672.19. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $616.96 and a 200-day simple moving average of $565.29.

The Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 15th. The investment management company reported $11.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $8.21 by $3.74. The business had revenue of $13.87 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.36 billion. The Goldman Sachs Group had a net margin of 11.32% and a return on equity of 13.30%. The company's revenue was up 22.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $5.48 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. will post 47.12 EPS for the current fiscal year.

The Goldman Sachs Group Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 28th. Investors of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a dividend of $3.00 per share. This represents a $12.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.14%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group's dividend payout ratio is currently 29.59%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Alex S. Golten sold 5,208 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $636.25, for a total transaction of $3,313,590.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 3,545 shares in the company, valued at $2,255,506.25. This represents a 59.50 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Treasurer Carey Halio sold 1,545 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $624.67, for a total transaction of $965,115.15. Following the sale, the treasurer now owns 8,192 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $5,117,296.64. This represents a 15.87 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 19,925 shares of company stock worth $12,630,683 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 0.54% of the company's stock.

The Goldman Sachs Group Company Profile

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc, a financial institution, provides a range of financial services for corporations, financial institutions, governments, and individuals worldwide. It operates through Global Banking & Markets, Asset & Wealth Management, and Platform Solutions segments. The Global Banking & Markets segment provides financial advisory services, including strategic advisory assignments related to mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense activities, restructurings, and spin-offs; and relationship lending, and acquisition financing, as well as secured lending, through structured credit and asset-backed lending and involved in financing under securities to resale agreements.

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