GS vs. MS, SCHW, RJF, LPLA, SF, EVR, LAZ, PIPR, BGC, and OPY
Should you be buying The Goldman Sachs Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Goldman Sachs Group include Morgan Stanley (MS), Charles Schwab (SCHW), Raymond James (RJF), LPL Financial (LPLA), Stifel Financial (SF), Evercore (EVR), Lazard (LAZ), Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR), BGC Group (BGC), and Oppenheimer (OPY). These companies are all part of the "investment banking & brokerage" industry.
The Goldman Sachs Group vs.
The Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.
The Goldman Sachs Group received 71 more outperform votes than Morgan Stanley when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.99% of users gave The Goldman Sachs Group an outperform vote while only 59.76% of users gave Morgan Stanley an outperform vote.
71.2% of The Goldman Sachs Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.2% of Morgan Stanley shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of The Goldman Sachs Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Morgan Stanley shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Morgan Stanley has lower revenue, but higher earnings than The Goldman Sachs Group. The Goldman Sachs Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Morgan Stanley, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Morgan Stanley has a net margin of 10.64% compared to The Goldman Sachs Group's net margin of 9.89%. Morgan Stanley's return on equity of 12.58% beat The Goldman Sachs Group's return on equity.
The Goldman Sachs Group has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Stanley has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Goldman Sachs Group presently has a consensus target price of $589.19, suggesting a potential downside of 6.01%. Morgan Stanley has a consensus target price of $129.40, suggesting a potential downside of 6.08%. Given The Goldman Sachs Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe The Goldman Sachs Group is more favorable than Morgan Stanley.
In the previous week, The Goldman Sachs Group had 33 more articles in the media than Morgan Stanley. MarketBeat recorded 164 mentions for The Goldman Sachs Group and 131 mentions for Morgan Stanley. The Goldman Sachs Group's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Morgan Stanley's score of 0.84 indicating that The Goldman Sachs Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
The Goldman Sachs Group pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Morgan Stanley pays an annual dividend of $3.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. The Goldman Sachs Group pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morgan Stanley pays out 56.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. The Goldman Sachs Group has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Morgan Stanley has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years.
Summary
The Goldman Sachs Group beats Morgan Stanley on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:GS) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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