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 superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation and community ranking.
Morgan Stanley has a net margin of 12.48% compared to The Goldman Sachs Group's net margin of 11.32%. Morgan Stanley's return on equity of 14.39% beat The Goldman Sachs Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Morgan Stanley had 17 more articles in the media than The Goldman Sachs Group. MarketBeat recorded 123 mentions for Morgan Stanley and 106 mentions for The Goldman Sachs Group. Morgan Stanley's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat The Goldman Sachs Group's score of 0.94 indicating that Morgan Stanley is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
The Goldman Sachs Group has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Stanley has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Goldman Sachs Group received 81 more outperform votes than Morgan Stanley when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.75% of users gave The Goldman Sachs Group an outperform vote while only 59.07% of users gave Morgan Stanley an outperform vote.
The Goldman Sachs Group currently has a consensus target price of $593.27, indicating a potential upside of 1.47%. Morgan Stanley has a consensus target price of $132.33, indicating a potential upside of 6.23%. Given Morgan Stanley's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Morgan Stanley is more favorable than The Goldman Sachs Group.
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. 0.5% of The Goldman Sachs Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Morgan Stanley shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
The Goldman Sachs Group pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Morgan Stanley pays an annual dividend of $3.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. The Goldman Sachs Group pays out 29.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Morgan Stanley pays out 46.6% 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 12 consecutive years.
The Goldman Sachs Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Morgan Stanley. 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.
Summary
Morgan Stanley beats The Goldman Sachs Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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