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The Goldman Sachs Group (GS) Competitors

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$581.93 +0.55 (+0.09%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, media sentiment and community ranking.

71.2% of The Goldman Sachs Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.2% of Morgan Stanley shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of The Goldman Sachs Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Morgan Stanley shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, The Goldman Sachs Group had 17 more articles in the media than Morgan Stanley. MarketBeat recorded 90 mentions for The Goldman Sachs Group and 73 mentions for Morgan Stanley. The Goldman Sachs Group's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Morgan Stanley's score of 0.92 indicating that The Goldman Sachs Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
The Goldman Sachs Group
40 Very Positive mention(s)
21 Positive mention(s)
23 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Morgan Stanley
39 Very Positive mention(s)
11 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

The Goldman Sachs Group has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Morgan Stanley has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

The Goldman Sachs Group currently has a consensus target price of $535.75, suggesting a potential downside of 7.94%. Morgan Stanley has a consensus target price of $112.94, suggesting a potential downside of 14.24%. Given The Goldman Sachs Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe The Goldman Sachs Group is more favorable than Morgan Stanley.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The Goldman Sachs Group
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.74
Morgan Stanley
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

The Goldman Sachs Group received 70 more outperform votes than Morgan Stanley when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.18% of users gave The Goldman Sachs Group an outperform vote while only 60.17% of users gave Morgan Stanley an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
The Goldman Sachs GroupOutperform Votes
1312
60.18%
Underperform Votes
868
39.82%
Morgan StanleyOutperform Votes
1242
60.17%
Underperform Votes
822
39.83%

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Goldman Sachs Group9.89% 11.39% 0.72%
Morgan Stanley 10.64%12.58%0.95%

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 2.8%. 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Goldman Sachs Group$108.42B1.68$8.52B$34.0817.08
Morgan Stanley$54.61B3.89$9.09B$6.5720.04

Summary

The Goldman Sachs Group beats Morgan Stanley on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GS vs. The Competition

MetricThe Goldman Sachs GroupSecurity brokers & dealers IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$182.67B$30.71B$10.35B$19.85B
Dividend Yield2.02%2.19%10.18%3.52%
P/E Ratio17.0817.9349.6042.73
Price / Sales1.685.813,386.8319.27
Price / Cash14.4821.9330.6817.86
Price / Book1.802.892.895.52
Net Income$8.52B$932.00M$994.27M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-1.11%0.88%-0.05%0.45%
1 Month Performance12.37%6.53%7.13%1.05%
1 Year Performance73.71%51.77%24.11%24.67%

The Goldman Sachs Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GS
The Goldman Sachs Group
4.9827 of 5 stars
$581.93
+0.1%
$535.75
-7.9%
+71.4%$182.67B$108.42B17.0845,300Short Interest ↓
MS
Morgan Stanley
4.8926 of 5 stars
$131.69
-0.4%
$112.94
-14.2%
+65.2%$212.16B$54.61B20.0480,000
SCHW
Charles Schwab
4.7754 of 5 stars
$80.46
+0.3%
$74.18
-7.8%
+42.2%$142.71B$18.84B31.4333,000Insider Trade
Positive News
RJF
Raymond James
4.8086 of 5 stars
$162.18
-0.3%
$140.91
-13.1%
+56.1%$33.49B$14.92B16.7018,000Analyst Revision
Positive News
LPLA
LPL Financial
4.7592 of 5 stars
$317.05
+0.8%
$286.92
-9.5%
+40.8%$23.55B$10.05B23.848,400Positive News
SF
Stifel Financial
4.7532 of 5 stars
$113.42
+0.2%
$103.17
-9.0%
+84.3%$11.58B$4.35B20.519,000
EVR
Evercore
4.4666 of 5 stars
$301.43
+0.2%
$270.40
-10.3%
+107.3%$11.48B$2.43B38.692,195Insider Trade
Negative News
LAZ
Lazard
4.638 of 5 stars
$54.95
-0.1%
$53.00
-3.5%
+105.0%$6.20B$2.52B21.893,291
PIPR
Piper Sandler Companies
3.5883 of 5 stars
$334.13
-0.4%
$193.00
-42.2%
+118.0%$5.94B$1.35B35.701,725Positive News
BGC
BGC Group
3.2885 of 5 stars
$10.13
-2.2%
N/A+128.7%$4.86B$2.15B40.523,895News Coverage
OPY
Oppenheimer
2.9497 of 5 stars
$60.12
+0.1%
N/A+51.7%$621.05M$1.37B9.352,942

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This page (NYSE:GS) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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