Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS): Today's Featured Financial Services Laggard
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The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. provides investment banking, securities, and investment management services, as well as a range of financial services to corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals worldwide. Goldman Sachs Group has a market cap of $59.89 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 12, above the average financial services industry P/E ratio of 11.8 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 38.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are six analysts that rate Goldman Sachs Group a buy, two analysts rate it a sell, and 12 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Goldman Sachs Group as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, attractive valuation levels and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including disappointing return on equity, weak operating cash flow and deteriorating net income.
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