Goldman Sachs (GS) has seen solid earnings estimate revision activity over the past month, and belongs to a strong industry as well.
Goldman Sachs raised CEO David Solomon's compensation 26% to $39 million for last year, according to a filing, and its board lined up an $80 million stock retention bonus that signals he will stay at the helm for another 5 years.
American investment banks disclosed a record-smashing quarter, helped by surging trading activity around the U.S. election and a pickup in investment banking deal flow. JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley easily topped estimates for the fourth quarter.
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analyst David Konrad reiterated an Outperform rating on the shares of Goldman Sachs Group Inc GS and raised the price forecast to $690 from $686.
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon told Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins in an on-stage event on Wednesday that the multi-year IPO drought should be coming to an end. "It's going to pick up," Solomon said, noting that the IPO market has "been slow, it's been turned off.
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The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS ) Q4 2024 Earnings Conference Call January 15, 2025 9:30 AM ET Company Participants David Solomon - Chairman & CEO Denis Coleman - CFO Conference Call Participants Ebrahim Poonawala - Bank of America Christian Bolu - Autonomous Research Betsy Graseck - Morgan Stanley Brennan Hawken - UBS Mike Mayo - Wells Fargo Securities Devin Ryan - Citizens JMP Dan Fannon - Jefferies Gerard Cassidy - RBC Operator Good morning. My name is Katie, and I will be your conference facilitator today.
Goldman Sachs Group has created a Capital Solutions Group that will bring together its financing, origination, structuring and risk management solutions in its Global Banking & Markets business. The global financial institution will also expand the alternatives investment team in its Asset & Wealth Management business, according to a Monday (Jan. 13) press release.
Strong IB revenues, along with lower expenses, support GS' Q4 earnings. However, a rise in provisions remains a near-term concern.
"There has been a meaningful shift in CEO confidence, particularly following the results of the U.S. election," Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said, according to a transcript from FactSet. Donald Trump, who is set to return to the White House on Monday, is seen as broadly more business-friendly than outgoing President Joe Biden.
The first earnings season of 2025 is kicking off, and as always, the financial sector leads investors into the first round of action this week. While banking stocks aren't that exciting to most, the biggest investment banks usually give many clues as to where the economy currently is or might be headed.
The headline numbers for Goldman (GS) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended December 2024, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.