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Opinion on  Goldman Sachs Group Inc The (GS)     Sector: Financial  >  Industry: Investment Services
Goldman Sachs Group Inc The

Jun 11, 2008 09:03 PM UTC
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Return Risk
-33.76% HIGH
Principal

Fundamental Analysis  

Company Description

Contact Info

85 Broad Street

17th Floor

New York, NY 10004

United States

Phone: 212-902-1000

Fax: 212-902-3000

www.gs.com
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. provides a range of investment banking, securities, and investment management services to corporations, financial institutions, governments, and high-net-worth individuals worldwide. It operates in three segments: Investment Banking, Trading and Principal Investments, and Asset Management and Securities Services. The Investment Banking segment provides financial advisory services, including advisory assignments with respect to mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense activities, restructurings, and spin-offs; and underwriting services, including public offerings and private placements of common and preferred stock, convertible and exchangeable securities, investment-grade debt, high-yield debt, sovereign and emerging market debt, municipal debt, bank loans, asset-backed securities, and real estate-related securities, such as mortgage-related securities and the securities of real estate investment trusts. The Trading and Principal Investments segment engages in market making in, trading of, and investing in fixed income and equity products, currencies, commodities, and derivatives on these products. It also involves in specialist and market-making activities on equities and options exchanges; clearing client transactions on stock, options, and futures exchanges; and making principal investments directly and through funds that the company raises and manages. The Asset Management and Securities Services segment provides investment advisory and financial planning services, as well as offers investment products. This segment also provides prime brokerage services, financing services, and securities lending services. The company was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in New York, New York

GS Market Data

Currency US Dollars
Share Price $162.40  
Change Today -$4.81
52 Week High $247.92
52 Week Low $151.02
Volume 16,466,590
Shares Issued 390.68m
Market Cap $63,447m
Beta 1.72
RiskGrade 194
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What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 6
Buy 2
Neutral 11
Sell 0
Strong Sell 1
Total 20

ncome & Efficiency

  Latest F'cast
Div Yield 0.9% 0.9%
Div Cover 18.8 11.1
Op Mrgn 67.7% 28.7%
ROCE 6.3%  

Valuation

<th class="dataRegularHeader" style="text-align: left;" width="40%">   </th> <th class="dataRegularHeaderR" width="30%"> Latest </th> <th class="dataRegularHeaderR" width="30%"> F'cast </th>
P/E 6.2 10.3
PEG 0.2 n/a
Pr/Revenue 0.7 1.8
Pr/Book 1.5  

Growth

<th class="dataRegularHeader" style="text-align: left;" width="40%">   </th> <th class="dataRegularHeaderR" width="30%"> Latest </th> <th class="dataRegularHeaderR" width="30%"> F'cast </th>
Revenue 26.8% -58.9%
PBT 20.9% -41.0%
EPS 25.8% -40.3%
DPS 7.7% 1.4%

GS Fundamentals

<th scope="col" class="dataRegularHeader" width="16%"> Year Ending </th> <th scope="col" class="dataRegularHeaderR" width="14%"> Revenue ($m) </th> <th scope="col" class="dataRegularHeaderR" width="15%"> Pre-tax ($m) </th> <th scope="col" class="dataRegularHeaderR" width="10%"> EPS </th> <th scope="col" class="dataRegularHeaderR" width="8%"> P/E </th> <th scope="col" class="dataRegularHeaderR" width="7%"> PEG </th> <th scope="col" class="dataRegularHeaderR" width="10%"> EPS Grth. </th> <th scope="col" class="dataRegularHeaderR" width="10%"> Div </th> <th scope="col" class="dataRegularHeaderR" width="10%"> Yield </th>
28-Nov-03 23,623.00 4,445.00 615.00¢ 15.6 0.4 +44% 74.00¢ 0.8%
26-Nov-04 29,839.00 6,676.00 930.00¢ 11.3 0.2 +51% 100.00¢ 1.0%
25-Nov-05 43,391.00 8,273.00 1,173.00¢ 11.4 0.4 +26% 100.00¢ 0.7%
24-Nov-06 69,353.00 14,560.00 2,093.00¢ 9.6 0.1 +78% 130.00¢ 0.6%
30-Nov-07 87,968.00 17,604.00 2,634.00¢ 8.6 0.3 +26% 140.00¢ 0.6%

GS Forecasts

<th scope="col" class="dataRegularHeader" width="16%"> Year Ending </th> <th scope="col" class="dataRegularHeaderR" width="14%"> Revenue ($m) </th> <th scope="col" class="dataRegularHeaderR" width="15%"> Pre-tax ($m) </th> <th scope="col" class="dataRegularHeaderR" width="10%"> EPS </th> <th scope="col" class="dataRegularHeaderR" width="8%"> P/E </th> <th scope="col" class="dataRegularHeaderR" width="7%"> PEG </th> <th scope="col" class="dataRegularHeaderR" width="10%"> EPS Grth. </th> <th scope="col" class="dataRegularHeaderR" width="10%"> Div </th> <th scope="col" class="dataRegularHeaderR" width="10%"> Yield </th>
30-Nov-08 36,186.69 10,393.16 1,573.19¢ 10.6 n/a -40% 141.98¢ 0.9%
30-Nov-09 41,662.96 12,553.97 1,962.39¢ 8.5 0.3 +25% 146.18¢ 0.9%
Analysts'
 Recommendation: 		Hold  
    30 Days Ago: Hold  
  Analysts' Target: $207  
 Members' Target: $215  
Analysts' Targets
 Ladenburg, Thalmann $151 
    Sell
    Thursday, May 22, 2008

 Lehman Brothers $200 
    Overweight
    Thursday, April 03, 2008

 UBS Securities $185 
    Hold
    Wednesday, March 19, 2008

 Punk, Ziegel & Company $200 
    Mkt Perform
    Wednesday, March 19, 2008

 Deutsche Bank Securities $245 
    Accumulate
    Thursday, February 14, 2008

 Sandler O`Neill $260 
    Hold
    Wednesday, January 30, 2008


Update 08/20:
GS

Below is the chart from last week
when we were looking to go short GS
if the entry signal got triggered.

Since then we went short GS at 171.00
and have moved our stop to 169.00.

Now we will sell GS again if our entry signal gets triggered.


GS:  This call was made on 06/11/08 @ $163.24001
Rating:   Positive   $163.24001 (06/11/08)
Gain/Loss:   -61.05% in 174 days
Target:   $263.00 (+61.11%) in > one year
Allocation:   0.1% of portfolio


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