The Goldman Sachs Group (GS)☆

Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment bank specializing in advisory, trading, and asset and wealth management. It is a member of the S&P 500 and is classified in the Financials sector — banks, insurers and capital-markets firms at the center of the economy.

The Goldman Sachs Group trades on the NYSE under the ticker symbol GS. As of the most recent market data, the stock was priced around $1,025.90, down 0.78% on the session, giving The Goldman Sachs Group a market capitalization of roughly $298.71B.

Over the past 52 weeks, GS has traded between $721.16 and $1,153.99. Shares are valued at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of about 16.0, a common gauge of how richly the market prices the company's earnings. The Goldman Sachs Group also pays a dividend, currently yielding around 1.93%.

As one of the larger companies in the Financials sector, The Goldman Sachs Group is closely followed by investors and often moves with broader trends across banks, insurers and capital-markets firms at the center of the economy. Traders watch GS for earnings reports, analyst rating changes, and headlines that can shift sentiment — each of which is summarized on this page as it breaks.

Because the S&P 500 is weighted by market value, The Goldman Sachs Group's size means its share-price moves can also nudge the index as a whole, making GS a stock that even index investors pay attention to.