Goldman Sachs (GS)
Price: $116.89
Industry: Invest BKRS-MGRS Chaikin Power Gauge Report | Generated: Wed Aug 17 10:46 EDT 2011 GS Goldman Sachs
$116.89
Power Gauge Rating
GS - Very Bearish TM
The Chaikin Power Gauge Rating for GS is very bearish due to very weak earnings performance, very negative expert opinions, poor financial metrics and bearish price/volume activity.
Financial Metrics
GS's earnings performance is very weak as a result of a relatively poor trend in earnings this year and inconsistent earnings over the past 5 years.
Earnings Performance
Price/Volume Activity
Expert Opinions
News Sentiment Rating
Neutral GS Goldman Sachs
August 16, 2011
TM
Chaikin Sentiment Gauge for GS is neutral. Stories concerning GS have a balanced or neutral sentiment.
News Sentiment :Neutral
Power Trend - 5 Year Chart
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High Potential
Neutral
Low Potential
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Financials & Earnings
Financial Metrics
Financial Metrics Rating
Bearish
LT Debt/Equity Ratio
GS's financial metrics are poor. The company is carrying too much long term debt and has relatively low revenue per share.
Price to Book Value
The rank is based on a high long term debt to equity ratio, low price to book value and high price to sales ratio.
Return on Equity
Price to Sales Ratio
Business Value
Assets and Liabilities
Valuation
Returns
Ratio
TTM
Ratio
TTM
Ratio
TTM
Current Ratio
0.78
Price/Book
0.87
Return on Invest
3.2%
LT Debt/Equity
2.48
Price/Sales
1.55
Return on Equity
11.7%
Earnings Performance
Earnings Performance Rating
Very Bearish
Earnings Growth
GS's earnings performance has been very weak. The company experienced relatively poor earnings growth in the past 12 months and has an erratic 5 year earnings trend.
Earnings Surprise
Earnings Trend
The rank is based on a relatively poor trend in earnings this year, a relatively low projected P/E ratio and inconsistent earnings over the past 5 years.
Projected P/E Ratio
Earnings Consistency
5 Year Revenue and Earnings Growth
Revenue(M) Rev % Growth EPS EPS % Growth
EPS Estimates
12/06
12/07
12/08
12/09
12/10
69,353.00
87,968.00
53,579.00
51,673.00
39,161.00
59.83%
26.84%
-39.09%
-3.56%
-24.21%
$20.93
$26.34
$4.67
$23.74
$14.15
78.43%
25.85%
-82.27%
408.35%
-40.40%
EPS Surprise
Factor
Actual EPS Prev
EST EPS Current
Change
$3.19
$2.80
-0.39
Quarterly EPS Yearly EPS Factor
$14.15
$11.53
-2.62
Actual EPS Growth
Est EPS Growth
Change
3.96%
11.33%
+7.37
3-5 year EPS
EPS Quarterly Results Estimate
Actual
Difference
% Difference
FY
Qtr 1
Qtr 2
Qtr 3
Qtr 4
Total
Latest Qtr
$2.29
$1.85
$-0.44
1 Qtr Ago
$0.79
$1.56
$0.77
-19.21
12/09
$3.48
$5.27
$5.74
$9.01
$23.50
97.47
12/10
$6.02
$0.84
$3.19
$4.10
$14.15
2 Qtr Ago
$3.78
$3.79
3 Qtr Ago
$2.29
$2.98
$0.01
0.26
12/11
$1.66
$1.96
-
-
-
$0.69
30.13
Fiscal Year End Month is December.
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Price Trend & Expert Opinions Price/Volume Activity
Price/Volume Activity Rating
Bearish
Relative Strength vs Market
Chaikin Money Flow
Price and volume activity for GS is bearish. GS is experiencing sustained selling and has underperformed the S&P 500 over 26 weeks.
Price Trend
The rank for GS is based on its relative weakness versus the market, negative Chaikin money flow, a negative Chaikin price trend and a positive Chaikin price trend ROC.
Price Trend ROC
Volume Trend
Relative Strength vs S&P500 Index
Chaikin Money Flow
Chart shows whether GS is performing better or worse than the market.
Chaikin Money Flow analyzes supply and demand for a company's stock.
Price Activity
Price Activity
Factor
Value
Volume Activity
Factor
Value
Factor
Value
52 Week High
175.00
% Change Price - 4 Weeks
-9.04%
Average Volume 20 Days
8,742,894
52 Week Low
110.34
% Change Price - 24 Weeks
-27.55%
Average Volume 90 Days
6,717,307
% Change YTD Rel S&P 500
-26.11%
% Change Price - 4 Wks Rel to S&P % Change Price - 24 Wks Rel to S&P
Expert Opinions
1.17%
Chaikin Money Flow Persistency
13%
-20.65%
Expert Opinions
Very Bearish
Earnings Estimate Revisions
Expert opinions about GS are very negative. Analysts are lowering their EPS estimates for GS and analysts's opinions on GS have been more negative recently.
Short Interest
Insider Activity
The rank for GS is based on analysts revising earnings estimates downward, a low short interest ratio and pessimistic analyst opinions.
Analyst Opinions
Relative Strength vs Industry
Earnings Estimate Revisions Current Current Qtr Next Qtr
2.80 4.52 Current
Current FY
11.53
Analyst Recommendations
7 Days Ago % Change 2.80 4.52
0.00% 0.00%
30 Days Ago % Change 12.57
-1.04
Factor Mean this Week Mean Last Week
EPS Estimates Revision Summary Value
Buy 0.00
Mean 5 Weeks Ago
Buy
Last 4 Weeks
Down
Up
Down
Curr Qtr
0
0
0
12
Curr Yr
0
0
2
14
Next Qtr
0
0
4
8
Next Yr
0
0
2
13
Buy
Change
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The Company & Its Competitors
News Headlines for GS
GS's Competitors in Invest BKRS-MGRS Company
Power Gauge
Historic EPS growth
Projected EPS growth
Profit Margin
PEG
PE
Revenue(M)
3.96%
11.33%
21.07%
0.89
11.48
39,161
INTL
998.08%
-
0.05%
-
13.76
46,940
NMR
46.97%
87.13%
3.08%
0.24
29.64
16,626
RJF
14.49%
12.00%
8.37%
1.01
12.28
2,980
JEF
18.36%
15.00%
-
0.71
-
2,797
MS
24.82%
10.00%
9.93%
1.36
30.48
31,622
SCHW
-0.34%
16.00%
15.78%
1.00
20.77
4,248
GS
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Company Details
Company Profile
GOLDMAN SACHS 200 WEST STREET NEW YORK, NY 10282 USA Phone: 2129021000 Fax: 212-902-3000 Website: http://http://www2.goldmansachs.co m Full Time Employees: 35,700 Sector: Finance
Goldman Sachs is a global investment banking and securities firm, providing a full range of investing, advisory and financing services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base, which includes corporations, financial institutions, governments, and high net worth individuals. (Company Press Release)
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LM 2.3 DS 3.0 LS 2.1
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