When it comes to leading investment banks, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. NYSE: GS And Morgan Stanley NYSE: MS often placed in the five best places. Both are powerful for transactions, but also serve different clients with various risk appetites. Both are leaders in the financial sector and have a huge success in their services in trade, asset management and underwriting. Both banks have published a profit with optimistic recommendations, but in what shares are there even more potential?
Goldman Sachs: Masters of the Universe
Goldman Sachs Group Today

Goldman Sachs Group
- 52-week range
- $ 375.20
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$ 650.00
- Dividend yield
- 1.89%
- P/e ratio.
- 15.63
- Value is valuable
- $ 591.06
Often called the “masters of the Universe”, Goldman Sachs is an elite and underground top-level investment bank, which has put a hand in some of the largest and most noticeable proposals for Wall Street.
The company advised one of the largest transactions in 2024, when Mars acquired Kellanova NYSE: K. For 83.50 US dollars for the action in a transaction with a full concern 35.9 billion dollars. USA. The company published the eyes.
Its strong transactions and advantageous advisory fees continue to strengthen its dominance in the industry. As the M&A Goldman Sachs is restored, it still relies well to benefit from future high-profile transactions.
Assessment of the crushing Wall -Strite (again)
Goldman Sachs announced EP 4 2024 Q 2024 in the amount of 11.95 US dollars per share, evaluating the estimates of consensus analysts at $ 3.74. Net profit amounted to 4.11 billion dollars. Revenue increased by 22.5% to 13.87 billion dollars. The United States, having beaten the consensus estimates for $ 12.36 billion. USA.
EPS in 2024 in 2024 amounted to $ 40.54, compared with $ 22.87 in 2023. Pure income from the whole year increased by 16% to $ 53.51 billion, and net profit amounted to $ 14.28 billion.
Solid financial indicators for 2024
Goldman global banking and markets brought pure income 34.94 billion dollars. The United States, due to record net income in the field of shares, investment banking fees and fixed income, currency and goods (FICC). Higher net income in global banking and markets, as well as assets and assets, stimulated the growth of income. The provision of credit losses amounted to $ 351 million. USA, compared with 577 million dollars. USA in the 4th quarter of 2023 and sequentially from $ 397 million. USA in the 3rd quarter of 2024. Goldman Sax took first place around the world in declared and completed mergers and acquisitions in 2024. trillion.
Goldman Sachs Group Marketrank ™
- General market ™
- 100th percentile
- Analyst rating
- Moderate purchase
- Breaking/disadvantage
- 7.2% of the deficiency
- Short level of interest
- Healthy
- The power of dividends
- Strong
- Environmental assessment
- -0.40
- Mood news
- 0.82
- Insider trade
- Sale of shares
- Professe Earnings growth
- 10.55%
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Nextracker Director General Dan Shugar commented: “In this quarter, we successfully launched some of our recently launched products and functions on a scale, expanding our common targeted market. In addition, we continue to increase our investments in R&D for the development of innovations, an innovation oriented to the client, which are in the vanguard of solar technology, at the same time leading to the values for interested parties around the world ” .
Goldman Sachs General David Soloman commented on the coverage of Goldman graduates: “Today, more than 275 of our graduates play C-Suite in companies with market capitalization exceeding $ 1 billion, or assets of more than $ 5 billion and hundreds of hundreds. Other graduates ultimately return to the company when a boomerang hires, including about 25 partners and managing directors only last year, which is evidence of our permanent brand and culture. ” Goldman Sachs shares are traded by 11.84% from the beginning of the year (YTD) as of January 31, 2025.
Morgan Stanley: Blue Shoe Investment Bank and much more
Morgan Stanley today

Morgan Stanley
- 52-week range
- $ 83.09
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$ 141.48
- Dividend yield
- 2.70%
- P/e ratio.
- 17.24
- Value is valuable
- $ 131,27
Goldman Sachs is perhaps more resistant to risk, while Morgan Stanley offers a more balanced approach with a large accent to manage the wealth of a wider clientele. According to rumors, Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management customers should have at least $ 10 million invested in the company.
Private account Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management requires an alleged minimum of $ 5 million for its clients with an ultra-high-high-high-end capital. Morgan Stanley is a much larger company, almost twice as much as partners around the world, for 80,000 people.
Morgan Stanley also accepted a large retail and independent investment investment from the acquisition of E*Trade, in which active traders grow above the levels of 2022.
Morgan Stanley Crushs Q4 also
In the fourth quarter of 2024, Morgan Stanley announced a promotion of $ 2.22, defeating the estimates of 52 cents. Revenue increased by 25.9% to 16.23 billion dollars. The USA, crushing consensus grades amounted to 15.03 billion dollars. The United States is more than 1.2 billion dollars. USA. The coefficient of efficiency of the company’s costs amounted to 71% against 77% in the previous year, which reflects a stronger discipline of expenses.
Continuing indicators of the segment
Morgan Stanley Marketrank ™ Analysis of reserves
- General market ™
- 98th percentile
- Analyst rating
- Hold
- Breaking/disadvantage
- 4.7% of the lack
- Short level of interest
- Healthy
- The power of dividends
- Strong
- Environmental assessment
- -0.22
- Mood news
- 0.88
- Insider trade
- Sale of shares
- Professe Earnings growth
- 9.15%
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Institutional securities reported pure revenue in the amount of $ 7.3 billion. USA, compared with $ 4.9 billion. USA last year. Income to taxation amounted to $ 2.4 billion compared to $ 408 million last year. Joint -stock capital income increased by 51% of years, due to increased activity of customers with regional force in Asia and a noticeable force in primary brokerage activity. Revenue with fixed income increased by 35% year, due to a loan for higher lending, securitization activities and higher structured income from goods. Client assets have grown to $ 7.9, which almost tripled over the past three years. Payment flows in asset management increased to $ 123 billion in 2024.
CEO of Morgan Stanley Ted Pick commented on how to grow his retail segment: “We will continue to focus on checking accounts with competitive rates, integrating products on a client’s trip when they move together with E*, potentially classic FA (Financial Advisor) and then, then, then. As you know, we really knocked on the drum at the workplace where we can cooperate with companies to cover employees. ” Morgan Stanley shares increased by 10.11% YTD as of January 31, 2025.
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