Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs's headquarter is located in New York. Goldman Sachs's core business is the banking sector. Lloyd C. Blankfein is the company' CEO. David A. Viniar is as CFO financially responsible for the company. The period from 2006 till the end of 2016 the international sector lost around 24 percent. Measured since 2011 the sector is 6 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-December 2016) there is a minus of 24 percent.

The past year was a profitable year for Goldman Sachs investors

The stock gained over the past 12 months at around 36 percent. Over the past 5 years the stock rose a massive 162,1 percent. Goldman Sachs's net incomes between 2011 and 2015 were very volatile and moved between 4,44 billion dollars and 6,08 billion dollars.

The American company paid out dividends in the past 5 years. Over the past 5 years Goldman Sachs's dividend yield was at around 10,02 percent per year.

At the end of 2015 around 34 thousand people were employed at Goldman Sachs.

Goldman Sachs financed with relatively low debt

At the end of 2015 the bank's balance sheet was worth 861,4 billion dollars. The total debt of the bank was at the end of 2015 774,67 billion dollars, which equals around 89,93 percent of the total balance sheet. The American company's price/earnings-ratio was 10. So the market valued the stock at 10 times the 2015' earnings per share. Based on the classical stock valuation theories the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the market capitalization (the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the stock price) of the bank equaled around 73,51 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 419,48 million stocks listed on the stock exchange(s).

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