Goldman Sachs Group, Inc (NYSE: GS) Recovers 45.46% From 52-Week Low, Is GS Still A High-Risk, High-Reward Play?

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc (NYSE:GS) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.72M but it saw 2529828 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 175.01B USD, the company’s current market price of $563.10 came rising about 2.67 while comparing to the previous closing price of $548.45. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $672.19 and as low as $387.12. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $539.0765 while lowest mark touched by it was $567.32.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc (GS) gives us an average price of $554.02, while its current price level is -16.23% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 45.46% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $602.87 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $543.77. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.80% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 3.27%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 46.77 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Keefe Bruyette downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Mkt Perform” from “Outperform” on February 27, 2025 while assigning a price target range of $690-$660. UBS also issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock is $610.

Over the week, GS’s stock price is moving -1.89% down while it is -3.10% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -1.66% down and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 36.18%.

Currently, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 310.65M with 0.55% of that held by the insiders while 74.34% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 4.02% and return on equity (ROE) at 11.95%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 13.89 while having a 11.04 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.31. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.61 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.38. Its return on asset (ROA) is 0.86% on average.