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Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

(GS:NYSE)

LAST $170.01 USD
CHANGE TODAY -2.82 -1.63%
VOLUME 8.8M
As of 4:00 PM 11/20/09 All times are local (Market data by Reuters is delayed by at least 15 minutes).

Snapshot of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS)

OPEN
$171.40
PREVIOUS CLOSE
$172.83
DAY HIGH
$172.44
DAY LOW
$170.01
52 WEEK HIGH
10/14/09 - $193.60
52 WEEK LOW
11/21/08 - $47.41
MARKET CAP
87.4B
AVERAGE VOLUME 3 mo
7.8M
DILUTED EPS TTM
$11.59
SHARES OUTSTANDING
514.1M
EX-DATE
11/30/09
P/E TTM
14.7x
DIVIDEND
$1.40
DIVIDEND YIELD
0.82%
K = Thousands  M = Millions  B = Billions
BUSINESS EXCHANGE RELATED TOPICGoldman Sachs

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GS Details

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides various investment banking, securities, and investment management services to corporations, financial institutions, governments, and high-net-worth individuals worldwide. Its Investment Banking segment offers financial advisory services, including advisory assignments with respect to mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate defense activities, restructurings, and spin-offs; and underwriting services, including equity underwriting and debt underwriting. The company’s Trading and Principal Investments segment engages in market making in, trading of, and investing in commodities and commodity derivatives, including power generation and related activities; credit products, such as credit derivatives, investment-grade corporate securities, high-yield securities, bank and secured loans, municipal securities, emerging market and distressed debt, public and private equity securities, and real estate; currencies and currency derivatives; interest rate products consisting of interest rate derivatives and global government securities; money market instruments, including matched book positions; and mortgage-related securities and loan products. This segment also provides equity securities, derivative securities, futures, and options clearing services; market-making and specialist services in equity securities and options; and insurance services, as well as involves in principal investments activities. Its Asset Management and Securities Services segment offers various asset management services comprising investment advisory services, financial planning, and investment products; management of merchant banking funds; and securities services, such as prime brokerage, financing services, and securities lending. The company was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

GS Top Compensated Officers

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Managin...
Age: 54
Total Annual Compensation: $600.0K
President, Chief Operating Officer, Managing ...
Age: 48
Total Annual Compensation: $600.0K
Chief Financial Officer, Managing Director, E...
Age: 53
Total Annual Compensation: $600.0K
Vice Chairman, Managing Director and Chairman...
Total Annual Compensation: $600.0K
Compensation as of Fiscal Year 2008.

Key developments for Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS)

SMUD Files Lawsuit against Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and 45 Other Financial Firms

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley and 45 other financial firms conspired to defraud the Sacramento Municipal Utility District by rigging bids in the market for so-called municipal derivatives, the electricity provider alleged in a suit filed November 12, 2009 in Sacramento federal court. SMUD joins six city and county governments in California and others across the country that have already filed similar lawsuits arising out of a federal investigation made public in 2006. The litigation deals with financial instruments used by local and state governments and other public entities when financing projects-such as power plants-with bond funds.

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The London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LSE) is close to amalgamating Turquoise Services Limited, into a new joint venture. A decision regarding the fate of Turquoise is expected to be taken within two weeks as talks finalize with the platform's backers, people familiar with the matter said on October 28. No cash will change hands. Turquoise will be merged with Baikal, the LSE's trading facility, with the LSE retaining a 51% majority stake. The exchange will commit to making a series of investments in the platform to develop technology and new products, over a specified time. The shareholders UBS AG, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Credit Suisse Group, BNP Paribas, Société Générale Group, Deutsche Bank AG, BofA Merrill Lynch and Citigroup Inc. are not willing to fund the company any further, while retaining a stake in the business. Both the LSE and Turquoise declined to comment.

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2008  #21
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GS Competitors

Company Last Change
Deutsche Bank €49.06 EUR -1.36
Morgan Stanley $32.10 USD -0.21
Societe Generale €47.43 EUR -1.33
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Industry Analysis

Valuation GS Industry Range
Price/Earnings 38.0x
Price/Sales 4.0x
Price/Book 1.5x
Price/Cash Flow 24.4x
TEV/Sales NM Not Meaningful

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GS transactions

Type
Date
Target
Merger/Acquisition
October 30, 2009
NYSE Liffe U.S., LLC
Merger/Acquisition
October 22, 2009
Sun Edison LLC
Merger/Acquisition
September 9, 2009
American Stock Exchange LLC, Amex Options Unit
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