Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) Dividends

GS Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model

A technique commonly used by dividend investors to value dividend-issuing stocks is the Dividend Discount Model (DDM), which seeks to determine a fair share price based on the dividend provided by the company relative to a number of other company-specific factors. In the case of GS, the DDM model generated by StockNews estimates a return of negative 44.39% in comparison to its current price. Some interesting points we thought investors may wish to consider regarding the dividend discount model forecast for Goldman Sachs Group Inc are:

• In comparison to other US listed dividend yielding stocks in the Financial Services sector, Goldman Sachs Group Inc's expected return of -44.39% is higher than merely 24.51% of its fellow sector mates.
• Compared to all dividend issuing stocks in our set, GS has a discount rate lower than merely 24.51% of them (a lower discount rate is associated with lower risk).
• A stock's beta generally indicates its volatility relative to the broader equity market; as for GS, approximately merely 23.59% of US-listed dividend issuers had a higher beta, and thus may have greater price volatility.
• As other dividend issuers in the Financial Services sector, GS's equity discount rate is less than 26.26% of those stocks.

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