Goldman Sachs touts enormous earnings beat as shares carry Dow higher

Goldman Sachs (GS) kicked off the Q4 earnings cycle with a shotgun blast. While fellow Dow Jones alum JPMorgan (JPM) and Citigroup (C) boasted healthy gains in profits, Goldman stole the show.

The Wall Street bank soared more than 6% to $606 on Wednesday after unveiling an enormous beat to expectations. As the biggest holding in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Goldman led the index to a 1.7% gain by mid-afternoon. The Dow has risen more than 3% this week alone, and Wednesday's CPI print only helped matters as core inflation arrived below expectations.

Goldman Sachs stock news

Goldman reported $11.95 in GAAP earnings per share in the fourth quarter, which was $3.60 or 43% higher than the consensus. Revenue of $13.87 billion also arrived more than $1.4 billion ahead of expectations. That figure was more than 22% above the prior Q4 a year earlier.

The outperformance was rather widespread across the bank, but the Global Banking & Market segment in particular held outsize importance. Net revenue came in at $8.48 billion, up 33% YoY. 

Asset & Wealth Management revenue of $4.72 billion rose 8% YoY. Platform Solutions revenue just under $600 million rose 18% from a year earlier.

Total assets under management rose 12% YoY to $3.14 trillion, while book value per share rose more than 7% in 2024 to $336.77.

Net interest income of $2.34 billion rose by about $1 billion from a year earlier.

Goldman Sachs stock forecast

Goldman shares have rallied above the recent resistance near $593, and $600 seems like support for now. The top trendline that has worked since March 2024 leads us to expect GS stock to run up to $645 before growing heavy.

The 20-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) is still at $575, but expect it to rise to $600 by early February. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is only at 63, so there is no danger of hitting overbought levels yet, and the rally likely will continue for several weeks.

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