Goldman Sachs Group is a bank holding company and financial holding company. Co. operates in four business segments: Investment Banking, which is engaged in financial advisory, underwriting and corporate lending activities; Global Markets, which consists of Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities and Equities, and engaged in intermediation and financing activities; Asset Management, which is engaged in the management, equity investments, lending and debt investments; and Consumer and Wealth Management, which consists of Wealth management and Consumer banking, and engaged in the management and other fees, incentive fees, private banking and lending, and consumer-oriented activities. We show 45 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our GS shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute GS market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing Goldman Sachs Group market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing Goldman Sachs Group's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of Goldman Sachs Group versus a peer is one thing; comparing
Goldman Sachs Group market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like Goldman Sachs Group can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching Goldman Sachs Group by allowing them to research the Goldman Sachs Group market cap history. |
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