GS
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
GS has the edge over OPY overall, supported by stronger valuation and stronger fundamentals.
OPY
Oppenheimer Holdings Inc.
OPY trails on the overall score without a compensating advantage in the available component scores.
GS Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
GS's revenue and profitability are currently strong. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like GS.
OPY Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| N/A | |
| N/A |
OPY's profitability is currently healthy, and its revenue is stable. Free cash flow and net leverage aren't meaningful measures for financial services companies like OPY.
GS PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 7.6x | $528 | -42% |
| Current | 13x | $914 | — |
| Forward | 13x | $914 | — |
| Fair | 14x | $940 | +2.9% |
| Expensive | 17x | $1,214 | +33% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
GS has the edge over OPY in the historical PE scenario, which offers more potential upside but is not a forecast.
OPY PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 4.1x | $30.75 | -66% |
| Fair | 9x | $66.53 | -26% |
| Current | 12x | $89.68 | — |
| Expensive | 13x | $93.25 | +4% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
OPY's PE is in its expensive range at 12x.
GS Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for GS, with profitability improving. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
OPY Forward outlook
There aren't enough analyst estimates for OPY to show an outlook.
GS Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $72.35 | +4% |
| Q3 2026 | $69.58 | +41% |
| Q2 2026 | $64.82 | +43% |
| Q1 2026 | $54.75 | +27% |
| Q4 2025 | $51.32 | +27% |
| Q3 2025 | $49.22 | +44% |
| Q2 2025 | $45.37 | +45% |
| Q1 2025 | $43.08 | +68% |
| Q4 2024 | $40.54 | +77% |
GS has the edge over OPY on earnings, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
OPY Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $7.43 | -0.3% |
| Q2 2026 | $8.86 | +15% |
| Q1 2026 | $8.39 | +25% |
| Q4 2025 | $13.04 | +105% |
| Q3 2025 | $7.45 | +15% |
| Q2 2025 | $7.71 | +40% |
| Q1 2025 | $6.72 | +80% |
| Q4 2024 | $6.37 | +146% |
OPY's earnings per share have fallen from their peak: $7.43 over the past year, against $13.28 in late 2021.
GS Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $18.7B | +23% |
| Q2 2026 | $20.3B | +39% |
| Q1 2026 | $17.2B | +14% |
| Q4 2025 | $13.5B | -3% |
| Q3 2025 | $15.2B | +20% |
| Q2 2025 | $14.6B | +15% |
| Q1 2025 | $15.1B | +6% |
| Q4 2024 | $13.9B | +23% |
GS's revenue is growing: $18.7B last quarter, up 23% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 37% | +2 points |
| Q2 2026 | 42% | +8.1 points |
| Q1 2026 | 38% | +0.2 points |
| Q4 2025 | 44% | +5.6 points |
| Q3 2025 | 36% | +4.1 points |
| Q2 2025 | 34% | +3.2 points |
| Q1 2025 | 37% | +0.6 points |
| Q4 2024 | 38% | +18 points |
GS has the edge over OPY on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
OPY Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $382M | -10% |
| Q2 2026 | $454.9M | +22% |
| Q1 2026 | $445.1M | +21% |
| Q4 2025 | $472.6M | +26% |
| Q3 2025 | $424.4M | +14% |
| Q2 2025 | $373.2M | +13% |
| Q1 2025 | $367.8M | +4.2% |
| Q4 2024 | $375.4M | +22% |
OPY has the edge over GS on sales, with stronger typical year-over-year growth.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 2.3% | -5.2 points |
| Q2 2026 | 8.7% | 0 points |
| Q1 2026 | -6.1% | -17 points |
| Q4 2025 | 22% | +18 points |
| Q3 2025 | 7.5% | -2 points |
| Q2 2025 | 8.6% | +3.8 points |
| Q1 2025 | 11% | +0.6 points |
| Q4 2024 | 4.5% | -1.2 points |
OPY's operating margin was 2.3% last quarter, down 5.2 points from the same quarter a year ago.
GS Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $3.7B | +72% |
| Q2 2026 | $5.6B | +7.8% |
| Q1 2026 | -$32.4B | +$5.3B |
| Q4 2025 | -$16.8B | -136% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.1B | +$40.6B |
| Q2 2025 | $5.2B | -6.8% |
| Q1 2025 | -$37.7B | -$9.2B |
| Q4 2024 | $46.2B | +$75.1B |
GS's free cash flow was −$40B over the past year, against $15.8B the year before. Free cash flow isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like GS.
OPY Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $128.6M | +107% |
| Q2 2026 | -$57.1M | -247% |
| Q1 2026 | -$190M | -$96.6M |
| Q4 2025 | $175.8M | +146% |
| Q3 2025 | $62.2M | +455% |
| Q2 2025 | $38.9M | +$155.6M |
| Q1 2025 | -$93.4M | -$14.1M |
| Q4 2024 | $71.5M | +17% |
OPY has the edge over GS on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
GS Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -1.2% | -3.8M shares |
| 1 year | -4.4% | -13.9M shares |
| 3 years | -12% | -42.8M shares |
| 5 years | -15% | -52.8M shares |
| Available history | -20% | -74.4M shares |
GS has the edge over OPY on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $3B |
| Q2 2026 | $4B |
| Q1 2026 | $5B |
| Q4 2025 | $3B |
| Q3 2025 | $2B |
| Q2 2025 | $3B |
| Q1 2025 | $4.4B |
| Q4 2024 | $2B |
GS spent $15B buying back its own shares over the past year, up 32% from the year before.
OPY Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.9% | +103K shares |
| 1 year | +1.2% | +136K shares |
| 3 years | +1.3% | +146K shares |
| 5 years | -15% | -2.1M shares |
| Available history | -16% | -2.3M shares |
OPY has 12M diluted shares, up 1.2% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | — |
| Q1 2026 | — |
| Q4 2025 | $2.3M |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | $581,000 |
| Q1 2025 | $90,000 |
| Q4 2024 | — |
OPY spent $2M buying back its own shares over the past year, about three times what it spent the year before.
GS Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -5.4x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2026 | -6.1x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | -6.7x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -6.4x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -3.5x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -3.1x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -3.9x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -4.7x | Net Cash |
GS has more cash than debt. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like GS.
OPY Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2023 | 1.5x | Healthy |
| Q3 2023 | 1.2x | Healthy |
| Q2 2023 | 1.6x | Healthy |
| Q1 2023 | 1.4x | Healthy |
| Q4 2022 | 0.0x | Very low |
| Q3 2022 | 0.8x | Very low |
| Q2 2022 | 0.6x | Very low |
| Q1 2022 | 0.4x | Very low |
OPY's net debt is about 1.5 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from less than a year a year ago. Net leverage isn't a meaningful measure for financial services companies like OPY.
GS Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 44.5 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 16.3 | Oversold |
GS's weekly RSI is 45 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 16 (oversold).
OPY Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 38.7 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 14.4 | Oversold |
OPY's weekly RSI is 39 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 14 (oversold).
GS PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | GS | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 13x | 13x | 0.8% above |
| PE % | 46 | 63 | 17 pts below |
GS is trading at 13x earnings, in line with the Financial Services sector's median of 13x, though its earnings don't support one.
OPY PE vs Financial Services Sector
| Metric | OPY | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 12x | 13x | 7.3% below |
| PE % | 80 | 63 | 17 pts above |
OPY has the edge over GS on valuation relative to its sector.
GS Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $895.5 | 2% above |
| 20 week MA | $977.4 | 6.5% below |
| 50 week MA | $945.4 | 3.4% below |
| 100 week MA | $804.5 | 14% above |
| 200 week MA | $602.7 | 52% above |
GS has the edge over OPY on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
OPY Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $102.8 | 13% below |
| 20 week MA | $109.8 | 18% below |
| 50 week MA | $97.5 | 8.1% below |
| 100 week MA | $82.0 | 9.4% above |
| 200 week MA | $62.7 | 43% above |
OPY has pulled back, but its long-term trend is still up: it's below its 8-, 20- and 50-week averages, but 43% above its 200-week average.
GS Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $230.7 | $256.2 | +11% |
| 2021 | $256.2 | $385.0 | +50% |
| 2022 | $385.0 | $345.5 | -10% |
| 2023 | $345.5 | $385.8 | +12% |
| 2024 | $385.8 | $576.2 | +49% |
| 2025 | $576.2 | $907.0 | +57% |
| 2026 YTD | $907.0 | $913.6 | +0.7% |
GS has finished higher in five of the last six years, two of them by more than 50%. It's up 0.7% so far in 2026.
OPY Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $27.8 | $31.7 | +14% |
| 2021 | $31.7 | $44.2 | +39% |
| 2022 | $44.2 | $42.8 | -3.2% |
| 2023 | $42.8 | $41.3 | -3.4% |
| 2024 | $41.3 | $64.5 | +56% |
| 2025 | $64.5 | $74.2 | +15% |
| 2026 YTD | $74.2 | $89.7 | +21% |
OPY has the edge over GS on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.