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| Comapny name |
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Goldman Sachs Group, Inc |
| Share |
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GS |
Analysis date |
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12-Aug-2007 |
| Stock exchange |
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NYSE |
Rating |
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7/9 |
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History of Consistently Increasing EPS, Sales & Cash Flow. |
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1) EPS has increased consistently over 5 years? |
Yes |
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2) Sales has increased Consistently over 5 years? |
Yes |
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3) Cash Flow has increased consistently over 5 years? |
No |
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4) What is the historical/projected EPS growth rate?
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13.4% |
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Sunstainable Competitive Advantage |
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1) The company has a sustainable competitive advantage? |
Yes |
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Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (Goldman Sachs) is global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a range of services worldwide to a client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. |
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Future Growth Drivers |
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1) The company has future growth drivers in place? |
Yes |
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The company is increasing its focus in countries such as India, China, Brazil, Russin and the Middle East. |
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Conservative Debt |
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1) The company has Long Term Debt <3x Net Profit? |
No |
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2) Long-Term Debt is $
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122,842.0 Million |
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3) Net Profit is $
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9,537.0 Million |
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Please note that these levels of logn-term debt is typical for a financial company. |
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High & Consistent ROE and ROA |
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1) The company has ROE>12-15% over 5 years? |
Yes |
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2) The company has ROA>7% over 5 years? |
No |
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| 6 |
Low CAPEX for Maintenance of Current Operations? (Not a key criterion) |
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1) The business requires low CAPEX for maintenance of Current operations? |
Yes |
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2) Is ( Free Cash Flow/Sales Revenue )>5%? |
No |
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Free Cash Flow/Sales Revenue figure is unavailable. |
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| 7 |
Management is Holding/Buying the Stock |
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1) Key Management has not been selling large Proportion of company stock? |
Yes |
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| 8 |
The Stock Price is Selling at a Discount (High Margin of Safety) |
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1) Current operating cash flow/EPS
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19.69 (EPS) |
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2) Projected Earnings Growth Rate
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13.4% |
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3) Number of shares outstanding
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477 |
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4) Intrinsic Value
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$196 |
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5) Share price is below intrinsic value? |
No |
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Stock Price is Consolidating or on an Uptrend |
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1) Stock price breaking out of consolidating |
No |
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2) Stock price at a dip on a uptrend |
No |
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3) Stock price above 20 or 50 day moving average |
No |
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