Goldman Sachs Group is a leading global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a diverse client base, including corporations, financial institutions, governments, and individuals. The company engages in various activities, including financial advisory services, underwriting of capital market transactions, asset management, and market making in securities and commodities. It is known for its expertise in mergers and acquisitions, risk management, and investment strategy, leveraging its extensive research capabilities and global reach to deliver innovative solutions in an ever-evolving financial landscape. Read More
Analysts from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. have warned that the U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports could put up to 16 million jobs in China at risk, particularly in the manufacturing sector.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - April 28, 2025 - PRLog -- Schonfeld & Associates, a publisher of business information products for over 40 years, has released the 2025 edition of SG&A Benchmarks for the Finance, Insurance, Real Estate industry sector. The report is a convenient source of information for professional managers seeking benchmark information on Selling, General & Administrative spending by major public corporations within the sector. Metrics for public companies provide important insight for other firms within the sector. SG&A expenses are all the direct and indirect selling expenses and all general and administrative expenses. SG&A expenses are also called Operating Expenses. Frequently, SG&A to Sales ratios are used to judge efficiency of management spending.Benchmarks for SG&A spending are hard to find. Averages may be available but are generally too broad to be useful. Within SG&A Benchmarks, the sector summary charts provide side by side comparison of annual median values for each industry within the sector for 2021-2024 as well as a chart of 10%ile, median and 90%ile values of SG&A to Sales ratio for 2024 by industry to illustrate the range of values reported by firms within each industry. To account for SG&A spending practices varying by size of revenues, individual companies are grouped based on fiscal 2024 sales. The detailed tables for each of the individual industries are presented with the companies in three groups as defined by sales of less than $100 million, sales between $100 million and $1 billion, and sales of more than $1 billion. The information presented for each company includes: fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2024 SG&A as a percentage of sales, annual percentage growth rate in SG&A spending and in sales, total sales for fiscal 2024 and headquarters location. Comparing the growth rate of SG&A expenses and sales gives a snapshot of where the profitability of the firm may be heading.The Finance, Insurance and Real Estate sector reports SG&A spending information for over 1065 publicly traded companies in seven industries: Depository Institutions (including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo), Non-depository Credit Institutions (including Fannie Mae, American Express, Discover Financial Services), Security & Commodity Brokers and Services (including Charles Schwab, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley), Insurance Carriers (including Cigna Group, Berkshire Hathaway, UnitedHealth Group), Insurance Agents and Services (including Marsh & McLennan, Equitable Holdings, Aon), Real Estate (including eXp World Holdings, Cushman & Wakefield, Redfin, CBRE Group) and Holding and Other Investment Offices (including Equinix, Blackstone REIT, Prologis, Crown Castle).This report will benefit anyone seeking competitive benchmark intelligence including corporate staff, financial analysts, investment professionals, lenders, M&A advisors, appraisers and industry consultants.Visit https://saibooks.com/product/sga-benchmarks-finance/ for more information and to place a secure order for immediate download.
Goldman Sachs flags ongoing risks for U.S. restaurants in 2025, with macro uncertainty, weak consumer sentiment, and tariff pressures weighing on growth.
He stressed that investors are increasingly wary of U.S. Treasury bonds, traditionally viewed as safe-haven assets, due to the unpredictability introduced by the trade war.
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Investment banking was expected to make a strong comeback in early 2025. But instead, economic uncertainty and global market volatility slowed things down . Even though the five biggest U.S. banks: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Citigroup, and Bank of America made a total of $8.4 billion from investment banking in the first quarter, the numbers were not as high as they had hoped.
Goldman Sachs lowers Microsoft's price target but remains bullish on its AI monetization potential amid near-term challenges. Azure and generative AI momentum seen as key drivers for future growth.
Uber shares fell 0.9% to settle at $73.77 on Wednesday. Vestis shares gained 3.4% to close at $8.30 during the session. Paycom shares climbed 3.7% to settle at $219.23 on Wednesday. Interactive Brokers shares gained 2.7% to close at $161.71 during the session. CRH shares gained 2.4% to close at $87.81 on Wednesday.
