10. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS)
Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q4 2025: 78
Investment bank The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) was at the center of media attention on the day of Cramer’s remarks as it had reported its fiscal first quarter earnings. Since the earnings release, the shares are up by a modest 1%. The results saw the firm post $17.23 billion in revenue and $17.55 in earnings per share to beat analyst estimates of $16.97 billion and $16.49. However, the shares fell after the earnings, and the dip didn’t fail to register on Jim Cramer’s radar. The CNBC TV host tweeted after the earnings were released and remarked that while “estimates had gotten too high,” the stock nevertheless still offered “excellent return on equity.” Jefferies discussed The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS)’s stock on April 6th as it lowered the share price target to $1,049 from $1,125 and kept a Buy rating on the stock. Jefferies’ coverage saw it boost the bank’s second-quarter earnings estimate to $15.60. In this appearance, Cramer maintained that The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) fared off against high expectations:
“Alright so, when you speak to David. . .IPOs a little slower in March, but it’s getting a little slower. Everything is picking up, April’s been very strong. Now I think, David you’re going to disagree with this, but it’s entirely possible that this is the beginning of like a smoother, like we got to stop it, with the aggressive. Remember, people put up very aggressive targets. And, they don’t do that for Citi.
“My charitable trust sold some last week. Visionary? No, we still have a lot. But I do think that, when I talk about it on Thursday at our call, I’m just going to say Goldman’s offering a little smoother, you may not like it, but the estimates are too high, then frankly, you’re going to miss every time. But I think the estimates are going to come down. And they’re going to start beating them and you have to buy the stock, into weakness. Because the buyback will be there, remember. . .buyback will be there by next week and I think you’ll be fine.
“Look I continue to believe that this is a good quarter. And it’s just very difficult when you raise the estimates so high, that he can’t possibly beat them. And yet, if we had thought these numbers had come out this way three months ago, we would be paying 90, doing 954. That’s why I’m saying listen, this is not the kind of quarter that you can Goldman on. . .the fact is, that this was, he can’t say, listen, we beat the old numbers. Because no one cares about that. But in the end it was a great quarter and it’s second best after 2021. That’s great, but it’s not enough for now, once they start buying back it’ll be enough.”
Carillon Eagle Growth & Income Fund discussed The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) in its fourth quarter 2025 investor letter:
“The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.’s (NYSE:GS) shares contributed to the fourth‑quarter performance due to positive financial results, coupled with increased optimism regarding capital markets activity heading into 2026. Goldman Sachs maintains one of the strongest global merger and acquisition (M&A) advisory and trading, with increased activity in M&A, initial public offerings, and debt issuance activity directly boosting its financial performance.”
