The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. GS
29 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.
Earnings covered the dividend 3.7 times — the rest stayed in the company.
Each USD of equity produced 14 cents of profit this year.
USD 5.3B in dividends and USD 12.4B in buybacks — 103% of the year's profit, so the payout drew on cash built up earlier.
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.
The share count shrank 14% in five years — the same company, cut into fewer, larger slices.
Equity funds 7% of total assets.
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