Net income: US$13.5b (up 72% from FY 2023). Profit margin: 26% (up from 17% in FY 2023). The increase in margin was driven by higher revenue. EPS: US$41.22 (up from US$23.05 in FY 2023).

Goldman Sachs drove $14.28 billion of profit in 2024, up 68% from the year earlier, reflecting gains in investment banking and trading. Fourth-quarter per-share earnings of $11.95 handily topped analysts’ estimates of $8.

Big bank profits surged in the fourth quarter and Wall Street roared back to life, with net income rising 50% at JPMorgan Chase and more than doubling at Goldman Sachs.

JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs and Citi kicked off earnings season on Wednesday with their December-quarter results.

By Saeed Azhar, Manya Saini and Noor Zainab Hussain NEW YORK (Reuters) -Goldman Sachs beat Wall Street estimates and earned its biggest quarterly profit in more than three years as its investment bankers brought in more deal fees,

Goldman Sachs said its profit more than doubled in the fourth quarter, boosted by companies’ growing appetite for dealmaking. Profit jumped 105% to $4.11 billion. That amounted to $11.95 per share, which was far better than the $8.

Shares of Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS) rose nearly 5% on Wednesday after the bank’s fourth-quarter earnings topped Wall Street estimates by a wide margin. The bank reported earnings per share (EPS) of $11.

Goldman Sachs shares gained in premarket trading Wednesday after the bank reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results.