GS short interest surges, indicating growing pessimism among investors

Roman Campbell

Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc shares valued at $6,933,996 were sold by WALDRON JOHN E. on Aug 27 ’25. At $750.11 per share, WALDRON JOHN E. sold 9,244 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 115,268 shares worth approximately $91.08 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, WALDRON JOHN E. sold 9,000 shares, netting a total of over 6,754,556 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $750.51 each, the insider now holds 106,268 shares.

Before that, WALDRON JOHN E. had added 9,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $6,747,030, the Managing Director bought Goldman Sachs Group, Inc shares for $749.67 each.

As published in a research note from JP Morgan on October 21, 2025, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc [GS] has been rated down from an Overweight to a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $750. Analysts at BMO Capital Markets started covering the stock with ‘”a Market perform”‘ outlook in a report released in early October. As of July 14, 2025, Citizens JMP has decreased its “Mkt outperform” rating to a “Mkt perform” for GS. Earlier on July 08, 2025, HSBC Securities downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Reduce” for GS stock which previously was a “a Hold”.

Analyzing GS Stock Performance

On last trading session, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc [NYSE: GS] rose 0.91% to $790.16. The stock’s lowest price that day was $780.6001, but it reached a high of $807.14 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 5.25%. Over the course of the year, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc shares have jumped approximately 50.91%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $825.25 on 09/23/25 and a 52-week low of $439.38 on 04/07/25.

Support And Resistance Levels for Goldman Sachs Group, Inc (GS)

According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 778.13, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 766.09. In the upper region, resistance lies at 804.67. The next price resistance is at 819.17. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 56.12 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.

Is Goldman Sachs Group, Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-10-15 jumping by 56842.0 shares to 6.09 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-15 was 6.04 million shares. A jump of 0.93% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.09 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 3.09.

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In terms of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 785 in the next 12 months, up nearly 0.25% from the previous closing price of $783.06. Analysts anticipate Goldman Sachs Group, Inc stock to reach 828 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 715. In spite of this, 23 analysts ranked Goldman Sachs Group, Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On April 07, 2025, Morgan Stanley assigned a price target of “an Equal-weight” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $558.

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