GS Earnings Predictions — 2026-07-14

Ticker Report or Guide KPI Prediction Answer Confidence
GS Report EPS BEAT pred ~$15.25 vs. cons $14.15 MEDIUM
GS Report Equities trading revenue BEAT pred ~$5.2B vs. cons $4.9B MEDIUM
GS Report Investment banking fees BEAT pred ~$2.95B vs. cons $2.75B MEDIUM
GS Guide FICC trading revenue (in-quarter, key swing) UNCHANGED pred ~$3.7B vs. cons $3.67B (2026Q2) MEDIUM
GS Guide IB backlog / M&A + sponsor-monetization pipeline tone BETTER backlog near 4-yr high implies ~$2.9B fee run-rate vs. cons ~$2.8B (2026Q3) MEDIUM
GS Guide FY tax rate guide UNCHANGED guide ~20% vs. cons ~20% (FY2026) HIGH
GS Guide Capital return / CET1 & buyback UNCHANGED CET1 ~12.6% vs. 12.5% prior; buyback ~$4.5B vs. $5.0B Q1 (2026Q2) MEDIUM
GS Return Day-1 residual (stock − beta × S&P 500) +1.5% LOW
GS Return 5-day cumulative residual -0.5% (FADE) GS likely beats comfortably on IB fees and equities financing with constructive pipeline tone, driving a modest day-1 pop (~+1.5% residual). But this is a super-crowded consensus long (long GS/short MS) that has already run ~20% YTD and sits only ~5% off an all-time high, so the whisper bar is above consensus and much of the good news is priced in. Over the following days the initial pop fades as: (1) crowded positioning takes profits, (2) FICC/rate softness and the ~20% tax-rate normalization temper out-period EPS revisions rather than lift them, and (3) same-morning June CPI plus JPM/Citi prints add an exogenous macro/rates overlay. Net 5-day residual gives back most of the day-1 gain to roughly flat-to-slightly-negative. LOW