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Goldman Sachs (GS) Return on Equity (2018 - 2025)

Goldman Sachs (GS) has disclosed Return on Equity for 13 consecutive years, with 0.14% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Equity rose 2.0% to 0.14% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.14% through Dec 2025, up 2.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.14% for FY2025, 2.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity hit 0.14% in Q4 2025 for Goldman Sachs, up from 0.12% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 2243.89% in Q2 2021 to a low of 43.91% in Q1 2021.
  • Historically, Return on Equity has averaged 111.31% across 5 years, with a median of 0.24% in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Equity: surged 224371bps in 2021 and later plummeted -223314bps in 2022.
  • Year by year, Return on Equity stood at 0.41% in 2021, then crashed by -69bps to 0.13% in 2022, then plummeted by -42bps to 0.07% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 61bps to 0.12% in 2024, then rose by 17bps to 0.14% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Equity for GS at 0.14% in Q4 2025, 0.12% in Q3 2025, and 0.2% in Q2 2025.