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Goldman Sachs (GS) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2025)

Goldman Sachs (GS) has disclosed Share-based Compensation for 17 consecutive years, with $258.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Share-based Compensation rose 148.08% to $258.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $3.4 billion through Dec 2025, up 29.37% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $3.4 billion for FY2025, 29.37% up from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation hit $258.0 million in Q4 2025 for Goldman Sachs, up from $237.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $3.1 billion in Q1 2022 to a low of $77.0 million in Q4 2023.
  • Historically, Share-based Compensation has averaged $731.2 million across 5 years, with a median of $265.0 million in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Share-based Compensation: crashed 71.69% in 2023 and later surged 148.95% in 2024.
  • Year by year, Share-based Compensation stood at $207.0 million in 2021, then soared by 31.4% to $272.0 million in 2022, then plummeted by 71.69% to $77.0 million in 2023, then surged by 35.06% to $104.0 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 148.08% to $258.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Share-based Compensation for GS at $258.0 million in Q4 2025, $237.0 million in Q3 2025, and $533.0 million in Q2 2025.