Goldman Sachs CEO Solomon's Annual Pay Rises to $47M

Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst

Updated: 2d ago

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Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon's annual compensation rose 20.5% to 47M in 2025, making him among the highest paid CEOs on Wall Street, Pritam Biswas and Arunima Kumar of Reuters reports. Solomon was paid $31M in 2023 and $39M in 2024.

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Analyst Views on GS

Wall Street analysts forecast GS stock price to fall over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for GS is 848.09 USD with a low forecast of 604.00 USD and a high forecast of 1048 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.

13 Analyst Rating

6 Buy

7 Hold

0 Sell

Moderate Buy

Current: 931.860

Low

604.00

Averages

848.09

High

1048

Current: 931.860

Low

604.00

Averages

848.09

High

1048

RBC Capital

Gerard Cassidy

Sector Perform

maintain

$900

2026-01-20

Reason

RBC Capital

Gerard Cassidy

Price Target

$900

AI Analysis

2026-01-20

maintain

Sector Perform

Reason

RBC Capital analyst Gerard Cassidy raised the firm's price target on Goldman Sachs to $1,030 from $900 and keeps a Sector Perform rating on the shares after its Q4 results. The company is a preeminent global investment bank with a leading position in the global markets and has been the #1 Global-M&A Advisor for the last 20 years, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Goldman is also well capitalized and has been good steward of shareholders' capital by reducing its share-count by estimated 46% since its peak in Q1 of 2010, the firm added.

Wells Fargo

Overweight

maintain

$970

2026-01-16

Reason

Wells Fargo

Price Target

$970

2026-01-16

maintain

Overweight

Reason

Wells Fargo raised the firm's price target on Goldman Sachs to $1,050 from $970 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares. The firm notes the company's Q4 beat was driven by best-in-class capital market results. The outlook reflects the best merger backlogs in 4 years and expected knock-on effects. Wells highlights aggressive fundraising targets in AWM.

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Keefe Bruyette

Christopher McGratty

Market Perform

maintain

$971

2026-01-16

Reason

Keefe Bruyette

Christopher McGratty

Price Target

$971

2026-01-16

maintain

Market Perform

Reason

Keefe Bruyette analyst Christopher McGratty raised the firm's price target on Goldman Sachs to $1,000 from $971 and keeps a Market Perform rating on the shares. Goldman Sachs is likely to operate at or above its medium-term return on equity targets, the analyst tells investors in a research note.

BofA

Buy

maintain

2026-01-16

Reason

BofA

Price Target

2026-01-16

maintain

Buy

Reason

BofA raised the firm's price target on Goldman Sachs to $1,100 from $1,050 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. Strong Q4 results, increasing momentum for M&A and IPO activity, a shifting regulatory landscape that is "significantly boosting Goldman's competitive positioning" and management's focus on durable growth and profitability could driver better than expected EPS growth in 2026, the analyst tells investors in a post-earnings note.

About GS

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is a global financial institution that delivers a range of financial services to a large and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals. Its segments include Global Banking & Markets, Asset & Wealth Management and Platform Solutions. The Global Banking & Markets segment offers a range of services, including financing, advisory services, risk distribution, and hedging for its institutional and corporate clients. It facilitates client transactions and makes markets in fixed income, equity, currency and commodity products. The Asset & Wealth Management segment manages assets and offers investment products across all asset classes to a diverse set of clients. It also provides investing and wealth advisory solutions. The Platform Solutions segment includes consumer platforms, such as partnerships offering credit cards and point-of-sale financing, and transaction banking and other platform businesses.

About the author

Emily J. Thompson

Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.