Goldman Sachs was upgraded to outperform from neutral by Credit Suisse during the trading day Tuesday after reporting better-than-expected quarterly earnings.
“Upside was revenue, expense and tax rate driven; better yet for the forward look — time to start thinking about tomorrow — is the progress against the bank’s previously articulated growth initiatives, the health of the banking pipeline and the realization of operating leverage,” analyst Susan Katzke said in a note to clients Tuesday.
The analyst raised her 2018 and 2019 earnings per share estimates to $24.70 and $25.75 respectively while keeping her 12-month price target of $280 unchanged. Katzke’s price forecast represents 20 percent upside over the next year.
The daytime upgrade came just a few hours after Goldman Sachs reported that the bank’s profit surged 40 percent to $2.57 billion in the second quarter, surpassing Street revenue expectations in every major business with the exception of trading.
The company’s earnings of $5.98 per share also beat the $4.66 also topped projections.
Shares of the bank rose off their lows as word of the call spread on Wall Street and were last trading down 0.7 percent.
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