What Makes The Goldman Sachs Group (GS) a Strong Investment?

Carillon Tower Advisers, an investment management company, released its fourth-quarter 2025 investor letter “Carillon Eagle Growth & Income Fund”. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. 2025 marked a positive period for the equity market. The S&P 500 Index returned 2.7% in Q4 and finished the year up 17.9%. The year started with potential disruptions and heightened volatility, while it ended with optimism driven by strong AI investment, clarity in policies, and U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) interest rate cuts. The market’s performance was significantly affected by the communication services and technology sectors. From a return‑driver standpoint, the market expansion in the year was driven by earnings growth. The firm observes favorable conditions as 2026 approaches, and believes it can achieve another year of strong equity returns. The Fund holds net assets of $493.06 million across 48 holdings. Please review the Strategy’s top five holdings to gain insights into their key selections for 2025.

In its fourth-quarter 2025 investor letter, Carillon Eagle Growth & Income Fund highlighted The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) as one of its leading contributors. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) is a leading financial services company. On February 11, 2026, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) stock closed at $944.59 per share. One-month return of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) was -3.20%, and its shares are up 45.56% over the past twelve months. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) has a market capitalization of $285.947 billion.

Carillon Eagle Growth & Income Fund stated the following regarding The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) in its fourth quarter 2025 investor letter:

"The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.'s (NYSE:GS) shares contributed to the fourth‑quarter performance due to positive financial results, coupled with increased optimism regarding capital markets activity heading into 2026. Goldman Sachs maintains one of the strongest global merger and acquisition (M&A) advisory and trading, with increased activity in M&A, initial public offerings, and debt issuance activity directly boosting its financial performance."

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) is not on our list of 30 Most Popular Stocks Among Hedge Funds. According to our database, 75 hedge fund portfolios held THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. (NYSE:GS) at the end of the third quarter, up from 73 in the previous quarter. While we acknowledge the potential of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock.

In another article, we covered The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) and shared a list of biggest publicly traded asset managers. In addition, please check out our hedge fund investor letters Q4 2025 page for more investor letters from hedge funds and other leading investors.

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