Will This Goldman Sachs Upgrade Make These Top Institutional Shareholders Happy?

Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS) continues to be a Buy at TheStreet Ratings with a ratings score of B. Goldman Sachs’ strengths have the ability to be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, attractive valuation levels, expanding profit margins, and compelling growth in net income. TheStreet believes that the strengths outweigh the fact that the company has weak operating cash flow.

These institutional firms indicated owning shares of Goldman Sachs in Q4 2012. They reported owning a total of 409.611 million shares on 12/31/2012. The shares closed at $127.13 on 12/31/2012.

Here are the ten largest positions in Goldman Sachs at the end of December 31, 2012.

Invesco Ltd. held 70,000,000 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $70,256,000. This brought the portfolio total to 0.04 percent.

Capital World Investors held 19,450,086 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $2,481,052,923. This brought the portfolio total to 0.92 percent.

Vanguard Group Inc held 19,438,370 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $2,479,558,430. This brought the portfolio total to 0.31 percent.

State Street Corp held 19,143,921 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $2,441,998,516. This brought the portfolio total to 0.35 percent.

Citigroup Inc held 15,002,800 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $1,913,757,131. This brought the portfolio total to 1.96 percent.

Massachusetts Financial Services Co /MA/ held 14,773,350 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $1,884,488,490. This brought the portfolio total to 1.49 percent.

Blackrock Institutional Trust Company N.A. held 12,440,696 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $1,586,935,151. This brought the portfolio total to 0.37 percent.

Dodge & Cox held 12,016,625 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $1,532,840,656. This brought the portfolio total to 2.06 percent.

JP Morgan Chase & Co held 7,980,503 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $1,017,992,943. This brought the portfolio total to 0.35 percent.

Jennison Associates LLC held 7,613,007 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $971,115,154. This brought the portfolio total to 1.17 percent.

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