"Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is the world's second-largest investment bank by revenue and is ranked 55th on the Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. The Wall Street white-glove giant offers financing, advisory services, risk distribution, and hedging for the firm's institutional and corporate clients. In addition, it produces some of Wall Street's most coveted research and serves as a bellwether for the financial industry."
"We forecast 6% growth in S&P 500 dividends in 2026. Through the first three quarters of the year, S&P 500 dividends per share, or DPS, grew by 7% year over year. We model dividend growth as a function of earnings growth in the same year and in each of the two years prior. Consensus forecasts a 5% increase in S&P 500 DPS in 2026, led by Health Care, Utilities, and Industrials. The futures market pricing of dividends remains too pessimistic."
"With the analysts at Goldman Sachs expecting healthcare, utilities, and industrial stocks to lead the S&P 500 in dividend increases, we decided to screen Goldman Sachs research for top companies in those three sectors that the firm feels are poised for growth in 2026 and will continue to pay and raise their already significant and reliable dividends. Five top companies that Goldman Sachs has rated Buy are outstanding values now. All reside in the sectors that could raise dividends the most next year."
Goldman Sachs, founded in 1869, is the world's second-largest investment bank by revenue and ranks 55th on the Fortune 500 by total revenue. The firm provides financing, advisory services, risk distribution, hedging, and influential research for institutional and corporate clients. Goldman Sachs forecasts 6% S&P 500 dividend growth in 2026 after S&P 500 dividends per share rose 7% year over year through the first three quarters. The firm models dividend growth from earnings in the current and prior two years, expects Health Care, Utilities, and Industrials to lead, and identifies five Buy-rated companies in those sectors as top dividend candidates.
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