Bank stocks have outperformed the broad market with Goldman Sachs up 23% and JPMorgan Chase up 22% in the first half of 2025.

Get ready for a share-buyback—and dividend—bonanza. That’s what analysts predict is coming, after the Federal Reserve found the U.S.'s biggest banks are well positioned to weather a severe downturn, based on its regular stress test.

Goldman Sachs (GS) stock closed the first half of the year with a 23% gain, outperforming its peers and the broader market. The stock also finished higher than its peers on Monday, the first day of trading since the Federal Reserve's stress test,