GSHD vs. BRP, SLQT, GOCO, EHTH, CRVL, FCPT, WAFD, PSEC, SFNC, and FFBC
Should you be buying Goosehead Insurance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Goosehead Insurance include The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), SelectQuote (SLQT), GoHealth (GOCO), eHealth (EHTH), CorVel (CRVL), Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT), WaFd (WAFD), Prospect Capital (PSEC), Simmons First National (SFNC), and First Financial Bancorp. (FFBC).
The Baldwin Insurance Group (NASDAQ:BRP) and Goosehead Insurance (NASDAQ:GSHD) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Goosehead Insurance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than The Baldwin Insurance Group. The Baldwin Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Goosehead Insurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Baldwin Insurance Group has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goosehead Insurance has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The Baldwin Insurance Group presently has a consensus target price of $34.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.10%. Goosehead Insurance has a consensus target price of $78.89, indicating a potential upside of 24.47%. Given The Baldwin Insurance Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Goosehead Insurance is more favorable than The Baldwin Insurance Group.
In the previous week, The Baldwin Insurance Group had 18 more articles in the media than Goosehead Insurance. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for The Baldwin Insurance Group and 1 mentions for Goosehead Insurance. The Baldwin Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Goosehead Insurance's score of 0.30 indicating that Goosehead Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
70.4% of The Baldwin Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. 22.7% of The Baldwin Insurance Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 48.4% of Goosehead Insurance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Goosehead Insurance has a net margin of 5.99% compared to Goosehead Insurance's net margin of -4.29%. The Baldwin Insurance Group's return on equity of 202.00% beat Goosehead Insurance's return on equity.
Goosehead Insurance received 246 more outperform votes than The Baldwin Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.53% of users gave The Baldwin Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 60.31% of users gave Goosehead Insurance an outperform vote.
Summary
Goosehead Insurance beats The Baldwin Insurance Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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