CorVel (CRVL) Competitors

CorVel (NASDAQ:CRVL) and Goosehead Insurance (NASDAQ:GSHD) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Is CRVL or GSHD more profitable?

CorVel has a net margin of 9.64% compared to Goosehead Insurance's net margin of 6.77%. Goosehead Insurance's return on equity of 284.41% beat CorVel's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
CorVel	9.64%	31.73%	17.12%
Goosehead Insurance	6.77%	284.41%	5.53%

Which has more volatility and risk, CRVL or GSHD?

CorVel has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goosehead Insurance has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CRVL or GSHD?

In the previous week, CorVel and CorVel both had 3 articles in the media. Goosehead Insurance's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat CorVel's score of 1.15 indicating that Goosehead Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CorVel	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Goosehead Insurance	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, CRVL or GSHD?

CorVel has higher revenue and earnings than Goosehead Insurance. CorVel is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Goosehead Insurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
CorVel	$845.64M	6.98	$76.25M	$4.71	73.19
Goosehead Insurance	$261.28M	16.91	$14.14M	$0.72	165.39

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CRVL or GSHD?

Goosehead Insurance received 90 more outperform votes than CorVel when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.88% of users gave CorVel an outperform vote while only 60.30% of users gave Goosehead Insurance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
CorVel	Outperform Votes 191 63.88%	Underperform Votes 108 36.12%
Goosehead Insurance	Outperform Votes 281 60.30%	Underperform Votes 185 39.70%

Do analysts recommend CRVL or GSHD?

Goosehead Insurance has a consensus price target of $91.30, suggesting a potential downside of 23.33%. Given Goosehead Insurance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Goosehead Insurance is more favorable than CorVel.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CorVel	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Goosehead Insurance	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CRVL or GSHD?

51.4% of CorVel shares are owned by institutional investors. 47.6% of CorVel shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.4% of Goosehead Insurance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Goosehead Insurance beats CorVel on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.