GoHealth (GOCO) Competitors

eHealth (NASDAQ:EHTH) and GoHealth (NASDAQ:GOCO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends and earnings.

Is EHTH or GOCO more profitable?

GoHealth has a net margin of -4.32% compared to eHealth's net margin of -7.58%. eHealth's return on equity of -5.70% beat GoHealth's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
eHealth	-7.58%	-5.70%	-3.00%
GoHealth	-4.32%	-17.17%	-4.58%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, EHTH or GOCO?

eHealth has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GoHealth. GoHealth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than eHealth, 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
eHealth	$452.87M	0.31	-$28.21M	-$2.85	-1.68
GoHealth	$734.67M	0.37	-$63.26M	-$3.50	-3.41

Do analysts recommend EHTH or GOCO?

eHealth presently has a consensus price target of $4.50, indicating a potential downside of 5.86%. GoHealth has a consensus price target of $13.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.06%. Given GoHealth's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GoHealth is more favorable than eHealth.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
eHealth	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
GoHealth	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EHTH or GOCO?

eHealth received 444 more outperform votes than GoHealth when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.92% of users gave eHealth an outperform vote while only 52.70% of users gave GoHealth an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
eHealth	Outperform Votes 483 61.92%	Underperform Votes 297 38.08%
GoHealth	Outperform Votes 39 52.70%	Underperform Votes 35 47.30%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EHTH or GOCO?

79.5% of eHealth shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.2% of GoHealth shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of eHealth shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.0% of GoHealth shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to EHTH or GOCO?

In the previous week, eHealth had 2 more articles in the media than GoHealth. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for eHealth and 4 mentions for GoHealth. GoHealth's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat eHealth's score of 0.44 indicating that GoHealth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
eHealth	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
GoHealth	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, EHTH or GOCO?

eHealth has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GoHealth has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

eHealth beats GoHealth on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.