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Closing price 03/26/2025 04:00 PM Eastern
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GSHD vs. EQH, EG, AEG, GL, KNSL, BNT, BNRE, VOYA, JXN, and ESNT

Should you be buying Goosehead Insurance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Goosehead Insurance include Equitable (EQH), Everest Group (EG), Aegon (AEG), Globe Life (GL), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT), Brookfield Reinsurance (BNRE), Voya Financial (VOYA), Jackson Financial (JXN), and Essent Group (ESNT). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Goosehead Insurance vs.

Equitable (NYSE:EQH) and Goosehead Insurance (NASDAQ:GSHD) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

Equitable currently has a consensus target price of $57.75, suggesting a potential upside of 6.76%. Goosehead Insurance has a consensus target price of $109.10, suggesting a potential downside of 8.13%. Given Equitable's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Equitable is more favorable than Goosehead Insurance.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Equitable
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Goosehead Insurance
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Goosehead Insurance received 4 more outperform votes than Equitable when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.73% of users gave Equitable an outperform vote while only 59.83% of users gave Goosehead Insurance an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
EquitableOutperform Votes
279
61.73%
Underperform Votes
173
38.27%
Goosehead InsuranceOutperform Votes
283
59.83%
Underperform Votes
190
40.17%

Equitable has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goosehead Insurance has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Equitable$12.44B1.34$1.31B$3.8214.16
Goosehead Insurance$314.51M14.01$14.14M$1.15103.26

92.7% of Equitable shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Equitable shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 48.3% of Goosehead Insurance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Equitable had 12 more articles in the media than Goosehead Insurance. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Equitable and 5 mentions for Goosehead Insurance. Equitable's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Goosehead Insurance's score of 1.50 indicating that Equitable is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Equitable
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Goosehead Insurance
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Equitable has a net margin of 10.51% compared to Goosehead Insurance's net margin of 6.77%. Goosehead Insurance's return on equity of 284.41% beat Equitable's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Equitable10.51% 85.70% 0.69%
Goosehead Insurance 6.77%284.41%5.53%

Equitable pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Goosehead Insurance pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Equitable pays out 25.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Goosehead Insurance pays out 400.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Equitable beats Goosehead Insurance on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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GSHD vs. The Competition

MetricGoosehead InsuranceInsurance agents, brokers, & service IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.41B$19.33B$11.42B$8.15B
Dividend YieldN/A1.28%5.57%4.02%
P/E Ratio164.9326.2622.8519.08
Price / Sales14.015.8325.6594.28
Price / Cash152.1926.5517.6134.64
Price / Book269.8919.642.784.36
Net Income$14.14M$731.04M$1.03B$247.23M
7 Day Performance3.71%0.93%0.78%-0.61%
1 Month Performance-3.31%-2.69%496.02%-5.12%
1 Year Performance88.67%6.57%539.34%3.60%

Goosehead Insurance Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GSHD
Goosehead Insurance
3.6585 of 5 stars
$118.75
-2.1%
$109.10
-8.1%
+88.7%$4.41B$314.51M164.931,430Insider Trade
Positive News
EQH
Equitable
3.9424 of 5 stars
$52.20
+1.8%
$57.75
+10.6%
+44.7%$16.07B$12.44B13.668,200Short Interest ↑
Positive News
EG
Everest Group
4.8311 of 5 stars
$365.35
+2.4%
$416.50
+14.0%
-5.7%$15.69B$17.08B11.632,430Short Interest ↓
Positive News
AEG
Aegon
3.1814 of 5 stars
$6.58
+2.3%
N/A+11.4%$14.49B$30.66B6.8522,300Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
GL
Globe Life
4.7509 of 5 stars
$127.69
+1.8%
$135.60
+6.2%
+12.1%$10.71B$5.78B10.693,636
KNSL
Kinsale Capital Group
2.5958 of 5 stars
$457.63
+0.5%
$468.56
+2.4%
-9.3%$10.65B$1.59B25.72470Analyst Revision
Positive News
BNT
Brookfield Wealth Solutions
N/A$51.80
+2.7%
N/AN/A$7.54B$14.34B161.884,000Positive News
BNRE
Brookfield Reinsurance
N/A$50.42
+3.6%
N/A+34.9%$7.33B$9.35B173.8760
VOYA
Voya Financial
4.9936 of 5 stars
$67.47
+1.0%
$83.55
+23.8%
-2.4%$6.44B$7.89B11.029,000Positive News
JXN
Jackson Financial
3.7431 of 5 stars
$83.24
+0.6%
$97.40
+17.0%
+35.7%$6.05B$3.09B7.273,500Positive News
High Trading Volume
ESNT
Essent Group
3.4615 of 5 stars
$54.87
+0.3%
$62.57
+14.0%
+0.8%$5.70B$1.27B8.02350Short Interest ↑
Positive News
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This page (NASDAQ:GSHD) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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