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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Get Goosehead Insurance News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for GSHD and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skip Chart
Goosehead Insurance Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (NASDAQ:GSHD) was last updated on 3/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff