Goosehead Insurance (GSHD) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in GSHD or AEG?

4.3% of Aegon shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.4% of Goosehead Insurance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GSHD or AEG more profitable?

Goosehead Insurance has a net margin of 6.77% compared to Aegon's net margin of 0.00%. Goosehead Insurance's return on equity of 284.41% beat Aegon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Goosehead Insurance	6.77%	284.41%	5.53%
Aegon	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GSHD or AEG?

Aegon received 92 more outperform votes than Goosehead Insurance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.91% of users gave Goosehead Insurance an outperform vote while only 53.90% of users gave Aegon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Goosehead Insurance	Outperform Votes 281 59.91%	Underperform Votes 188 40.09%
Aegon	Outperform Votes 373 53.90%	Underperform Votes 319 46.10%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GSHD or AEG?

Goosehead Insurance has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aegon.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Goosehead Insurance	$261.28M	15.15	$14.14M	$0.72	148.17
Aegon	$11.24B	1.17	-$193.73M	N/A	N/A

Does the media prefer GSHD or AEG?

In the previous week, Aegon had 13 more articles in the media than Goosehead Insurance. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Aegon and 3 mentions for Goosehead Insurance. Goosehead Insurance's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Aegon's score of 0.55 indicating that Goosehead Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Goosehead Insurance	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Aegon	3 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend GSHD or AEG?

Goosehead Insurance currently has a consensus target price of $99.20, suggesting a potential downside of 7.01%. Given Goosehead Insurance's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Goosehead Insurance is more favorable than Aegon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Goosehead Insurance	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Aegon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, GSHD or AEG?

Goosehead Insurance has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aegon has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Goosehead Insurance beats Aegon on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.