GSHD vs. BRP, OUT, EBC, ADX, PJT, CWK, CVBF, AMK, GRBK, and PSEC
Should you be buying Goosehead Insurance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Goosehead Insurance include The Baldwin Insurance Group (BRP), OUTFRONT Media (OUT), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PJT Partners (PJT), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), CVB Financial (CVBF), AssetMark Financial (AMK), Green Brick Partners (GRBK), and Prospect Capital (PSEC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
The Baldwin Insurance Group (NASDAQ:BRP) and Goosehead Insurance (NASDAQ:GSHD) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
Goosehead Insurance has a net margin of 5.99% compared to Goosehead Insurance's net margin of -4.29%. The Baldwin Insurance Group's return on equity of 202.00% beat Goosehead Insurance's return on equity.
The Baldwin Insurance Group has a beta of 1.54, meaning that its stock price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goosehead Insurance has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
70.4% of The Baldwin Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.7% of The Baldwin Insurance Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.0% of Goosehead Insurance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Goosehead Insurance had 5 more articles in the media than The Baldwin Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Goosehead Insurance and 6 mentions for The Baldwin Insurance Group. Goosehead Insurance's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat The Baldwin Insurance Group's score of -0.09 indicating that The Baldwin Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Goosehead Insurance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than The Baldwin Insurance Group. The Baldwin Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Goosehead Insurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
The Baldwin Insurance Group currently has a consensus price target of $34.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.95%. Goosehead Insurance has a consensus price target of $73.80, suggesting a potential upside of 14.67%. Given The Baldwin Insurance Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Goosehead Insurance is more favorable than The Baldwin Insurance Group.
Goosehead Insurance received 247 more outperform votes than The Baldwin Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.53% of users gave The Baldwin Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 60.27% of users gave Goosehead Insurance an outperform vote.
Summary
Goosehead Insurance beats The Baldwin Insurance Group on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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