BRP vs. GSHD, CRVL, CRD.A, SLQT, EHTH, HUIZ, EQH, HTGC, DNP, and WD
Should you be buying The Baldwin Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Baldwin Insurance Group include Goosehead Insurance (GSHD), CorVel (CRVL), Crawford & Company (CRD.A), SelectQuote (SLQT), eHealth (EHTH), Huize (HUIZ), Equitable (EQH), Hercules Capital (HTGC), DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), and Walker & Dunlop (WD).
Goosehead Insurance (NASDAQ:GSHD) and The Baldwin Insurance Group (NASDAQ:BRP) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Goosehead Insurance has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Goosehead Insurance has a net margin of 5.99% compared to Goosehead Insurance's net margin of -7.40%. The Baldwin Insurance Group's return on equity of 202.00% beat Goosehead Insurance's return on equity.
70.4% of The Baldwin Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.3% of Goosehead Insurance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.7% of The Baldwin Insurance Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Goosehead Insurance currently has a consensus target price of $78.89, suggesting a potential upside of 34.55%. The Baldwin Insurance Group has a consensus target price of $33.40, suggesting a potential upside of 21.28%. Given The Baldwin Insurance Group's higher possible upside, equities research 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. Likewise, 60.31% of users gave Goosehead Insurance an outperform vote while only 59.46% of users gave The Baldwin Insurance Group an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Goosehead Insurance had 9 more articles in the media than The Baldwin Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Goosehead Insurance and 7 mentions for The Baldwin Insurance Group. The Baldwin Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Goosehead Insurance's score of 0.19 indicating that Goosehead Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Goosehead Insurance has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Baldwin Insurance Group has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Goosehead Insurance beats The Baldwin Insurance Group on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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