William Blair Has Negative Estimate for GSHD Q3 Earnings

Key Points

• William Blair has revised its Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimate for Goosehead Insurance from $0.32 to $0.24, while lowering other future earnings projections.
• JPMorgan Chase & Co. has reduced their price target for Goosehead Insurance from $101.00 to $85.00, maintaining a "neutral" rating on the stock.
• Despite a recent drop in share prices, Goosehead Insurance reported a 20.4% increase in quarterly revenue year-over-year, with a quarterly EPS of $0.49, missing the consensus estimate.

Goosehead Insurance (NASDAQ:GSHD - Free Report) - Investment analysts at William Blair dropped their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Goosehead Insurance in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, October 14th. William Blair analyst A. Klauber now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.24 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.32. The consensus estimate for Goosehead Insurance's current full-year earnings is $0.83 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Goosehead Insurance's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.36 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.96 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.32 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts also recently weighed in on the company. Citigroup reaffirmed an "outperform" rating on shares of Goosehead Insurance in a research report on Tuesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on Goosehead Insurance from $101.00 to $85.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, October 9th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a "hold (c+)" rating on shares of Goosehead Insurance in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. BMO Capital Markets reduced their target price on Goosehead Insurance from $142.00 to $110.00 and set a "market perform" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, July 25th. Finally, JMP Securities reduced their price objective on Goosehead Insurance from $150.00 to $140.00 and set a "market outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have given a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $105.09.

Goosehead Insurance Stock Performance

Shares of GSHD opened at $65.20 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $79.38 and a 200 day simple moving average of $94.84. Goosehead Insurance has a 52-week low of $64.89 and a 52-week high of $130.39. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.45 billion, a PE ratio of 57.70, a P/E/G ratio of 13.26 and a beta of 1.27.

Goosehead Insurance (NASDAQ:GSHD - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 23rd. The company reported $0.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.53 by ($0.04). The company had revenue of $94.03 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $94.18 million. Goosehead Insurance had a negative return on equity of 59.49% and a net margin of 8.76%.The firm's quarterly revenue was up 20.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.43 EPS. Goosehead Insurance has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Goosehead Insurance

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Bessemer Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Goosehead Insurance by 192.9% in the 1st quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 290 shares of the company's stock worth $34,000 after buying an additional 191 shares during the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in Goosehead Insurance by 480.4% during the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 325 shares of the company's stock valued at $34,000 after buying an additional 269 shares during the last quarter. TCTC Holdings LLC raised its stake in shares of Goosehead Insurance by 117.1% in the first quarter. TCTC Holdings LLC now owns 330 shares of the company's stock worth $39,000 after purchasing an additional 178 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in shares of Goosehead Insurance by 802.0% in the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 442 shares of the company's stock worth $47,000 after purchasing an additional 393 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Larson Financial Group LLC raised its stake in shares of Goosehead Insurance by 1,251.6% in the first quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 419 shares of the company's stock worth $49,000 after purchasing an additional 388 shares during the last quarter.

Insider Buying and Selling at Goosehead Insurance

In other Goosehead Insurance news, major shareholder Adrienne Kebodeaux sold 3,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $86.30, for a total value of $258,900.00. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, major shareholder & Robyn Jones Descendants Mark sold 600 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $87.01, for a total value of $52,206.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 132,349 shares in the company, valued at $11,515,686.49. This represents a 0.45% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 244,770 shares of company stock worth $21,568,721. Corporate insiders own 48.35% of the company's stock.

About Goosehead Insurance

Goosehead Insurance, Inc operates as a holding company for Goosehead Financial, LLC that engages in the provision of personal lines insurance agency services in the United States. The company offers homeowner's, automotive, dwelling property, flood, wind, earthquake, excess liability or umbrella, motorcycle, recreational vehicle, general liability, property, and life insurance products and services.

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