GOCO vs. ACIC, MCG, KFS, AII, SLQT, AMBC, NODK, JRVR, KINS, and HIT
Should you be buying GoHealth stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of GoHealth include American Coastal Insurance (ACIC), Membership Collective Group (MCG), Kingsway Financial Services (KFS), American Integrity Insurance Group (AII), SelectQuote (SLQT), Ambac Financial Group (AMBC), NI (NODK), James River Group (JRVR), Kingstone Companies (KINS), and Health In Tech (HIT). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
GoHealth vs. Its Competitors
American Coastal Insurance (NASDAQ:ACIC) and GoHealth (NASDAQ:GOCO) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and valuation.
22.1% of American Coastal Insurance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.2% of GoHealth shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.9% of American Coastal Insurance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 34.0% of GoHealth shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
American Coastal Insurance has higher earnings, but lower revenue than GoHealth. GoHealth is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Coastal Insurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, American Coastal Insurance had 4 more articles in the media than GoHealth. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for American Coastal Insurance and 3 mentions for GoHealth. GoHealth's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat American Coastal Insurance's score of 0.56 indicating that GoHealth is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Coastal Insurance has a beta of -0.26, meaning that its share price is 126% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GoHealth has a beta of 1.49, meaning that its share price is 49% more volatile than the S&P 500.
GoHealth has a consensus price target of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 221.14%. Given GoHealth's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GoHealth is more favorable than American Coastal Insurance.
American Coastal Insurance has a net margin of 25.26% compared to GoHealth's net margin of -3.21%. American Coastal Insurance's return on equity of 30.65% beat GoHealth's return on equity.
Summary
American Coastal Insurance beats GoHealth on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:GOCO) was last updated on 8/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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