Goosehead Insurance (NASDAQ:GSHD) and GoHealth (NASDAQ:GOCO) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Goosehead Insurance and GoHealth, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score |
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Goosehead Insurance | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2.33 |
GoHealth | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2.91 |
Goosehead Insurance currently has a consensus price target of $126.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.40%. GoHealth has a consensus price target of $21.2222, indicating a potential upside of 71.15%. Given GoHealth's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe GoHealth is more favorable than Goosehead Insurance.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
45.2% of Goosehead Insurance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of GoHealth shares are held by institutional investors. 63.4% of Goosehead Insurance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Goosehead Insurance and GoHealth's gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio |
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Goosehead Insurance | $77.49 million | 56.66 | $3.57 million | $0.22 | 544.41 |
GoHealth | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Goosehead Insurance has higher revenue and earnings than GoHealth.
Profitability
This table compares Goosehead Insurance and GoHealth's net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets |
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Goosehead Insurance | 7.88% | -26.12% | 8.27% |
GoHealth | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Summary
Goosehead Insurance beats GoHealth on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.