Goosehead Insurance (GSHD) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Goosehead Insurance, Inc. is an independent insurance agency and distribution company that helps individuals and businesses shop for insurance coverage from a broad network of insurance carriers. The company uses a technology-enabled platform to provide quoting, policy management and customer service through its corporate operations and franchise network.

Goosehead offers a range of personal and commercial insurance products, including homeowners, automobile, renters, flood, umbrella and life insurance, along with coverage designed for small businesses and other commercial customers. As an independent agency, it can generally present policy options from multiple carriers rather than offering insurance under a single proprietary brand.

Founded in 2003 by Mark and Robyn Jones, Goosehead Insurance is headquartered in Westlake, Texas. The company serves customers across the United States through its corporate sales operations and independent franchise agents, who use Goosehead’s platform and carrier relationships to help clients select and manage insurance policies.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $45.31 to $47.00
• 50-Day Range: $43.39 to $73.00
• 52-Week Range: $33.68 to $79.85
• Volume: 96,220 shs
• Average Volume: 486,687 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.62 billion
• P/E Ratio: 33.37
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $64.42
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Goosehead Insurance Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Goosehead Insurance scored higher than 88% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 220th out of 847 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Goosehead Insurance has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.47, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 6 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Goosehead Insurance has a consensus price target of $64.42, representing about 39.7% upside from its current price of $46.11.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Goosehead Insurance has been the subject of 12 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 30.34%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Goosehead Insurance are expected to grow by 30.34% in the coming year, from $1.45 to $1.89 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Goosehead Insurance is 33.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.85.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Goosehead Insurance is 33.88, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.78.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Goosehead Insurance has a PEG Ratio of 1.68. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

11.49% of the float of Goosehead Insurance has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Goosehead Insurance has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Goosehead Insurance has recently increased by 17.57%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Goosehead Insurance does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Goosehead Insurance does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Goosehead Insurance will have a dividend payout ratio of 243.39% in the coming year. This indicates that Goosehead Insurance may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.04

News Sentiment

Goosehead Insurance has a news sentiment score of -0.04. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.67 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 17 news articles for Goosehead Insurance this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Goosehead Insurance to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $390,493.00 in company stock, which represents 0.0238% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Goosehead Insurance insiders have bought 2.16% more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $18,446,632.00 in company stock and sold $18,056,139.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

38.07% of the stock of Goosehead Insurance is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Goosehead Insurance has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/22/2026
• Today: 10/16/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/28/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Insurance
• Sub-Industry: Insurance Brokers
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:GSHD
• CIK: 1726978
• Web: ir.gooseheadinsurance.com
• Phone: (214) 838-5500
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,600
• Year Founded: 2003

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Goosehead Insurance: $64.42
• High Price Target: $93.00
• Low Price Target: $37.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +40.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.47
• Research Coverage: 15 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.37
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 33.66
• Forward P/E Ratio: 31.70
• P/E Growth: 1.68
• Net Income: $27.83 million
• Net Margins: 8.78%
• Pretax Margin: 17.57%
• Return on Equity: -21.00%
• Return on Assets: 9.43%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.54
• Quick Ratio: 1.54

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $365.30 million
• Price / Sales: 4.47
• Cash Flow: $1.26 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 36.41
• Book Value: ($4.45) per share
• Price / Book: -10.33

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 35,520,000
• Free Float: 21,995,000
• Market Cap: $1.63 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.46