GSHD vs. AEG, EQH, EG, BNT, KNSL, GL, BNRE, VOYA, JXN, and ESNT
Should you be buying Goosehead Insurance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Goosehead Insurance include Aegon (AEG), Equitable (EQH), Everest Group (EG), Brookfield Wealth Solutions (BNT), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Globe Life (GL), Brookfield Reinsurance (BNRE), Voya Financial (VOYA), Jackson Financial (JXN), and Essent Group (ESNT). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Goosehead Insurance vs. Its Competitors
Goosehead Insurance (NASDAQ:GSHD) and Aegon (NYSE:AEG) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Aegon received 90 more outperform votes than Goosehead Insurance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.79% of users gave Goosehead Insurance an outperform vote while only 54.09% of users gave Aegon an outperform vote.
4.3% of Aegon shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.3% of Goosehead Insurance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Goosehead Insurance had 3 more articles in the media than Aegon. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Goosehead Insurance and 3 mentions for Aegon. Goosehead Insurance's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Aegon's score of 0.80 indicating that Goosehead Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Goosehead Insurance currently has a consensus price target of $115.40, indicating a potential upside of 10.73%. Given Goosehead Insurance's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Goosehead Insurance is more favorable than Aegon.
Goosehead Insurance has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Aegon. Aegon 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 pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Aegon pays an annual dividend of $0.33 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Goosehead Insurance pays out 386.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Aegon pays out 34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aegon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Goosehead Insurance has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aegon has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Goosehead Insurance has a net margin of 6.77% compared to Aegon's net margin of 0.00%. Goosehead Insurance's return on equity of 284.41% beat Aegon's return on equity.
Summary
Goosehead Insurance beats Aegon on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:GSHD) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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