GSHD vs. GL, KNSL, BNRE, VOYA, JXN, ESNT, ACT, FG, OSCR, and LMND
Should you be buying Goosehead Insurance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Goosehead Insurance include Globe Life (GL), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Brookfield Reinsurance (BNRE), Voya Financial (VOYA), Jackson Financial (JXN), Essent Group (ESNT), Enact (ACT), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Oscar Health (OSCR), and Lemonade (LMND). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Goosehead Insurance vs. Its Competitors
Globe Life (NYSE:GL) and Goosehead Insurance (NASDAQ:GSHD) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and valuation.
Globe Life has a net margin of 18.11% compared to Goosehead Insurance's net margin of 8.76%. Globe Life's return on equity of 21.24% beat Goosehead Insurance's return on equity.
In the previous week, Goosehead Insurance had 10 more articles in the media than Globe Life. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Goosehead Insurance and 7 mentions for Globe Life. Globe Life's average media sentiment score of 1.72 beat Goosehead Insurance's score of 1.02 indicating that Globe Life is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Globe Life presently has a consensus target price of $152.45, indicating a potential upside of 8.22%. Goosehead Insurance has a consensus target price of $109.36, indicating a potential upside of 31.01%. Given Goosehead Insurance's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Goosehead Insurance is more favorable than Globe Life.
Globe Life has higher revenue and earnings than Goosehead Insurance. Globe Life is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Goosehead Insurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Globe Life pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Goosehead Insurance pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Globe Life pays out 8.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Goosehead Insurance pays out 407.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Globe Life has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years.
81.6% of Globe Life shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Globe Life shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 48.3% of Goosehead Insurance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Globe Life has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goosehead Insurance has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Globe Life beats Goosehead Insurance on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:GSHD) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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