GSHD vs. BRP, CWK, DEI, BANC, SHO, EBC, SFNC, FCPT, FIHL, and CBU
Should you be buying Goosehead Insurance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Goosehead Insurance include BRP Group (BRP), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Douglas Emmett (DEI), Banc of California (BANC), Sunstone Hotel Investors (SHO), Eastern Bankshares (EBC), Simmons First National (SFNC), Four Corners Property Trust (FCPT), Fidelis Insurance (FIHL), and Community Bank System (CBU). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
BRP Group (NASDAQ:BRP) and Goosehead Insurance (NASDAQ:GSHD) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends.
BRP Group has a beta of 1.54, indicating that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goosehead Insurance has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Goosehead Insurance has a net margin of 5.41% compared to Goosehead Insurance's net margin of -7.40%. Goosehead Insurance's return on equity of 7.61% beat BRP Group's return on equity.
70.4% of BRP Group shares are held by institutional investors. 22.7% of BRP Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 38.0% of Goosehead Insurance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Goosehead Insurance received 243 more outperform votes than BRP Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.23% of users gave Goosehead Insurance an outperform vote while only 59.46% of users gave BRP Group an outperform vote.
Goosehead Insurance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BRP Group. BRP Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Goosehead Insurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Goosehead Insurance had 14 more articles in the media than BRP Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Goosehead Insurance and 2 mentions for BRP Group. BRP Group's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Goosehead Insurance's score of -0.07 indicating that Goosehead Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BRP Group currently has a consensus price target of $33.40, indicating a potential upside of 21.85%. Goosehead Insurance has a consensus price target of $84.88, indicating a potential upside of 44.00%. Given BRP Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Goosehead Insurance is more favorable than BRP Group.
Summary
Goosehead Insurance beats BRP Group on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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