International General Insurance (IGIC) Competitors

International General Insurance (NASDAQ:IGIC) and Goosehead Insurance (NASDAQ:GSHD) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in IGIC or GSHD?

54.2% of International General Insurance shares are held by institutional investors. 20.1% of International General Insurance shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 48.3% of Goosehead Insurance shares are held by company 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.

Do analysts rate IGIC or GSHD?

International General Insurance presently has a consensus target price of $31.50, indicating a potential upside of 34.67%. Goosehead Insurance has a consensus target price of $115.40, indicating a potential upside of 7.59%. Given International General Insurance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe International General Insurance is more favorable than Goosehead Insurance.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
International General Insurance	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Goosehead Insurance	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Is IGIC or GSHD a better dividend stock?

International General Insurance pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Goosehead Insurance pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. International General Insurance pays out 7.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. International General Insurance has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Does the media favor IGIC or GSHD?

In the previous week, Goosehead Insurance had 9 more articles in the media than International General Insurance. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Goosehead Insurance and 3 mentions for International General Insurance. Goosehead Insurance's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat International General Insurance's score of 0.67 indicating that Goosehead Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
International General Insurance	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Goosehead Insurance	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IGIC or GSHD?

Goosehead Insurance received 276 more outperform votes than International General Insurance when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 78.57% of users gave International General Insurance an outperform vote while only 59.79% of users gave Goosehead Insurance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
International General Insurance	Outperform Votes 11 78.57%	Underperform Votes 3 21.43%
Goosehead Insurance	Outperform Votes 287 59.79%	Underperform Votes 193 40.21%

Which has more volatility and risk, IGIC or GSHD?

International General Insurance has a beta of 0.24, meaning that its share price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goosehead Insurance has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, IGIC or GSHD?

International General Insurance has higher revenue and earnings than Goosehead Insurance. International General Insurance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Goosehead Insurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
International General Insurance	$538.45M	1.96	$118.19M	$2.72	8.60
Goosehead Insurance	$325.63M	12.36	$14.14M	$1.19	90.13

Is IGIC or GSHD more profitable?

International General Insurance has a net margin of 26.24% compared to Goosehead Insurance's net margin of 6.77%. Goosehead Insurance's return on equity of 284.41% beat International General Insurance's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
International General Insurance	26.24%	22.78%	6.93%
Goosehead Insurance	6.77%	284.41%	5.53%

Summary

International General Insurance beats Goosehead Insurance on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.