HRTG vs. GSHD, BHF, CS, HG, SPNT, FIHL, TRUP, SKWD, SLDE, and CLOV
Should you be buying Heritage Insurance stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Heritage Insurance include Goosehead Insurance (GSHD), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Credit Suisse Group (CS), Hamilton Insurance Group (HG), SiriusPoint (SPNT), Fidelis Insurance (FIHL), Trupanion (TRUP), Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD), Slide Insurance (SLDE), and Clover Health Investments (CLOV). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Heritage Insurance vs. Its Competitors
Goosehead Insurance (NASDAQ:GSHD) and Heritage Insurance (NYSE:HRTG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
59.0% of Heritage Insurance shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.8% of Goosehead Insurance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Heritage Insurance shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Heritage Insurance has a net margin of 12.71% compared to Goosehead Insurance's net margin of 8.76%. Heritage Insurance's return on equity of 33.36% beat Goosehead Insurance's return on equity.
Goosehead Insurance has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Heritage Insurance has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Heritage Insurance had 5 more articles in the media than Goosehead Insurance. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Heritage Insurance and 13 mentions for Goosehead Insurance. Goosehead Insurance's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Heritage Insurance's score of 0.50 indicating that Goosehead Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Heritage Insurance has higher revenue and earnings than Goosehead Insurance. Heritage 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.
Goosehead Insurance presently has a consensus price target of $108.91, indicating a potential upside of 40.76%. Heritage Insurance has a consensus price target of $31.50, indicating a potential upside of 15.47%. Given Goosehead Insurance's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Goosehead Insurance is more favorable than Heritage Insurance.
Summary
Goosehead Insurance and Heritage Insurance tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:HRTG) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
