Waterdrop (WDH) Competitors $1.78 -0.01 (-0.28%) Closing price 10/24/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$1.80 +0.01 (+0.56%) As of 10/24/2025 07:56 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock WDH vs. GSHD, HG, SPNT, FIHL, SKWD, TRUP, SLDE, TWFG, CLOV, and ROOTShould you be buying Waterdrop stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Waterdrop include Goosehead Insurance (GSHD), Hamilton Insurance Group (HG), SiriusPoint (SPNT), Fidelis Insurance (FIHL), Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD), Trupanion (TRUP), Slide Insurance (SLDE), TWFG (TWFG), Clover Health Investments (CLOV), and Root (ROOT). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry. Waterdrop vs. Its Competitors Goosehead Insurance Hamilton Insurance Group SiriusPoint Fidelis Insurance Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Trupanion Slide Insurance TWFG Clover Health Investments Root Goosehead Insurance (NASDAQ:GSHD) and Waterdrop (NYSE:WDH) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends. Which has stronger valuation & earnings, GSHD or WDH? Waterdrop has higher revenue and earnings than Goosehead Insurance. Waterdrop is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Goosehead Insurance, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioGoosehead Insurance$314.51M8.83$30.43M$1.1365.40Waterdrop$2.98B0.22$50.35M$0.1710.50 Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of GSHD or WDH? 2.0% of Waterdrop shares are owned by institutional investors. 48.4% of Goosehead Insurance shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.6% of Waterdrop shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has more volatility & risk, GSHD or WDH? Goosehead Insurance has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Waterdrop has a beta of -0.25, indicating that its stock price is 125% less volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts rate GSHD or WDH? Goosehead Insurance presently has a consensus target price of $99.90, suggesting a potential upside of 35.18%. Waterdrop has a consensus target price of $2.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.04%. Given Goosehead Insurance's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Goosehead Insurance is more favorable than Waterdrop.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Goosehead Insurance 2 Sell rating(s) 6 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.23Waterdrop 0 Sell rating(s) 2 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00 Is GSHD or WDH more profitable? Waterdrop has a net margin of 14.77% compared to Goosehead Insurance's net margin of 8.55%. Waterdrop's return on equity of 9.07% beat Goosehead Insurance's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Goosehead Insurance8.55% -34.60% 8.55% Waterdrop 14.77%9.07%6.81% Does the media prefer GSHD or WDH? In the previous week, Goosehead Insurance had 13 more articles in the media than Waterdrop. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Goosehead Insurance and 2 mentions for Waterdrop. Waterdrop's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Goosehead Insurance's score of 0.17 indicating that Waterdrop is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Goosehead Insurance 3 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Waterdrop 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive SummaryGoosehead Insurance beats Waterdrop on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Waterdrop News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for WDH and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart WDH vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricWaterdropINS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$645.21M$20.75B$12.73B$22.10BDividend Yield2.68%2.68%5.54%3.55%P/E Ratio10.5013.4422.4233.37Price / Sales0.222.0930.2383.20Price / Cash12.5017.2922.5724.64Price / Book0.992.052.204.66Net Income$50.35M$1.62B$1.02B$1.02B7 Day PerformanceN/A2.09%1.62%2.22%1 Month Performance-7.75%-2.80%0.01%1.79%1 Year Performance55.22%14.92%542.49%14.02% Waterdrop Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WDHWaterdrop3.1651 of 5 stars$1.79-0.3%$2.00+12.0%+55.2%$645.21M$2.98B10.503,057Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastGSHDGoosehead Insurance4.2496 of 5 stars$65.39-2.4%$105.09+60.7%-31.9%$2.52B$314.51M57.871,580News CoverageEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastHGHamilton Insurance Group2.7167 of 5 stars$23.82+0.3%$27.00+13.4%+40.8%$2.38B$2.33B6.58550Analyst ForecastSPNTSiriusPoint2.9806 of 5 stars$17.76+0.7%$25.00+40.8%+36.3%$2.06B$2.60B19.951,072News CoverageUpcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastFIHLFidelis Insurance3.7414 of 5 stars$18.16+1.4%$20.71+14.1%+5.3%$1.98B$2.42B-44.2977News CoverageAnalyst ForecastShort Interest ↓SKWDSkyward Specialty Insurance Group3.9306 of 5 stars$46.45+0.4%$60.70+30.7%+1.8%$1.87B$1.26B14.61400Upcoming EarningsTRUPTrupanion3.9284 of 5 stars$44.01+2.6%$53.80+22.2%-18.3%$1.84B$1.29B169.281,130Upcoming EarningsAnalyst ForecastSLDESlide InsuranceN/A$14.95+1.8%$21.67+44.9%N/A$1.84BN/A0.00392Positive NewsAnalyst ForecastTWFGTWFG2.3978 of 5 stars$25.31-1.7%$33.29+31.5%-14.0%$1.44B$203.76M61.73N/AAnalyst ForecastCLOVClover Health Investments1.67 of 5 stars$2.92+7.7%$4.37+49.5%-2.6%$1.39B$1.37B-36.50680Trending NewsAnalyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionGap UpROOTRoot3.3133 of 5 stars$77.69+2.8%$124.40+60.1%+101.7%$1.17B$1.18B15.511,021Analyst Forecast Related Companies and Tools Related Companies GSHD Competitors HG Competitors SPNT Competitors FIHL Competitors SKWD Competitors TRUP Competitors SLDE Competitors TWFG Competitors CLOV Competitors ROOT Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:WDH) was last updated on 10/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersU.S. Government Sparking Crypto RallyMissed Bitcoin when it was $100? 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