Research Analysts Set Expectations for GSHD FY2025 Earnings

Goosehead Insurance (NASDAQ:GSHD) – Equities research analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald issued their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of Goosehead Insurance in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, August 13th. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst R. Tunis anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $1.18 for the year. Cantor Fitzgerald has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Goosehead Insurance’s current full-year earnings is $0.83 per share. Cantor Fitzgerald also issued estimates for Goosehead Insurance’s FY2026 earnings at $1.57 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also issued reports on GSHD. JMP Securities reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating and set a $150.00 price objective on shares of Goosehead Insurance in a report on Thursday, April 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their target price on shares of Goosehead Insurance from $100.00 to $98.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 24th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut their target price on shares of Goosehead Insurance from $130.00 to $120.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, July 24th. Piper Sandler reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $109.00 target price (down from $122.00) on shares of Goosehead Insurance in a report on Thursday, July 24th. Finally, UBS Group cut their target price on shares of Goosehead Insurance from $140.00 to $136.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, July 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating, four have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $110.91.

Goosehead Insurance Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of GSHD opened at $86.06 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.10, a current ratio of 2.92 and a quick ratio of 2.92. Goosehead Insurance has a 1 year low of $79.33 and a 1 year high of $130.39. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $96.97 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $105.92. The firm has a market cap of $3.23 billion, a P/E ratio of 76.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.37 and a beta of 1.31.

Goosehead Insurance (NASDAQ:GSHD) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 23rd. The company reported $0.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.53 by ($0.04). Goosehead Insurance had a net margin of 8.76% and a negative return on equity of 59.49%. The company had revenue of $94.03 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $94.18 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.43 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 20.4% compared to the same quarter last year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, major shareholder & Robyn Jones Descendants Mark sold 60,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $88.23, for a total value of $5,293,800.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 132,349 shares in the company, valued at $11,677,152.27. This trade represents a 31.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, major shareholder Lindy Langston sold 2,853 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.16, for a total value of $314,286.48. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 234,779 shares of company stock worth $21,036,484 over the last three months. 48.35% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Goosehead Insurance

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. LPL Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Goosehead Insurance during the fourth quarter worth $251,000. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Goosehead Insurance by 2.1% during the fourth quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 119,990 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,865,000 after purchasing an additional 2,471 shares during the last quarter. Bank of Montreal Can lifted its position in shares of Goosehead Insurance by 7.6% during the fourth quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 4,366 shares of the company’s stock worth $468,000 after purchasing an additional 307 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in shares of Goosehead Insurance by 39.6% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 65,304 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,002,000 after purchasing an additional 18,537 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Goosehead Insurance during the fourth quarter worth $491,000.

About Goosehead Insurance

Goosehead Insurance, Inc operates as a holding company for Goosehead Financial, LLC that engages in the provision of personal lines insurance agency services in the United States. The company offers homeowner’s, automotive, dwelling property, flood, wind, earthquake, excess liability or umbrella, motorcycle, recreational vehicle, general liability, property, and life insurance products and services.