Goosehead Insurance (NASDAQ:GSHD – Get Free Report) and Sampo Oyj (OTCMKTS:SAXPF – Get Free Report) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Dividends
Goosehead Insurance pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Sampo Oyj pays an annual dividend of $1.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Goosehead Insurance pays out 741.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sampo Oyj pays out 59.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Goosehead Insurance and Sampo Oyj”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
Goosehead Insurance | $283.60 million | 14.55 | $14.14 million | $0.62 | 175.15 |
Sampo Oyj | N/A | N/A | N/A | $2.76 | 15.48 |
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Goosehead Insurance and Sampo Oyj, as reported by MarketBeat.
Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
Goosehead Insurance | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2.40 |
Sampo Oyj | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
Goosehead Insurance presently has a consensus target price of $89.40, indicating a potential downside of 17.67%. Given Goosehead Insurance’s higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Goosehead Insurance is more favorable than Sampo Oyj.
Profitability
This table compares Goosehead Insurance and Sampo Oyj’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
Goosehead Insurance | 6.71% | 244.15% | 5.41% |
Sampo Oyj | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Insider & Institutional Ownership
33.6% of Sampo Oyj shares are held by institutional investors. 48.3% 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 will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Goosehead Insurance beats Sampo Oyj on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.
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. As of December 31, 2023, it operated 1,415 franchise locations. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Westlake, Texas.
About Sampo Oyj
Sampo Oyj, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of non-life insurance products and services in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and the United Kingdom. The company operates through If, Topdanmark, Hastings, Mandatum, and Holding segments. It offers property, casualty, liability, accident, sickness, household, homeowner, motor, travel, marine, aviation, transport, forest, livestock, health, workers compensation, car, van, and bike insurance services, as well as reinsurance services. The company was founded in 1909 and is based in Helsinki, Finland.
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