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MetricGSHDGoosehead Insurance, Inc.BROBROWN & BROWN, INC.RYANRYAN SPECIALTY HOLDINGS, INC.HGTYHagerty, Inc.Median of the restexcluding GSHD
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$45.32▼ 1.69 (3.59%)
$74.49▲ 3.96 (5.61%)
$44.49▲ 2.23 (5.28%)
$15.79▲ 0.27 (1.74%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.4.0/108.7/107.3/108.7/108.7/10
Market value$1.13B$25.03B$11.38B$5.43B
Revenue$365.3M$5.90B$2.99B$677.6M
Profit$27.8M$1.05B$63.4M$149.2M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.—22.8%21.9%23.5%22.8%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—————
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.20.4%—16.5%—16.5%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.7.6%17.9%2.1%22.0%17.9%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.23.6%23.4%21.4%28.7%23.4%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.-29.1%8.4%9.8%67.4%9.8%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.25.1%—10.2%—10.2%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.40.67x23.75x179.51x36.36x36.36x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.16.21x—28.76x—28.76x
Price to book-11.85x1.99x17.56x24.52x17.56x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.-6.05x1.39x14.37x6.09x6.09x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/84/85/75/65.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.n/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banksn/a for banks

How GSHD compares with the others

  • GSHD's operating margin of 20.4% is higher than the other company selected (16.5%).
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 40.7x against 36.4x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: -6.0x against 6.1x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.