Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for GSHD Q3 Earnings

Goosehead Insurance (NASDAQ:GSHD) – Equities research analysts at William Blair dropped their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Goosehead Insurance in a research note issued on Tuesday, October 14th. William Blair analyst A. Klauber now expects that the company will earn $0.24 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.32. The consensus estimate for Goosehead Insurance’s current full-year earnings is $0.83 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Goosehead Insurance’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.36 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.96 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $1.32 EPS.

Goosehead Insurance (NASDAQ:GSHD) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 23rd. The company reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.53 by ($0.04). Goosehead Insurance had a negative return on equity of 59.49% and a net margin of 8.76%.The firm had revenue of $94.03 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $94.18 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.43 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 20.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Goosehead Insurance has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS.

GSHD has been the topic of several other research reports. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price target on Goosehead Insurance from $142.00 to $110.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, July 25th. JMP Securities reduced their target price on Goosehead Insurance from $150.00 to $140.00 and set a “market outperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday. Truist Financial reduced their target price on Goosehead Insurance from $90.00 to $85.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, September 23rd. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c+)” rating on shares of Goosehead Insurance in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Zacks Research lowered Goosehead Insurance from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Friday, October 10th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $105.09.

Goosehead Insurance Trading Down 3.2%

Shares of NASDAQ:GSHD opened at $65.20 on Friday. Goosehead Insurance has a 12-month low of $64.89 and a 12-month high of $130.39. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $79.38 and its 200-day simple moving average is $94.84. The company has a market capitalization of $2.45 billion, a PE ratio of 57.70, a P/E/G ratio of 13.26 and a beta of 1.27.

Insider Buying and Selling at Goosehead Insurance

In other Goosehead Insurance news, CFO Mark E. Jr. Jones purchased 1,149 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 29th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $86.08 per share, for a total transaction of $98,905.92. Following the acquisition, the chief financial officer owned 3,491 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $300,505.28. The trade was a 49.06% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, major shareholder Adrienne Kebodeaux sold 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $86.30, for a total transaction of $258,900.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 244,770 shares of company stock worth $21,568,721. Insiders own 48.35% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Durable Capital Partners LP bought a new stake in shares of Goosehead Insurance during the second quarter worth approximately $71,832,000. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. increased its stake in Goosehead Insurance by 118.7% in the second quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 556,760 shares of the company’s stock valued at $58,744,000 after purchasing an additional 302,130 shares in the last quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP boosted its holdings in shares of Goosehead Insurance by 12.6% in the second quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP now owns 2,275,369 shares of the company’s stock valued at $240,074,000 after buying an additional 253,777 shares during the period. 3G Capital Partners LP boosted its holdings in Goosehead Insurance by 105.6% during the second quarter. 3G Capital Partners LP now owns 462,500 shares of the company’s stock worth $48,798,000 after purchasing an additional 237,500 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Driehaus Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Goosehead Insurance during the first quarter worth $22,003,000.

Goosehead Insurance Company Profile

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.