Financial Survey: Ageas (OTCMKTS:AGESY) and Goosehead Insurance (NASDAQ:GSHD)

Ageas (OTCMKTS:AGESY) and Goosehead Insurance (NASDAQ:GSHD) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Ageas and Goosehead Insurance, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ageas	1	1	1	0	2.00
Goosehead Insurance	2	5	7	0	2.36

Goosehead Insurance has a consensus target price of $67.73, suggesting a potential upside of 64.91%. Given Goosehead Insurance’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Goosehead Insurance is more favorable than Ageas.

Profitability

This table compares Ageas and Goosehead Insurance’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ageas	N/A	N/A	N/A
Goosehead Insurance	7.94%	-20.96%	8.50%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Ageas and Goosehead Insurance”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ageas	$15.59 billion	0.97	$1.94 billion	N/A	N/A
Goosehead Insurance	$365.30 million	4.00	$27.83 million	$1.14	36.03

Ageas has higher revenue and earnings than Goosehead Insurance.

Risk & Volatility

Ageas has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Goosehead Insurance has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Goosehead Insurance beats Ageas on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Ageas

ageas SA/NV, together with its subsidiaries, engages in insurance business. It operates in five segments: Belgium, Europe, Asia, Reinsurance, and General Account. The company offers property, casualty, and life insurance products, as well as pension products; and reinsurance products. It provides life insurance products include risks related to the life and death of individuals; and non-life insurance products comprise accident and health, motor, fire, and other property insurance products, as well as insurance services for other damages to property. The company serves private individuals, as well as small, medium-sized, and large companies through independent brokers and the bank channels. ageas SA/NV was founded in 1824 and is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium.

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.