Goosehead Insurance (NASDAQ:GSHD) vs. AXA (OTCMKTS:AXAHY) Head to Head Survey

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Goosehead Insurance and AXA, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Goosehead Insurance	2	6	5	1	2.36
AXA	0	0	2	1	3.33

Goosehead Insurance presently has a consensus target price of $105.09, indicating a potential upside of 56.81%. Given Goosehead Insurance’s higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Goosehead Insurance is more favorable than AXA.

Volatility and Risk

Goosehead Insurance has a beta of 1.27, indicating that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AXA has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.1% of AXA shares are owned by institutional investors. 37.8% of Goosehead Insurance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Goosehead Insurance and AXA”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Goosehead Insurance	$314.51 million	8.00	$30.43 million	$1.13	59.31
AXA	$78.03 billion	1.31	$8.53 billion	N/A	N/A

AXA has higher revenue and earnings than Goosehead Insurance.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Goosehead Insurance	8.76%	-59.49%	8.70%
AXA	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Goosehead Insurance beats AXA on 7 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 AXA

AXA SA, through its subsidiaries, provides insurance, asset management, and banking services worldwide. The company operates through six segments: France; Europe; AXA XL; Asia, Africa & EME-LATAM; AXA Investment Managers; and Transversal & Other segments It offers life and savings insurance products, such as savings and retirement, other health, and personal protection products. The company also provides property and casualty insurance products, including car, home, and personal or professional liability to individual and business clients; international insurance for large corporate clients in Europe; and marine and aviation insurance services, as well as property and casualty reinsurance products. In addition, it offers asset management services in the areas of various asset classes, including equities, bonds, hedge funds, private equity, and real estate for the group’s insurance companies and their clients, and retail and institutional clients. Further, the company provides motor, household, property and general liability, health, term life, whole life, universal life, endowment, deferred and immediate annuities, and other investment-based products for personal/individual and commercial/ group customers. AXA SA was founded in 1852 and is headquartered in Paris, France.