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Investing.com - Cantor Fitzgerald has reiterated its Overweight rating and $125.00 price target on Goosehead Insurance Inc. (NASDAQ:GSHD) following the company’s third-quarter results. According to InvestingPro data, the company appears undervalued, with analyst targets ranging from $43 to $140, reflecting the market’s mixed sentiment on this insurance provider.
Goosehead reported Adjusted EBITDA of $29.7 million for the quarter, representing a 14% year-over-year increase and exceeding Cantor Fitzgerald’s estimate of $28.1 million. The insurance company achieved this performance while continuing to invest in hiring and technology.
The company’s EBITDA margin came in at 33%, down 1 percentage point year-over-year but better than anticipated ahead of the earnings report. Cantor Fitzgerald had estimated a 32% margin for the quarter.
Goosehead maintained its revenue guidance, which Cantor Fitzgerald views as conservative given that core revenue is already up 17% for the first nine months of the year. The firm noted that fourth-quarter contingent commissions are likely to benefit from low catastrophe levels.
Cantor Fitzgerald indicated that while its Overweight thesis focuses on momentum in soft personal lines extending into 2026, the third-quarter results were "solid relative to sentiment" and "good enough given how much the stock’s been hit."
In other recent news, Goosehead Insurance reported its third-quarter earnings for 2025, showing a slight miss on both earnings per share (EPS) and revenue forecasts. The company posted an EPS of $0.46, just below the forecasted $0.47, and reported revenues of $90.43 million, falling short of the anticipated $92.62 million. Despite this, Citizens maintained its Market Outperform rating with a $140 price target, highlighting the company’s performance in key areas. Goosehead’s operating earnings per share of $0.46 matched consensus forecasts and exceeded Citizens’ estimate of $0.40, driven by better-than-expected renewal royalty fees and new business commissions. Meanwhile, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods reduced its price target for Goosehead Insurance to $95.00 from $102.00, while maintaining an Outperform rating. The brokerage cited higher investment spending as a factor, noting this would impact EPS in the coming years. These developments reflect ongoing analyst interest and varied perspectives on Goosehead Insurance’s financial trajectory.
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