Company Analysis

Goosehead Insurance, Inc. (GSHD)

Nasdaq: GSHD · Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service · Westlake, TX · filing with the SEC since 2018
Grade4.5
◀ Past 3.8● Present 4.7▶ Future 5.0

The grade of Goosehead Insurance, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.5/10
◀ Past3.825% of the headline
● Present4.745% of the headline
▶ Future5.030% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

3.8/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
0.5/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

2 warning events since 2018; the latest 2026-11-09.

weight 45% of this tense · 5th percentile among 30 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Goosehead Insurance, Inc.'s filings since 2018 show 2 warning events of 2 kinds: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2026-11-09); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2026-11-09) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+30.8% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 7 of 9.

weight 33% of this tense · 68th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Goosehead Insurance, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $43 million in fiscal 2017 to $365 million in fiscal 2025, up 30.8% a year; it rose in 8 of 8 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 7 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span30.8%top 22% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 24% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profitbottom 41% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 24% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 20.5% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 23 sales, 11 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 59th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Goosehead Insurance, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 20.5% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 23 sales and 11 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $2 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 23% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 4% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.7/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 139%: owes 139¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 44th percentile among 30 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Goosehead Insurance, Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read. Leverage: it owed about 139 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 12% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 23% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
4.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 49% of 30 in its family; net margin 7.6%.

weight 45% of this tense · 49th percentile among 30 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Goosehead Insurance, Inc.'s standing among 30 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $365 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the bottom 23% by size; a net margin of 7.6% ranks in the top 45%; revenue growth of 20.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 32% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$365Mbottom 23% of its family
  • net margin7.6%top 45% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth20.4%top 32% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.7/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 47% of 21 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 47th percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Goosehead Insurance, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Miller, Mark (President and CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-07-03, 2.4 years (bottom 43% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.6 years (top 29%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (bottom 27%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 14 peoplebottom 27% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.6 yearstop 29% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.4 yearsbottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 43% of 29 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 29 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Goosehead Insurance, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $34 million against debt of $289 million leaves -61.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 2% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 23.6% of revenue (top 15%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-61.5%bottom 2% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue23.6%top 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.7/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 37% of 29 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 37th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Goosehead Insurance, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 20.4% a year over the last three filed years against 30.8% over all 9, slowing (bottom 22% of its family); the newest year grew 16.2% (top 43%); capital spending grew -17.6% a year (bottom 33%) (its annual reports). Goosehead Insurance, Inc. reported 9 product lines in fiscal 2025: Renewal Royalty Fees at $171 million (47%), Renewal Commissions at $79 million (22%), Contingent Commissions at $38 million (11%), and 6 more; 7 of 9 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-10.4 points a yearbottom 22% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth16.2%top 43% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-17.6%bottom 33% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
6.9/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 31% of 25 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 69th percentile among 25 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Goosehead Insurance, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $365 million in fiscal 2025 came in 5.2% below the $385 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 42% of its family); net income of $28 million against a prior three-year average of $15 million (top 22%); a net margin of 7.6% against 5.1% before (top 30%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-5.2%top 42% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+85%top 22% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+2.5 pointstop 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton GSHD · research, not advice