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# Goosehead Insurance beats Q4 adjusted EPS estimates

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Overview

-   Insurance agency’s Q4 adjusted EPS beat analyst expectations
-   Q4 revenue grew 12% yr/yr to $105.3 mln
-   Company expanded share repurchase authorization by $180 mln

Outlook

-   Goosehead expects 2026 total revenue growth between 10% and 19%
-   Company anticipates 2026 written premiums to grow between 12% and 20%

Result Drivers

-   CLIENT RETENTION AND PREMIUM RATES - Core Revenue growth driven by strong client retention and rising premium rates
-   AI DEPLOYMENT - AI deployment enhanced client experience and improved service cost efficiency
-   AGENT HEADCOUNT AND PRODUCTIVITY - Increased corporate agent headcount and productivity per agency contributed to revenue growth

Key Details

Metric Beat/Mis Actual Consensu

s s

Estimate

### Q4 $105.30

Revenue mln

Q4 Core $78.20

Revenue mln

Q4 Beat $0.64 $0.58

Adjusted (12

EPS Analysts

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Q4 Net $20.80

Income mln

Q4 Beat $39.20 $35.44

Adjusted mln mln (8

EBITDA Analysts

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### Q4 37.00%

Adjusted

### EBITDA

Margin

Analyst Coverage

-   The current average analyst rating on the shares is “hold” and the breakdown of recommendations is 5 “strong buy” or “buy”, 6 “hold” and 1 “sell” or “strong sell”
-   The average consensus recommendation for the multiline insurance & brokers peer group is “buy.”
-   Wall Street’s median 12-month price target for Goosehead Insurance Inc is $87.00, about 78.7% above its February 13 closing price of $48.69
-   The stock recently traded at 23 times the next 12-month earnings vs. a P/E of 33 three months ago

Press Release: For questions concerning the data in this report, contact Estimates.Support@lseg.com. For any other questions or feedback, contact . (This story was created using Reuters automation and AI based on LSEG and company data. It was checked and edited by a Reuters journalist prior to publication.)

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