Critical Survey: Bowhead Specialty (BOW) & The Competition

Bowhead Specialty (NYSE:BOW) is one of 96 public companies in the “Fire, marine, & casualty insurance” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Bowhead Specialty to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Bowhead Specialty and its rivals revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bowhead Specialty	$457.72 million	N/A	28.13
Bowhead Specialty Competitors	$18.48 billion	$3.20 billion	59.01

Bowhead Specialty’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Bowhead Specialty. Bowhead Specialty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

58.1% of shares of all “Fire, marine, & casualty insurance” companies are owned by institutional investors. 13.4% of shares of all “Fire, marine, & casualty insurance” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for Bowhead Specialty and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bowhead Specialty	0	2	4	0	2.67
Bowhead Specialty Competitors	867	4139	3819	310	2.39

Bowhead Specialty presently has a consensus target price of $39.67, indicating a potential upside of 7.64%. As a group, “Fire, marine, & casualty insurance” companies have a potential upside of 0.52%. Given Bowhead Specialty’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Bowhead Specialty is more favorable than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Bowhead Specialty and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bowhead Specialty	N/A	N/A	N/A
Bowhead Specialty Competitors	3.84%	-13.80%	1.23%

Summary

Bowhead Specialty rivals beat Bowhead Specialty on 7 of the 11 factors compared.

Bowhead Specialty Company Profile

Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. provides specialty property and casualty insurance products in the United States. It underwrites casualty insurance solutions for risks in the construction, distribution, heavy manufacturing, real estate, and hospitality segments; professional liability insurance solutions for financial institutions, private and public directors and officers liability insurance, errors and omissions liability insurance, and cyber segments; and healthcare solutions for hospitals, senior care providers, managed care organizations, miscellaneous medical facilities, and healthcare management liability segments. The company distributes its products through distribution partners in wholesale and retail markets. Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. was formerly known as Bowhead Holdings Inc. and changed its name to Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. in March 2024. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in New York, New York. Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Bowhead Insurance Holdings LP.