FY2026 Earnings Forecast for BOW Issued By DOWLING & PARTN

Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. (NYSE:BOW) – Research analysts at DOWLING & PARTN upped their FY2026 EPS estimates for shares of Bowhead Specialty in a report released on Friday, August 7th. DOWLING & PARTN analyst J. Collins now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $1.95 for the year, up from their prior forecast of $1.85. The consensus estimate for Bowhead Specialty’s current full-year earnings is $1.97 per share. DOWLING & PARTN also issued estimates for Bowhead Specialty’s FY2027 earnings at $2.35 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $2.65 EPS.

Other research analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Royal Bank Of Canada downgraded Bowhead Specialty from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and dropped their price target for the stock from $38.00 to $34.00 in a research note on Tuesday, August 4th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their price objective on Bowhead Specialty from $34.00 to $36.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 8th. Citizens Jmp decreased their price objective on Bowhead Specialty from $38.00 to $35.00 and set a “market outperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, April 13th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered shares of Bowhead Specialty from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $34.00 target price on the stock. in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Bowhead Specialty from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 23rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $33.00.

Bowhead Specialty Stock Up 0.0%

BOW opened at $33.46 on Tuesday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $29.78 and its 200-day simple moving average is $26.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31, a quick ratio of 0.49 and a current ratio of 0.49. Bowhead Specialty has a one year low of $21.21 and a one year high of $35.07. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.01 and a beta of -0.11.

Bowhead Specialty (NYSE:BOW) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 3rd. The company reported $0.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $163.86 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $278.69 million. Bowhead Specialty had a net margin of 10.11% and a return on equity of 14.05%.

Institutional Trading of Bowhead Specialty

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. American Family Investments Inc. increased its stake in shares of Bowhead Specialty by 6.9% during the second quarter. American Family Investments Inc. now owns 5,023,778 shares of the company’s stock worth $188,542,000 after acquiring an additional 323,017 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. lifted its position in Bowhead Specialty by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,564,326 shares of the company’s stock valued at $44,646,000 after purchasing an additional 39,041 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Bowhead Specialty by 36.7% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,506,887 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,746,000 after purchasing an additional 404,199 shares in the last quarter. Polar Capital Holdings Plc boosted its holdings in Bowhead Specialty by 77.6% in the 4th quarter. Polar Capital Holdings Plc now owns 1,225,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,962,000 after purchasing an additional 535,065 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wasatch Advisors LP increased its position in Bowhead Specialty by 18.7% during the 4th quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP now owns 721,797 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,600,000 after purchasing an additional 113,840 shares during the period.

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.