Bowhead Specialty (BOW) versus Its Peers Financial Contrast

Bowhead Specialty (NYSE:BOW) is one of 311 publicly-traded companies in the “Insurance” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Bowhead Specialty to similar businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, earnings and dividends.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bowhead Specialty	9.32%	14.45%	2.54%
Bowhead Specialty Competitors	8.74%	-9.81%	4.11%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Bowhead Specialty and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bowhead Specialty	$551.59 million	$53.79 million	19.15
Bowhead Specialty Competitors	$15.37 billion	$1.70 billion	34.41

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

Risk and Volatility

Bowhead Specialty has a beta of -0.06, suggesting that its stock price is 106% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bowhead Specialty’s competitors have a beta of -1.62, suggesting that their average stock price is 262% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

55.9% of shares of all “Insurance” companies are owned by institutional investors. 4.2% of Bowhead Specialty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of shares of all “Insurance” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Bowhead Specialty and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bowhead Specialty	0	8	2	0	2.20
Bowhead Specialty Competitors	3336	15675	16524	742	2.40

Bowhead Specialty presently has a consensus target price of $33.50, indicating a potential downside of 1.74%. As a group, “Insurance” companies have a potential upside of 5.73%. Given Bowhead Specialty’s competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Bowhead Specialty has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Summary

Bowhead Specialty competitors beat Bowhead Specialty on 10 of the 13 factors compared.

About Bowhead Specialty

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.