Bowhead Specialty (BOW) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $26.90 to $27.84
• 50-Day Range: $22.37 to $28.71
• 52-Week Range: $21.21 to $37.98
• Volume: 107,765 shs
• Average Volume: 208,313 shs
• Market Capitalization: $899.32 million
• P/E Ratio: 15.83
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $31.43
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Bowhead Specialty Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Bowhead Specialty scored higher than 83% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 250th out of 878 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Bowhead Specialty has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.56, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Bowhead Specialty has a consensus price target of $31.43, representing about 14.8% upside from its current price of $27.39.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Bowhead Specialty has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 20.30%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Bowhead Specialty are expected to grow by 20.30% in the coming year, from $1.97 to $2.37 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Bowhead Specialty is 15.83, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.83.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Bowhead Specialty is 15.83, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 20.15.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Bowhead Specialty has a PEG Ratio of 0.82. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Bowhead Specialty has a P/B Ratio of 2.00. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.41% of the float of Bowhead Specialty has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Bowhead Specialty has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.8, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Bowhead Specialty has recently decreased by 3.04%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Bowhead Specialty does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Bowhead Specialty does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Bowhead Specialty this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Bowhead Specialty insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

4.20% of the stock of Bowhead Specialty is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Bowhead Specialty has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/05/2026
• Today: 6/16/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: INS - PROP&CASLTY
• Sub-Industry: Insurance
• Current Symbol: NYSE:BOW
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:BOW
• CIK: 2002473
• Web: bowheadspecialty.com
• Phone: (212) 970-0269
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 193
• Year Founded: 1999

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Bowhead Specialty: $31.43
• High Price Target: $35.00
• Low Price Target: $28.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +14.8%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.56
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.73
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 15.83
• Forward P/E Ratio: 13.90
• P/E Growth: 0.82
• Net Income: $53.79 million
• Net Margins: 9.99%
• Pretax Margin: 12.56%
• Return on Equity: 13.80%
• Return on Assets: 2.71%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.32
• Current Ratio: 0.47
• Quick Ratio: 0.47

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $551.59 million
• Price / Sales: 1.63
• Cash Flow: $1.72 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 15.96
• Book Value: $13.67 per share
• Price / Book: 2.00

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 32,840,000
• Free Float: 31,459,000
• Market Cap: $899.32 million
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: -0.01