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: $25.79 to $27.14
• 50-Day Range: $23.86 to $32.52
• 52-Week Range: $23.70 to $42.29
• Volume: 363,916 shs
• Average Volume: 373,896 shs
• Market Capitalization: $881.78 million
• P/E Ratio: 18.30
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $36.00
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Bowhead Specialty Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Bowhead Specialty scored higher than 79% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 366th out of 925 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: 4.3 / 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 5 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Bowhead Specialty has a consensus price target of $36.00, representing about 33.8% upside from its current price of $26.90.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Bowhead Specialty has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 19.85%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Bowhead Specialty are expected to grow by 19.85% in the coming year, from $1.36 to $1.63 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Bowhead Specialty is 18.30, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 234.02.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Bowhead Specialty is 18.30, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 30.16.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Bowhead Specialty has a P/B Ratio of 2.37. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.68% 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 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Bowhead Specialty has recently increased by 10.39%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

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.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.68% 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 2.7, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Bowhead Specialty has recently increased by 10.39%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.20

News Sentiment

Bowhead Specialty has a news sentiment score of 0.20. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.81 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 14 news articles for Bowhead Specialty this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Bowhead Specialty to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Bowhead Specialty insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $122,640,000.00 in company stock.

BOW Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have BOW shares performed this year?

Bowhead Specialty's stock was trading at $35.52 at the start of the year. Since then, BOW shares have decreased by 24.3% and is now trading at $26.90.

How were Bowhead Specialty's earnings last quarter?

Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. (NYSE:BOW) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August, 5th. The company reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.36 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $232.36 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $134.66 million. Bowhead Specialty had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.25% and a net margin of 10.05%.
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When did Bowhead Specialty IPO?

Bowhead Specialty (BOW) raised $128 million in an initial public offering on Thursday, May 23rd 2024. The company issued 7,529,412 shares at $17.00 per share.

How do I buy shares of Bowhead Specialty?

Shares of BOW stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Bowhead Specialty own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Bowhead Specialty investors own include APi Group (APG), PayPal (PYPL), Urogen Pharma (URGN), Adverum Biotechnologies (ADVM), Avino Silver & Gold Mines (ASM), Boot Barn (BOOT) and Datadog (DDOG).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/05/2025
• Today: 10/08/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

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: $36.00
• High Price Target: $42.00
• Low Price Target: $31.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +33.8%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.56
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.47
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.30
• Forward P/E Ratio: 19.78
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $38.24 million
• Net Margins: 10.05%
• Pretax Margin: 13.10%
• Return on Equity: 13.25%
• Return on Assets: 2.94%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.50
• Quick Ratio: 0.50

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $425.66 million
• Price / Sales: 2.07
• Cash Flow: $1.35 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 19.92
• Book Value: $11.34 per share
• Price / Book: 2.37

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 32,780,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $881.78 million
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: -0.88