NYSE:BOW Bowhead Specialty (BOW) Stock Price, News & Analysis $33.58 -0.01 (-0.03%) As of 08/28/2026 03:58 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesNews and TrendsOwnershipSEC FilingsShort Interest About Bowhead Specialty Stock (NYSE:BOW) View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart 1 Day 5 Days 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year Advanced 1 Day 1 Day 5 Days 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year Advanced Show volume Show extended hours Get Bowhead Specialty alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range$33.54▼$33.6550-Day Range$27.57▼$33.7252-Week Range$21.21▼$35.07Volume176,103 shsAverage Volume517,587 shsMarket Capitalization$1.11 billionP/E Ratio18.15Dividend YieldN/APrice Target$33.50Consensus RatingHold 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. Read More Bowhead Specialty Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks69th Percentile Overall ScoreBOW MarketRank™: Bowhead Specialty scored higher than 69% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 434th out of 851 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion2.1 / 5Analyst RatingHold Consensus RatingBowhead Specialty has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.22, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Upside/DownsideThe consensus price target for Bowhead Specialty is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.Amount of Analyst CoverageBowhead Specialty has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.Read more about Bowhead Specialty's stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation3.8 / 5Proj. Earnings Growth22.00% Earnings GrowthEarnings for Bowhead Specialty are expected to grow by 22.00% in the coming year, from $2.00 to $2.44 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Bowhead Specialty is 18.15, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 45.16.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Bowhead Specialty is 18.15, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 26.74.Price to Earnings Growth RatioBowhead Specialty has a PEG Ratio of 0.99. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioBowhead Specialty has a P/B Ratio of 2.34. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.Read more about Bowhead Specialty's valuation and earnings. Short Interest5.0 / 5Short Interest LevelHealthy Percentage of Shares Shorted1.82% of the float of Bowhead Specialty has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverBowhead Specialty has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.88, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Bowhead Specialty has recently decreased by 17.61%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly. Dividend0.0 / 5Dividend StrengthN/A Dividend YieldBowhead Specialty does not currently pay a dividend.Dividend GrowthBowhead Specialty does not have a long track record of dividend growth. News and Social Media2.3 / 5News Sentiment0.76 News SentimentBowhead Specialty has a news sentiment score of 0.76. 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 0.94 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Bowhead Specialty this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week. Company Ownership0.2 / 5Insider TradingN/A Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Bowhead Specialty insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.Percentage Held by Insiders4.20% of the stock of Bowhead Specialty is held by insiders.Percentage Held by InstitutionsBowhead Specialty has minimal institutional ownership at this time.Read more about Bowhead Specialty's insider trading history. Receive BOW Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Bowhead Specialty and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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BOW Stock News HeadlinesBOW Stock Alert: Halper Sadeh LLC is Investigating Whether Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. is Obtaining a Fair Price for its ShareholdersAugust 29 at 6:59 AM | businesswire.comBowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. (NYSE:BOW) Given Average Rating of "Hold" by AnalystsAugust 29 at 3:18 AM | americanbankingnews.comThe cat is out the bagAlmost 80,000 tech jobs vanished in the first three months of 2026. Meta cut 14,000 roles, Microsoft offered separation packages to 8,500 workers, and Oracle is reportedly eliminating up to 30,000 positions. Goldman Sachs estimates 12,400 Americans are being financially displaced every single day. Analyst Porter Stansberry says the real driver runs deeper than AI - and two Nobel Prize winners have issued the same warning. He calls it the Final Displacement, and he's releasing a full investigation with specific companies to buy and sell before the next wave hits.August 30 at 1:00 AM | Porter & Company (Ad)Bowhead Specialty (NYSE:BOW) Sees Unusually-High Trading Volume After Analyst UpgradeAugust 22, 2026 | americanbankingnews.comBowhead Specialty (NYSE:BOW) Stock Price Expected to Rise, Morgan Stanley Analyst SaysAugust 21, 2026 | americanbankingnews.comContrasting Bowhead Specialty (NYSE:BOW) and Vienna Insurance Group (OTCMKTS:VNRFY)August 20, 2026 | americanbankingnews.comBowhead Specialty adjusts board after investor-linked resignationAugust 19, 2026 | tipranks.comBOW Alert: Monsey Firm of Wohl & Fruchter Investigating Fairness of the Proposed Sale of Bowhead Specialty Holdings to American Family Mutual InsuranceAugust 13, 2026 | globenewswire.comSee More Headlines BOW Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have BOW shares performed this year? Bowhead Specialty's stock was trading at $28.64 at the beginning of the year. Since then, BOW shares have increased by 17.2% and is now trading at $33.58. How were Bowhead Specialty's earnings last quarter? Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. (NYSE:BOW) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August, 3rd. The company reported $0.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.47 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $163.86 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $278.69 million. Bowhead Specialty had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.05% and a net margin of 10.11%. When did Bowhead Specialty IPO? Bowhead Specialty (BOW) raised $113 million in an initial public offering on Thursday, May 23rd 2024. The company issued 7,529,412 shares at $14.00-$16.00 per share. Who are Bowhead Specialty's major shareholders? Bowhead Specialty's top institutional shareholders include American Family Investments Inc. (14.27%), California State Teachers Retirement System (1.67%), Wasatch Advisors LP (1.06%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.16%). Insiders that own company stock include Matthew Botein, Gallatin Point Capital Llc, Family Mutual Insuran American, Stephen Jay Sills, David John Newman, Fabian Fondriest, Shirley Shek Li Yap and Ava Schnidman. View institutional ownership trends. 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 Earnings8/03/2026Today8/30/2026Next Earnings (Estimated)11/03/2026Fiscal Year End12/31/2026Get Stock Alerts Health Indicator TradeSmith's Health IndicatorA long-term volatility-based measure designed for securities held 12 months or longer.Green: Strong and healthy uptrend with normal pullbacks.Yellow: Significant pullback but still within expected volatility.Red: Dropped beyond expected volatility; considered unhealthy. Green Zone (3m+) 1-Year History Aug 25 Nov 25 Feb 26 May 26 Aug 26 BOW's financial health is in the Green zone, according to TradeSmith. BOW has been in this zone for over 3 months. Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNYSE SectorFinance Industry Insurance Sub-IndustryProperty & Casualty Insurance Current SymbolNYSE:BOW Previous SymbolNYSE:BOW CIK2002473 Webbowheadspecialty.com Phone(212) 970-0269FaxN/AEmployees193Year Founded1999Price Target and Rating Average Price Target for Bowhead Specialty$33.50 High Price Target$36.00 Low Price Target$28.00 Potential Upside/Downside-0.2%Consensus RatingHold Rating Score (0-4)2.22 Research Coverage9 Analysts Profitability EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)$1.85 Trailing P/E Ratio18.15 Forward P/E Ratio16.79 P/E Growth0.99Net Income$53.79 million Net Margins10.11% Pretax Margin12.70% Return on Equity14.05% Return on Assets2.64% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.31 Current Ratio0.49 Quick Ratio0.49 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$615.14 million Price / Sales1.80 Cash Flow$1.71 per share Price / Cash Flow19.63 Book Value$14.34 per share Price / Book2.34Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares32,943,000Free Float31,559,000Market Cap$1.11 billion OptionableN/A Beta-0.11 Social Links Don't Wait for the OpenAI IPOThe AI wave will soon hit public markets with Anthropic and OpenAI set to go public later this year. 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