Bowhead Specialty (BOW) Competitors

The Baldwin Insurance Group (NASDAQ:BWIN) and Bowhead Specialty (NYSE:BOW) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Do analysts prefer BWIN or BOW?

The Baldwin Insurance Group currently has a consensus price target of $45.29, indicating a potential upside of 20.15%. Bowhead Specialty has a consensus price target of $39.67, indicating a potential upside of 4.30%. Given The Baldwin Insurance Group's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe The Baldwin Insurance Group is more favorable than Bowhead Specialty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
The Baldwin Insurance Group	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Bowhead Specialty	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BWIN or BOW?

Bowhead Specialty has lower revenue, but higher earnings than The Baldwin Insurance Group. The Baldwin Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bowhead Specialty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
The Baldwin Insurance Group	$1.41B	3.18	-$90.14M	-$0.52	-72.48
Bowhead Specialty	$457.72M	2.71	$42.79M	$1.31	29.03

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BWIN or BOW?

77.5% of The Baldwin Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.1% of The Baldwin Insurance Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BWIN or BOW?

The Baldwin Insurance Group and Bowhead Specialty both received 12 outperform votes by MarketBeat users. However, 57.14% of users gave Bowhead Specialty an outperform vote while only 54.55% of users gave The Baldwin Insurance Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
The Baldwin Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 12 54.55%	Underperform Votes 10 45.45%
Bowhead Specialty	Outperform Votes 12 57.14%	Underperform Votes 9 42.86%

Does the media refer more to BWIN or BOW?

In the previous week, The Baldwin Insurance Group had 7 more articles in the media than Bowhead Specialty. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for The Baldwin Insurance Group and 9 mentions for Bowhead Specialty. Bowhead Specialty's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat The Baldwin Insurance Group's score of 0.58 indicating that Bowhead Specialty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
The Baldwin Insurance Group	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Bowhead Specialty	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BWIN or BOW more profitable?

Bowhead Specialty has a net margin of 0.00% compared to The Baldwin Insurance Group's net margin of -2.89%. The Baldwin Insurance Group's return on equity of 10.57% beat Bowhead Specialty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Baldwin Insurance Group	-2.89%	10.57%	3.10%
Bowhead Specialty	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

The Baldwin Insurance Group beats Bowhead Specialty on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.