Bowhead Specialty (BOW) Competitors

Bowhead Specialty (NYSE:BOW) and Palomar (NASDAQ:PLMR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Does the media favor BOW or PLMR?

In the previous week, Palomar had 13 more articles in the media than Bowhead Specialty. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Palomar and 4 mentions for Bowhead Specialty. Palomar's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Bowhead Specialty's score of 0.28 indicating that Palomar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bowhead Specialty	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Palomar	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BOW or PLMR more profitable?

Palomar has a net margin of 21.23% compared to Bowhead Specialty's net margin of 0.00%. Palomar's return on equity of 19.76% beat Bowhead Specialty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bowhead Specialty	N/A	N/A	N/A
Palomar	21.23%	19.76%	5.78%

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

90.3% of Palomar shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Palomar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer BOW or PLMR?

Bowhead Specialty currently has a consensus target price of $39.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.12%. Palomar has a consensus target price of $164.33, suggesting a potential upside of 2.03%. Given Bowhead Specialty's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Bowhead Specialty is more favorable than Palomar.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bowhead Specialty	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Palomar	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BOW or PLMR?

Palomar has higher revenue and earnings than Bowhead Specialty. Bowhead Specialty is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palomar, 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
Bowhead Specialty	$457.72M	2.59	$42.79M	$1.31	27.75
Palomar	$609.96M	7.06	$117.57M	$5.01	32.15

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BOW or PLMR?

Palomar received 83 more outperform votes than Bowhead Specialty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.69% of users gave Palomar an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Bowhead Specialty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bowhead Specialty	Outperform Votes 12 57.14%	Underperform Votes 9 42.86%
Palomar	Outperform Votes 95 61.69%	Underperform Votes 59 38.31%

Summary

Palomar beats Bowhead Specialty on 16 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.