Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc./$BOW
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About Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc.
Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc offers commercial specialty property and casualty insurance products. The company offers underwriting solutions to various businesses across four underwriting divisions, which include Casualty, Professional Liability, Healthcare Liability, and Baleen Specialty. A majority of its revenue is generated from the Casualty division, which specializes in general liability coverage, which protects a company against liability arising from bodily injury, personal injury, or property damage, for risks in the construction, distribution, heavy manufacturing, real estate, public entity, and hospitality segments, and also considers underwriting risks in a broader range of industries. Geographically, the company operates in the United States.
- Ticker
- $BOW
- Sector
- Finance
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 296
- Headquarters
- New York, United States
- Website
- bowheadspecialty.com
BOW Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$1.1B
18.39
$1.85
-0.08
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Price and volume
Market cap
$1.1B
Beta
-0.08
52-week high
$35.07
52-week low
$21.21
Average daily volume
229K
Financial strength
Current ratio
1.376
Quick ratio
0.131
Long term debt to equity
0.309
Total debt to equity
0.314
Interest coverage (TTM)
11.47%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
93.177
Gross margin (TTM)
31.80%
Net profit margin (TTM)
10.11%
Operating margin (TTM)
14.79%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
20.44%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$2,080,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
2.46%
Return on equity (TTM)
14.10%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
18.388
Price to revenue (TTM)
1.815
Price to book
2.37
Price to tangible book (TTM)
2.37
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
3.335
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
29.99%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
10.205
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
25.01%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
25.71%
What the Analysts think about BOW
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
Gross written premiums rose 28.2% in the second quarter of 2026, while net income increased 30.8%, showing strong growth in both underwriting volume and earnings. (Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc.)
Underwriting remained profitable: the combined ratio improved to 95.9% from 96.8% a year earlier, as the expense ratio fell to 28.6%. (Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc.)
American Family has agreed to buy Bowhead for $34 a share in cash, giving shareholders a defined exit price and a premium to the pre-announcement share price if the deal closes. (Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc.)
The proposed buyout is not certain: it still needs shareholder and regulatory approvals, and Bowhead says there is no assurance it will close or when it will do so. (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)
The $34 cash offer limits the near-term upside if the deal proceeds; in September, Citizens rated the shares Market Perform and said they were trading about 1% below the offer price. (Investing.com)
More of the business is being ceded to reinsurers: gross premiums grew 28.2% in the quarter, but net written premiums grew only 21.6% after the quota-share treaty increased to 33.5%. (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 23 Oct 2026.
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BOW News
AllArticlesVideos
BOW Stock Alert: Halper Sadeh LLC is Investigating Whether Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. is Obtaining a Fair Price for its Shareholders
Business Wire2 months ago
Bowhead Specialty Investor Alert: Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC Investigates Adequacy of Price and Process in Proposed Sale of Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. - BOW
Business Wire3 months ago
AM Best Comments on Credit Ratings of American Family Insurance Group's Affiliates and Its Subsidiaries Following Announced Acquisition of Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc.
Business Wire3 months ago
Funds containing BOW
Fund name | Fund size | $BOW weighting |
|---|---|---|
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap£R2SC | $5.3B | 0.02% |
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap€R2US | $5.3B | 0.02% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap£WLDS | $9B | 0.01% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap$WSML | $9B | 0.01% |
iShares MSCI World Small Cap€IUSN | $9B | 0.01% |
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