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Bowhead Specialty (BOW)


Market Price (6/13/2026): $27.35 | Market Cap: $897.3 MilSector: Financials | Industry: Property & Casualty Insurance

Bowhead Specialty (BOW)


Market Price (6/13/2026): $27.35
Market Cap: $897.3 Mil
Sector: Financials
Industry: Property & Casualty Insurance

Investment Highlights Why It Matters Detailed financial logic regarding cash flow yields vs trend-riding momentum.

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Attractive yield
Total YieldTotal Yield = Earnings Yield + Dividend Yield, Earnings Yield = Net Income / Market Cap Dividend Yield = Total Dividends / Market Cap is 6.5%, FCF Yield is 38%

Cash is significant % of market cap
Net D/ENet Debt/Equity. Debt net of cash. Negative indicates net cash. Equity is taken as the Market Capitalization is -83%

Strong revenue growth
Rev Chg LTMRevenue Change % Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 28%

Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 60%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 59%

Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 37%

Megatrend and thematic drivers
Megatrends include Insurance Innovation & Risk Management. Themes include Specialty Underwriting, Insurtech Adoption, and Emerging Risk Coverage.

Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -31%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -59%

Key risks
BOW key risks include [1] potential under-reserving in its underdeveloped, Show more.

0 Attractive yield
Total YieldTotal Yield = Earnings Yield + Dividend Yield, Earnings Yield = Net Income / Market Cap Dividend Yield = Total Dividends / Market Cap is 6.5%, FCF Yield is 38%
1 Cash is significant % of market cap
Net D/ENet Debt/Equity. Debt net of cash. Negative indicates net cash. Equity is taken as the Market Capitalization is -83%
2 Strong revenue growth
Rev Chg LTMRevenue Change % Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 28%
3 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 60%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 59%
4 Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 37%
5 Megatrend and thematic drivers
Megatrends include Insurance Innovation & Risk Management. Themes include Specialty Underwriting, Insurtech Adoption, and Emerging Risk Coverage.
6 Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -31%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -59%
7 Key risks
BOW key risks include [1] potential under-reserving in its underdeveloped, Show more.

Valuation & Metrics

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Why The Stock Moved

Qualitative Assessment

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Updated on 6/10/2026

Bowhead Specialty (BOW) stock has gained about 10% since 2/28/2026 because of the following key factors:

1. Bowhead Specialty reported a significant earnings beat for fiscal Q1 2026 (ended March 31, 2026), exceeding analyst expectations. The company announced an Earnings Per Share (EPS) of $0.48, which surpassed the consensus estimate of $0.42 by 14.29%. Following this announcement on May 5, 2026, the stock price gained 7.7%.

2. The company demonstrated strong operational growth with a substantial increase in Gross Written Premiums (GWP) in fiscal Q1 2026. Bowhead Specialty's GWP rose by 24.0% year-over-year to $216.7 million for the quarter. This growth was driven by expansion across its underwriting divisions, with the Casualty segment increasing 20.4% to $147.3 million and the Baleen Specialty digital platform surging 313.9% to $11.4 million in GWP.

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Stock Movement Drivers

Fundamental Drivers

The 7.9% change in BOW stock from 2/28/2026 to 6/12/2026 was primarily driven by a 6.0% change in the company's Total Revenues ($ Mil).
(LTM values as of)22820266122026Change
Stock Price ($)25.3327.327.9%
Change Contribution By: 
Total Revenues ($ Mil)5525846.0%
Net Income Margin (%)9.8%10.0%2.4%
P/E Multiple15.415.4-0.5%
Shares Outstanding (Mil)3333-0.1%
Cumulative Contribution7.9%

LTM = Last Twelve Months as of date shown

Market Drivers

2/28/2026 to 6/12/2026
ReturnCorrelation
BOW7.9% 
Market (SPY)8.4%8.0%
Sector (XLF)4.2%35.2%

Fundamental Drivers

The -1.9% change in BOW stock from 11/30/2025 to 6/12/2026 was primarily driven by a -11.6% change in the company's P/E Multiple.
(LTM values as of)113020256122026Change
Stock Price ($)27.8527.32-1.9%
Change Contribution By: 
Total Revenues ($ Mil)51958412.6%
Net Income Margin (%)10.1%10.0%-1.3%
P/E Multiple17.415.4-11.6%
Shares Outstanding (Mil)3333-0.1%
Cumulative Contribution-1.9%

LTM = Last Twelve Months as of date shown

Market Drivers

11/30/2025 to 6/12/2026
ReturnCorrelation
BOW-1.9% 
Market (SPY)9.2%2.5%
Sector (XLF)0.9%24.3%

Fundamental Drivers

The -26.8% change in BOW stock from 5/31/2025 to 6/12/2026 was primarily driven by a -46.2% change in the company's P/E Multiple.
(LTM values as of)53120256122026Change
Stock Price ($)37.3027.32-26.8%
Change Contribution By: 
Total Revenues ($ Mil)45858427.7%
Net Income Margin (%)9.3%10.0%7.2%
P/E Multiple28.615.4-46.2%
Shares Outstanding (Mil)3333-0.4%
Cumulative Contribution-26.8%

LTM = Last Twelve Months as of date shown

Market Drivers

5/31/2025 to 6/12/2026
ReturnCorrelation
BOW-26.8% 
Market (SPY)27.3%8.6%
Sector (XLF)6.3%30.7%

Fundamental Drivers

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Market Drivers

5/31/2023 to 6/12/2026
ReturnCorrelation
BOW  
Market (SPY)84.5%18.3%
Sector (XLF)76.3%33.6%

Return vs. Risk

Price Returns Compared

 202120222023202420252026Total [1]
Returns
BOW Return---49%-20%-4%15%
Peers Return4%11%11%20%4%-14%37%
S&P 500 Return27%-19%24%23%16%8%97%

Monthly Win Rates [3]
BOW Win Rate---62%42%67% 
Peers Win Rate52%48%55%60%52%47% 
S&P 500 Win Rate75%42%67%75%67%50% 

Max Drawdowns [4]
BOW Max Drawdown-----44%-25% 
Peers Max Drawdown-27%-21%-33%-26%-27%-27% 
S&P 500 Max Drawdown-5%-25%-10%-8%-19%-9% 


[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2021
[2] Peers: KNSL, SKWD, RLI, JRVR, WRB.
[3] Win Rate = % of calendar months in which monthly returns were positive
[4] Max drawdown represents maximum peak-to-trough decline within a year
[5] 2026 data is for the year up to 6/12/2026 (YTD)

How Low Can It Go

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Compare to KNSL, SKWD, RLI, JRVR, WRB

In The Past

Bowhead Specialty's stock fell -2.6% during the 2025 US Tariff Shock. Such a loss loss requires a 2.6% gain to breakeven.

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Compare to KNSL, SKWD, RLI, JRVR, WRB

In The Past

Bowhead Specialty's stock fell -2.6% during the 2025 US Tariff Shock. Such a loss loss requires a 2.6% gain to breakeven.

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About Bowhead Specialty (BOW)

We are a profitable and growing company providing specialty P&C products. We were founded by industry veteran Stephen Sills and are led by a highly experienced and respected underwriting team with decades of individual, successful underwriting experience. We focus on providing “craft” solutions in our specialty lines and classes of business that we believe require deep underwriting and claims expertise in order to produce attractive financial results. We have initially focused on underwriting Casualty, Professional Liability and Healthcare risks where our management team has deep experience. Across our underwriting divisions, our policyholders vary in size, industry and complexity and require specialized, innovative and customized solutions where we individually underwrite and structure policies for each account. As a result, our products are primarily written on an E&S basis, where we have flexibility of rate and policy form. Our underwriting teams collaborate across our claims, actuarial and legal departments, ensuring they are aware of developments that could impact our business and using a consistent approach to our underwriting. We handle our claims in-house; our claims management teams, which align with our three underwriting divisions, have significant experience in the markets on which we focus and work closely with our underwriting and actuarial teams, keeping them informed of claims trends, providing feedback on emerging areas of loss experience and identifying and addressing key issues and adjusting loss reserves as appropriate. We distribute our products through carefully selected relationships with leading distribution partners in both the wholesale and retail markets. We pride ourselves on the quality and experience of our people, who are committed to exceeding our partners’ expectations through excellent service and expertise. Our collaborative culture spans all functions of our business and allows us to provide a consistent, positive experience for all of our partners. This consistency of experience, combined with our client-focused approach, has created a company with which our distribution partners want to work, supporting the continued growth of our platform. Our principal objective is to create and sustain superior returns for our stockholders by generating consistent underwriting profits across our product lines and through all market cycles, while prudently managing capital. We have grown substantially over the past two years, generating gross written premiums of $356.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 and $507.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, a year-over-year increase of 42.2%. For the year ended December 31, 2023, we delivered a combined ratio of 95.0%, net income of $25.0 million and a return on equity of 18.2%. We have generated gross written premiums of $95.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and $138.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, a year-over-year increase of 44.6%. For the three months ended March 31, 2024, we delivered a combined ratio of 98.1%, net income of $7.0 million and a return on equity (annualized) of 14.3%. We believe that our current market opportunity, differentiated expertise, relationships, culture and leadership team position us well to continue to grow our business profitably. BICI is domiciled and licensed as an admitted insurer in the state of Wisconsin. BSUI is a licensed business entity producer, domiciled as an insurance producer and an MGA in the state of Texas, and a licensed agency in all 50 states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico. BSUI does business as “Bowhead Specialty Insurance Services” in California, Illinois, Nevada, New York, Utah and Virginia. Our ability to write business, however, is currently largely based on our relationship with AmFam. Through our relationship with AmFam, we are able to write business on an admitted basis in all 50 states and Washington D.C. and on a non-admitted basis in all 50 states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico. As of March 31, 2024, there were five states in which 5.0% or more of our gross written premiums were concentrated: California (17.0%), Florida (12.5%), Texas (9.5%), New York (7.9%) and Ohio (5.3%). We founded our business in September 2020, recognizing a favorable pricing environment and a growing and unmet demand from brokers and policyholders for craft solutions and quality service in complex lines of business. We built a nimble, remote-friendly organization able to attract best-in-class talent that we source nationwide to service this demand, with 216 employees as of March 31, 2024 across the country who are committed to operational excellence and superior service. We are backed by capital provided by GPC Fund and our strategic partner, AmFam, a mutual insurer with an “A” (Excellent) financial strength rating from A.M. Best as of March 31, 2024 and approximately $7.0 billion of policyholder surplus as of December 31, 2023. We originate business on the paper of AmFam through BSUI writing policies issued by AmFam under the name of AmFam and reinsure 100.0% of the insurance business we originate to BICI, our wholly-owned insurance company subsidiary. Our partnership with AmFam has enabled us to grow quickly but prudently, deploying capital and adding employees when business and growth justified. We currently offer craft solutions to a wide variety of businesses across three underwriting divisions: Casualty, Professional Liability and Healthcare. --- We take a highly collaborative and customized approach to underwriting. Our fully integrated and accountable underwriting methodology brings the specialized industry knowledge, business acumen and strong distribution relationships that we believe are required to profitably underwrite the complex lines of business on which we focus. Our underwriting teams all have deep underwriting and industry experience in the lines of business we write. We aim to offer craft solutions to our clients in a timely and consistent manner. We underwrite, structure and price quotes on a case-by-case basis while maintaining disciplined risk parameters including strict policy limits. We have developed and constantly evaluate our risk framework with significant input from our actuarial, claims, legal and finance functions. Similarly, we frequently hold “roundtable” discussions, which are a key part of our underwriting process, and depending on the risk, can occur at multiple levels across the company, often involving functions outside of underwriting teams, including actuarial, claims, legal and finance. Roundtables allow our underwriters to leverage appropriate expertise across the organization; our culture of collaboration and accountability means that underwriting decisions are not made in isolation, allowing us to deliver consistent underwriting decisions with input from multiple perspectives. Casualty: Our Casualty division provides tailored solutions on a primary and excess basis through a wholesale-only distribution channel and consists of a team of experienced underwriters with nationwide capabilities who excel at handling complex risks. We specialize in GL coverage for risks in the construction, distribution, heavy manufacturing, real estate and hospitality segments and also consider underwriting risks in a broader range of industries. Within these industries, we seek to identify specific segments that play to our strengths and in which we believe we can generate profitable growth. For example, within construction, a $2.4 trillion industry in the U.S. as of December 31, 2023 according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, we seek to participate in large, complex and engineered construction projects. Product Description Distribution Excess Projects • Offers excess coverage to large commercial • E&S products distributed by general contractors or developers on single wholesale brokers commercial, residential and infrastructure projects Excess Practice • Offers annually renewable excess coverage • E&S products distributed by for GL, Product Liability and Auto Liability wholesale brokers to middle market contractors (typically from $100 million to $1 billion in revenue) nationally Excess Other • Offers annually renewable first excess, or • Primarily E&S products higher excess, coverage to real estate, distributed by wholesale brokers hospitality, public entity or manufacturing companies Primary Projects • Offers wrap-up GL coverage to large general • E&S products distributed by contractors and developers on single wholesale brokers commercial and residential projects Primary Practice • Offers annually renewable GL coverage to • E&S products distributed by middle market (under $100 million in wholesale brokers revenue) general contractors and subcontractors Primary Other • Offers GL coverage to middle market (under • E&S products distributed by $200 million in revenue) commercial and wholesale brokers industrial manufacturers and distributors Professional Liability: Our Professional Liability division provides underwriting solutions on both an admitted and E&S basis for standard and nonstandard risks and writes for a broad variety of entities, including publicly traded and privately held FIs as well as not-for-profit organizations. We distribute this business through wholesale and retail channels. The Professional Liability market, in general, is highly competitive; however, we believe that there are specific sub-markets, including in FI, private D&O and E&O, that have attractive growth and return potential. Additionally, we selectively pursue exposures in small and middle market public D&O where we believe pricing remains favorable and view Cyber and Technology E&O as a significant growth opportunity where we are developing primary capabilities to target smaller accounts that we believe are experiencing less rate pressure compared with larger accounts. Product Description Distribution FI • Offers suite of management liability • Primarily admitted products products including D&O, E&O, EPL, Fiduciary, mostly distributed by retail Fidelity and related lines to asset and agents investment management companies, banks and lenders, insurance companies and emerging FI companies including specialty niches • Also offers primary coverage for specific FI segments, including investment management, on a manuscript basis Public D&O • Offers primary and excess coverage to • Primarily admitted products public companies of all sizes in a wide mostly distributed by retail agents variety of sectors • Also offers Excess Fiduciary and EPL coverage Private D&O • Offers D&O, EPL, Fiduciary and Crime • Primarily admitted products coverage in a package policy with separate mostly distributed by retail or shared limits to private and agents not-for-profit entities E&O (includes MPL • Offers Primary and Excess Miscellaneous E&O • Primarily E&S products, mostly and Lawyers) coverage to approximately 40 classes of distributed by wholesale brokers businesses, including property managers, developers and construction management, associations, franchisors and consultants • Also offers Excess Lawyers Professional Liability coverage to law firms up to 100 attorneys Cyber • Offers Excess follow-form Cyber and • E&S products mostly distributed Technology E&O Liability coverage to middle by retail agents market and large corporate organizations Healthcare: Focusing exclusively on healthcare entities, our Healthcare division provides tailored solutions for nonstandard risks faced by healthcare organizations on both a primary and excess basis. We offer PL/GL, as well as Management Liability, across four major healthcare segments—hospitals, senior care providers, managed care organizations and miscellaneous medical facilities—through select wholesale and retail channels. Within Healthcare, we have seen rate increases for several years starting initially with Senior Care followed by Managed Care and more recently in the Hospitals segment. We believe these rate increases were the result of carriers restricting their underwriting appetite following increases in both the frequency and severity of claims caused both by inadequate pricing and outsized settlements and jury verdicts (sometimes referred to as “social inflation”). We aim to expand our Healthcare business meaningfully with sophisticated hospital buyers for which we believe we have differentiated underwriting expertise and claims handling capabilities, with large senior care facilities in a segment that continues to grow alongside population demographics, in the specialized Managed Care E&O marketplace where we believe we have limited competition and in other specialized markets within the healthcare sector where we anticipate profitable growth opportunities. Product Description Distribution Hospitals • Offers excess Healthcare PL/GL coverage to • E&S products distributed mostly hospitals on an insurance or facultative by retail brokers reinsurance basis Senior Care • Offers Healthcare PL/GL coverage to • E&S products distributed by skilled care, assisted living, independent wholesale and retail brokers living and continuing care retirement community facilities • Considers traditional structures as well as alternative solutions Managed Care • Offers Managed Care E&O coverage to • E&S products distributed by various classes of managed care providers wholesale and retail brokers and payors MMF • Offers Healthcare PL/GL coverage to • E&S products mostly distributed outpatient medical facilities by wholesale and retail brokers • Considers traditional structures as well as alternative solutions HCML • Offers primary and excess D&O, EPL, • Primarily admitted products Fiduciary and Crime coverage to all classes distributed by wholesale and listed above, including through a package retail brokers policy with separate or shared limits Although the products we underwrite do not directly cover physical damage, we offer liability coverage which may include liability resulting from physical damage. For example, we may provide a policy insuring a builder of a building and if a building built by the builder collapses, our policy may cover losses if the builder’s acts or omissions caused the collapse of the building, which could include liability for physical damages to individuals resulting from the collapse of the building or costs of repairs or rebuilding. However, we do not currently offer property coverage and thus do not currently provide coverage for direct physical damage. We offer small limits as part of our Senior Care business in the event a senior care facility must be shut down due to certain events which could include physical damage to the senior care facility. --- Because our clients often require highly customized solutions not available in the admitted market, our business is primarily written on an E&S basis. This approach allows us to maximize our policy flexibility and meet our policyholders’ unique needs all while delivering the differentiated level of service and execution for which we have developed a reputation. We see an opportunity to underwrite an attractive range of risks in a sustainable and profitable manner and seek to employ underwriters with the technical expertise to structure terms and conditions and prudently manage risks across such lines of business. We execute this approach through thoughtful and careful risk selection and limit deployment while seeking to optimize our results. We aim to take advantage of a market that continues to grow as businesses and risks continue to evolve. We believe that our remote-friendly platform enables us to scale our capabilities nimbly within lines of business that we feel align with our expertise, goals and risk appetite. We believe that this approach is a key differentiator in positioning us to grow profitably across market cycles in each of our core competencies. We are able to deliver mutually beneficial and bespoke solutions thanks to the deep, longstanding wholesale and retail distribution relationships that our underwriters have established. We go to market under the Bowhead brand, leveraging the strong reputation that we have quickly established within the broker community. We distribute our products through a network of wholesale and retail broker organizations utilizing different channels and relationships across our three underwriting divisions. In Casualty, we focus on partnering with wholesale distributors, whereas in Professional Liability and Healthcare, we work with a combination of wholesale and retail partners. We source our broker relationships based on quality of business and reputation and alignment of long-term objectives. We strive to maintain a core group of brokers that consider us to be their “first call.” We take a deliberate approach to building our broker network and actively evaluate new and existing broker relationships based on the opportunities we see and choose to pursue in the market. We handle our claims in-house, which we believe to be a key competitive differentiator. Aligning with our underwriting focus on specific product lines, our claims management teams are highly specialized to ensure that they can apply their expertise in handling claims to each market we serve. As part of our collaborative approach, our claims teams frequently participate in underwriting discussions, both internally and with our distribution partners and policyholders. We believe maintaining full control of the claims-handling process allows us to meet our rigorous quality standards and manage our losses and LAE effectively, and ultimately leads to more profitable underwriting. We have a remote-friendly operating model with most employees working remotely supplemented by targeted, in-person collaboration. We formed our company during COVID-19 mandated lockdowns, which initially required us to be 100% remote. Our management team built our company’s operating platform and developed its culture from the beginning to function nimbly in a hybrid environment. This approach has enabled us to recruit talented employees nationwide without regard for Bowhead-specific office locations. We use frequent video calls to collaborate throughout the day and hold a weekly company-wide call to align on short- and long-term goals. We encourage employees near our New York City and Chicago offices to work in the office on Wednesdays and use off-site meetings and conferences to get broader groups of employees together in person throughout the year. We believe our hybrid operating model is a competitive advantage in terms of attracting talent and maintaining our collaborative culture. Unlike other insurance companies that are trying to bring employees back to the office or learning to operate in a hybrid environment, our remote-friendly operating model is an innate part of our culture and a meaningful contributor to our success. Our nimble business model enables us to leverage technology, data and analytics efficiently throughout each stage of the underwriting process. Our modern, cloud-based technology platform enables us to leverage technology that we have created in-house and by using leading third-party solutions. We have developed proprietary underwriting tools, BRATs, for the lines in which we write business, and which are further supplemented with customized third-party data. Our technology investments focus on development and integration of data, while our technology tools allow us to understand the underlying risks for each line of business, enabling us to provide rapid feedback to brokers on structure and price. We believe in the profitability of the business we write, and consequently look to retain as much of that premium as possible while maintaining strict risk limits. We strategically purchase reinsurance through pro rata and excess of loss reinsurance agreements on a treaty or facultative basis with a goal of protecting our capital and minimizing volatility in our earnings from severity events. We focus on a diversified panel of high-quality reinsurance partners. As of March 31, 2024, 100.0% of our reinsurance recoverables were derived from reinsurers with an “A” (Excellent) financial strength rating from A.M. Best, or better. Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in May 2021. Our principal offices are located at 1411 Broadway, Suite 3800, New York, NY.

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Bowhead Specialty is like RLI Corp for modern specialty insurance, delivering highly profitable underwriting for complex and customized risks with a nimble, tech-enabled approach.

Bowhead operates like the 'craft brewery' of complex business insurance, offering highly customized, expert-driven solutions for niche P&C risks that standard insurers typically avoid.

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Bowhead Specialty (BOW) offers the following major specialty P&C products:
  • Casualty Insurance: Offers primary and excess General Liability, Product Liability, and Auto Liability coverage for diverse sectors like construction, manufacturing, real estate, and hospitality.
  • Financial Institutions (FI) Management Liability: Provides a suite of D&O, E&O, EPL, Fiduciary, Fidelity, and related lines of coverage for banks, asset managers, and other financial institutions.
  • Public Directors & Officers (D&O) Insurance: Offers primary and excess D&O, Excess Fiduciary, and EPL coverage for publicly traded companies of various sizes and sectors.
  • Private Directors & Officers (D&O) Insurance: Provides D&O, EPL, Fiduciary, and Crime coverage in a package policy for private and not-for-profit entities.
  • Miscellaneous Errors & Omissions (E&O) Insurance: Delivers Primary and Excess E&O coverage for various professional services, including Lawyers Professional Liability.
  • Cyber and Technology E&O Liability Insurance: Offers excess follow-form Cyber and Technology E&O Liability coverage to middle-market and large corporate organizations.
  • Healthcare Professional Liability/General Liability (PL/GL): Provides primary and excess PL/GL coverage for healthcare organizations such as hospitals, senior care providers, and miscellaneous medical facilities.
  • Managed Care Errors & Omissions (E&O): Offers specialized E&O coverage for various classes of managed care providers and payors.
  • Healthcare Management Liability (HCML): Delivers primary and excess D&O, EPL, Fiduciary, and Crime coverage specifically designed for all classes of healthcare entities.

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Bowhead Specialty (BOW) sells primarily to other companies and organizations, not individuals. The provided company description does not name specific major customer companies. Instead, it details the types of businesses and entities it serves across its three underwriting divisions. Therefore, its major customers can be categorized as:

  • Commercial and Industrial Businesses & Public Entities: This category includes various entities primarily from the construction, distribution, heavy manufacturing, real estate, and hospitality segments, as well as public entities. Examples of customers in this segment include large commercial general contractors, developers, middle-market contractors and subcontractors, real estate companies, hospitality companies, manufacturing companies, and distributors. They seek solutions for General Liability (GL), Product Liability, and Auto Liability coverage on both a primary and excess basis.
  • Financial Institutions, Public & Private Companies, and Professional Firms: This broad category covers a diverse range of corporate and professional entities. These include asset and investment management companies, banks and lenders, insurance companies, emerging financial institutions, public companies of all sizes, privately held entities, not-for-profit organizations, property managers, developers, construction management firms, associations, franchisors, consultants, and law firms. They are primarily served with management liability products (such as D&O, E&O, EPL, Fiduciary, Fidelity, and Crime), as well as Cyber and Technology E&O Liability coverage.
  • Healthcare Organizations: This segment exclusively focuses on various healthcare entities. This includes hospitals, skilled care facilities, assisted living facilities, independent living facilities, continuing care retirement community facilities, managed care providers and payors, and miscellaneous medical facilities (MMF). Bowhead Specialty provides these organizations with Healthcare Professional Liability (PL)/General Liability (GL) coverage and Healthcare Management Liability (HCML) products (including D&O, EPL, Fiduciary, and Crime).

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Stephen Sills, Chief Executive Officer and President

Stephen Sills founded Bowhead in September 2020. Prior to founding Bowhead, he founded Executive Risk in 1987, where he served as Chief Underwriting Officer and later as Chief Executive Officer until its sale to the Chubb Corporation in 1999. After the acquisition, he was an Executive Vice President of Chubb until 2001. Mr. Sills then founded Darwin in 2003 and served as Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Darwin from 2003 through 2008. From 2013 through 2019, he served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CapSpecialty and Professional Risk Management Services, Inc. Executive Risk was a joint venture between Aetna and various private equity groups, and he also started Darwin after approaching Weston Hicks of Alleghany. Before creating Bowhead, he was in discussions with Matt Botein, co-founder of Gallatin Point, a private investment firm.

Brad Mulcahey, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Mr. Mulcahey is responsible for the overall financial management of Bowhead Specialty, including financial planning, analysis, reporting, and capital management. He oversees accounting operations, treasury functions, investor relations, and ensures the company's financial health and compliance with financial regulations.

David Newman, Chief Underwriting Officer

Mr. Newman is responsible for setting Bowhead Specialty's underwriting strategy and overseeing all underwriting operations. He guides the company's approach to risk selection, pricing, and policy terms across its diverse specialty insurance lines.

Steven Feltner, Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Feltner is responsible for the day-to-day administrative and operational functions of Bowhead Specialty. He oversees key business processes, drives operational efficiency, and ensures that the company's strategic goals are translated into actionable operational plans.

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Key Risks to Bowhead Specialty (BOW):

  1. Dependence on Relationship with AmFam: Bowhead Specialty's ability to underwrite insurance policies is largely reliant on its relationship with AmFam, as it originates business on AmFam's paper and reinsures 100% of this business to its wholly-owned subsidiary, BICI. Any adverse change or termination of this foundational relationship could severely impact Bowhead Specialty's operational capacity and growth prospects.
  2. Exposure to Social Inflation and Increased Claim Severity: The company operates in specialty P&C markets, including Healthcare, where it has observed rate increases driven by "social inflation" and heightened frequency and severity of claims. This trend, characterized by outsized settlements and jury verdicts, presents a continuous risk that could negatively affect underwriting profitability and loss reserves across its product lines.
  3. Highly Competitive Insurance Market: Bowhead Specialty operates in a highly competitive insurance landscape, particularly within its Professional Liability division. Intense market competition can lead to pressure on pricing, challenges in securing and retaining business, and potentially impact the company's ability to achieve its growth and profitability objectives through its "craft" solutions.

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The addressable market for Bowhead Specialty's products or services is as follows:
  • Casualty Division (Construction Segment): The construction industry in the U.S. was a $2.4 trillion industry as of December 31, 2023.

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Here are 3-5 expected drivers of future revenue growth for Bowhead Specialty (BOW) over the next 2-3 years:

  1. Continued Expansion and Deepening of Specialty "Craft Solutions" within Existing Underwriting Divisions: Bowhead Specialty emphasizes providing tailored "craft solutions" across its Casualty, Professional Liability, and Healthcare divisions. The company plans to expand its Healthcare business, selectively pursue opportunities in small and middle-market public Directors & Officers (D&O), and sees significant growth potential in Cyber and Technology Errors & Omissions (E&O) by developing primary capabilities for smaller accounts. This targeted approach within complex, specialized lines of business, leveraging their deep underwriting and claims expertise, is expected to drive continued premium growth by capturing market share in attractive sub-markets.
  2. Favorable Market Conditions and Sustained Demand for Specialized Products: The company was founded during a "favorable pricing environment and a growing and unmet demand from brokers and policyholders for craft solutions and quality service in complex lines of business." It has observed sustained rate increases in segments like Senior Care, Managed Care, and Hospitals within its Healthcare division. Bowhead Specialty believes its current market opportunity and differentiated expertise position it well to continue growing profitably, indicating that a continuation of these favorable market dynamics, including pricing power and strong demand for specialized coverage, will be a key revenue driver.
  3. Strategic Growth and Optimization of Distribution Partnerships: Bowhead Specialty relies on "carefully selected relationships with leading distribution partners in both the wholesale and retail markets." The company maintains a deliberate approach to building its broker network, aiming to be a "first call" for a core group of brokers. By continuing to foster these deep, longstanding relationships and strategically evaluating new opportunities to expand its network, Bowhead Specialty expects to increase the flow of business and generate higher gross written premiums.
  4. Scalability of the Remote-Friendly Operating Model and Talent Acquisition: The company's "nimble, remote-friendly organization able to attract best-in-class talent that we source nationwide" is highlighted as a competitive advantage. This operating model allows Bowhead Specialty to "scale our capabilities nimbly within lines of business that we feel align with our expertise, goals and risk appetite." This inherent flexibility in attracting top talent and expanding operations without geographical constraints directly supports the company's ability to capitalize on market opportunities and drive revenue growth.

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Inbound Investments

  • Bowhead Specialty is backed by capital provided by GPC Fund and its strategic partner, AmFam.
  • The partnership with AmFam has facilitated rapid and prudent growth, allowing for capital deployment and employee expansion as business and growth justified.

Capital Expenditures

  • Capital expenditures are primarily focused on technology investments.
  • The company has developed proprietary in-house underwriting tools, known as BRATs, and integrates customized third-party data.
  • These technology investments aim to enhance the understanding of underlying risks for each line of business and provide rapid feedback to brokers on structure and price.

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Financials

BOWKNSLSKWDRLIJRVRWRBMedian
NameBowhead .Kinsale .Skyward .RLI James Ri.WR Berkl. 
Mkt Price27.32311.3850.0554.354.1968.2752.20
Mkt Cap0.97.22.25.00.226.83.6
Rev LTM5841,9171,5661,89966714,8191,732
Op Inc LTM-------
FCF LTM3441,014421548283,353484
FCF 3Y Avg293947349532-713,365441
CFO LTM3491,063428554323,507491
CFO 3Y Avg297977354537-663,471446

Growth & Margins

BOWKNSLSKWDRLIJRVRWRBMedian
NameBowhead .Kinsale .Skyward .RLI James Ri.WR Berkl. 
Rev Chg LTM27.7%17.0%29.0%9.5%-1.8%6.2%13.3%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg-28.4%31.7%2.3%2.4%9.9%9.9%
Rev Chg Q26.8%10.2%44.4%4.0%-12.1%5.1%7.7%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM6.0%2.3%10.3%0.9%-3.0%1.2%1.8%
Op Inc Chg LTM-------
Op Inc Chg 3Y Avg-------
Op Mgn LTM-------
Op Mgn 3Y Avg-------
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM-------
CFO/Rev LTM59.8%55.4%27.3%29.2%4.8%23.7%28.2%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg67.5%60.5%28.8%30.9%-10.5%25.3%29.8%
FCF/Rev LTM58.8%52.9%26.9%28.9%4.2%22.6%27.9%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg66.5%58.8%28.5%30.6%-11.2%24.5%29.5%

Valuation

BOWKNSLSKWDRLIJRVRWRBMedian
NameBowhead .Kinsale .Skyward .RLI James Ri.WR Berkl. 
Mkt Cap0.97.22.25.00.226.83.6
P/S1.53.71.42.60.31.81.7
P/Op Inc-------
P/EBIT11.410.69.210.04.110.810.3
P/E15.413.612.512.66.714.313.1
P/CFO2.66.75.29.06.07.66.4
Total Yield6.5%7.6%8.0%12.8%16.0%9.6%8.8%
Dividend Yield0.0%0.2%0.0%4.9%1.0%2.6%0.6%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg-9.5%19.4%8.4%-45.3%13.0%9.5%
D/E0.20.00.20.11.70.10.1
Net D/E-0.8-0.4-0.6-0.3-2.8-0.9-0.7

Returns

BOWKNSLSKWDRLIJRVRWRBMedian
NameBowhead .Kinsale .Skyward .RLI James Ri.WR Berkl. 
1M Rtn-0.4%3.7%13.7%18.8%2.5%4.3%4.0%
3M Rtn20.9%-14.0%10.8%-8.2%-34.3%-0.7%-4.5%
6M Rtn-1.9%-20.4%0.7%-11.6%-37.6%0.2%-6.8%
12M Rtn-24.9%-34.1%-16.3%-20.7%-29.3%-5.0%-22.8%
3Y Rtn14.8%-11.2%99.6%-4.2%-78.2%93.7%5.3%
1M Excs Rtn-0.2%3.9%13.8%19.0%2.6%4.5%4.2%
3M Excs Rtn8.8%-26.1%-1.2%-20.3%-46.3%-12.8%-16.5%
6M Excs Rtn-5.3%-25.4%-2.5%-16.2%-41.7%-5.2%-10.8%
12M Excs Rtn-45.4%-55.5%-38.6%-42.7%-51.2%-26.6%-44.1%
3Y Excs Rtn-59.4%-86.2%38.4%-79.8%-152.5%17.8%-69.6%

Comparison Analyses

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Financials

Segment Financials

Revenue by Segment
$ Mil2025202420232022
Specialty insurance group552426283188
Total552426283188


Price Behavior

Price Behavior
Market Price$27.32 
Market Cap ($ Bil)0.9 
First Trading Date05/23/2024 
Distance from 52W High-27.2% 
   50 Days200 Days
DMA Price$25.55$25.88
DMA Trenddownup
Distance from DMA6.9%5.5%
 3M1YR
Volatility37.8%36.5%
Downside Capture-9.4855.55
Upside Capture60.376.96
Correlation (SPY)3.5%8.3%
BOW Betas & Captures as of 5/31/2026

 1M2M3M6M1Y3Y
Beta-0.620.210.550.310.40-0.03
Up Beta-0.500.460.290.550.990.03
Down Beta-2.92-3.300.11-0.27-0.280.26
Up Capture85%83%71%25%9%9%
Bmk +ve Days13283667141432
Stock +ve Days9223362121250
Down Capture-167%-10%89%57%82%60%
Bmk -ve Days7132757109318
Stock -ve Days11193062128253

[1] Upside and downside betas calculated using positive and negative benchmark daily returns respectively
Based On 1-Year Data
Annualized
Return
Annualized
Volatility
Sharpe
Ratio
Correlation
with BOW
BOW-20.6%36.7%-0.56-
Sector ETF (XLF)6.2%14.7%0.2030.0%
Equity (SPY)24.9%12.3%1.528.0%
Gold (GLD)25.5%27.4%0.81-4.2%
Commodities (DBC)30.1%19.0%1.25-12.8%
Real Estate (VNQ)13.5%13.5%0.6918.2%
Bitcoin (BTCUSD)-41.8%42.2%-1.162.6%

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Based On 5-Year Data
Annualized
Return
Annualized
Volatility
Sharpe
Ratio
Correlation
with BOW
BOW3.2%36.0%0.28-
Sector ETF (XLF)8.8%18.6%0.3533.5%
Equity (SPY)13.5%17.1%0.6118.2%
Gold (GLD)16.8%18.2%0.752.1%
Commodities (DBC)8.4%19.4%0.33-2.9%
Real Estate (VNQ)2.8%18.8%0.0525.3%
Bitcoin (BTCUSD)13.6%54.4%0.449.7%

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Based On 10-Year Data
Annualized
Return
Annualized
Volatility
Sharpe
Ratio
Correlation
with BOW
BOW1.6%36.0%0.28-
Sector ETF (XLF)12.9%22.2%0.5333.5%
Equity (SPY)15.3%17.9%0.7318.2%
Gold (GLD)12.5%16.1%0.642.1%
Commodities (DBC)6.7%18.0%0.29-2.9%
Real Estate (VNQ)5.7%20.7%0.2425.3%
Bitcoin (BTCUSD)60.2%66.8%1.009.7%

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Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date5292026
Short Interest: Shares Quantity0.8 Mil
Short Interest: % Change Since 5152026-3.0%
Average Daily Volume0.2 Mil
Days-to-Cover Short Interest3.8 days
Basic Shares Quantity32.8 Mil
Short % of Basic Shares2.3%

Earnings Returns History

Updated 6/8/2026
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 Forward Returns
Earnings Date1D Returns5D Returns21D Returns
5/5/20267.7%19.7%4.5%
2/24/2026-1.7%3.1%-9.0%
11/4/20254.5%8.9%6.7%
8/5/2025-3.9%-2.5%-3.5%
5/6/2025-0.8%-6.5%-10.9%
2/25/20256.9%9.9%30.0%
11/5/20240.4%12.0%23.7%
SUMMARY STATS   
# Positive454
# Negative323
Median Positive5.7%9.9%15.2%
Median Negative-1.7%-4.5%-9.0%
Max Positive7.7%19.7%30.0%
Max Negative-3.9%-6.5%-10.9%

SEC Filings

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Report DateFiling DateFiling
03/31/202605/05/202610-Q
12/31/202502/24/202610-K
09/30/202511/04/202510-Q
06/30/202508/05/202510-Q
03/31/202505/06/202510-Q
12/31/202402/27/202510-K
09/30/202411/05/202410-Q
06/30/202408/08/202410-Q
03/31/202405/24/2024424B4

Insider Activity

Updated 5/26/2026
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#OwnerTitleHoldingActionFiling DatePriceSharesTransacted
Value
Value of
Held Shares
Form
1Botein, Matthew See footnotesSell808202530.662,000,00061,320,000274,972,524Form
2Gallatin, Point Capital Llc See footnotesSell808202530.662,000,00061,320,000274,972,524Form
Core Cache Last Updated: 6/12/2026