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BuyPremium GrowerAI concernBowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. · Financial Services · United States · $1.1B cap · $8.3M/day traded
$34.14 +0.3% · close 26 Oct · scored 27 Oct
Premium Grower: Strong business with the market behind it, priced at a premium.
Strong on the numbers, but the AI review named a specific concern. Its reason is in the AI review below.
Report expected 3 Nov: the next-year EPS estimate has risen 1.6% over the last 14 weeks.
As of 27 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. (BOW) is 71/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 54, Value 33, Momentum 79, each scored against its sector).
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Bowhead Specialty has agreed to be acquired by American Family in a transaction valued at about $1.2 billion, and the company cancelled its earnings call after announcing the merger agreement. With an agreed cash takeover price, the upside for shareholders is essentially capped at the deal terms, while the main remaining risk is the deal failing to close.
ABOUT BOWHEAD SPECIALTY HOLDINGS INC.
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Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. is a specialty property and casualty insurer focused on writing niche, complex risks in the excess and surplus (E&S) lines market. The company maintains a competitive edge through disciplined, data-driven underwriting and deep relationships with specialty wholesale brokers. It operates as a highly agile, niche player positioned to capitalize on hard market conditions in specialty commercial insurance.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM | 2026E | 2027E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 187.6M | 283.4M | 425.6M | 551.5M | 43.3% | 615.2M | 682.8M | 821.2M | 22.0% |
| EPS | 0.36 | 0.79 | 1.17 | 1.64 | 66.3% | 1.85 | 2.00 | 2.44 | 21.9% |
| Shares | 31.5M | 31.5M | 32.7M | 32.8M | +4.0% | 32.9M | — | — | — |
| Debt | — | — | — | 146.4M | — | 148.9M | — | — | — |
| Equity | 83.4M | 192.1M | 370.4M | 449.3M | 75.3% | — | — | — | — |
| Op CF | 181.6M | 236.2M | 294.3M | 331.6M | 22.2% | 334.2M | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | -187.5M | -274.8M | -325.9M | -464.4M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | -1.0M | 77.7M | 133.9M | 144.5M | — | — | — | — | — |
Above its 200-day average and 3% below its 52-week high.
Calmer than 64% of stocks we rank over the past year (34% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Financial Services, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of BOW are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOW | Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc.(you) | $1.1B | 71 | Buy |
| ASIC | Ategrity Specialty Insurance Co | $1.2B | 70 | Buy |
| DGICB | Donegal Group Inc. | $890M | 77 | Buy |
| SAFT | Safety Insurance Group, Inc. | $1.5B | 76 | Buy |
| HMN | Horace Mann Educators Corporation | $1.9B | 75 | Buy |
| PRCH | Porch Group, Inc. | $2.0B | 68 | Buy |
| HIPO | Hippo Holdings Inc. | $1.0B | 88 | Strong Buy |
| ACIC | American Coastal Insurance Corporation | $524M | 76 | Buy |
| UFCS | United Fire Group, Inc. | $1.5B | 86 | Strong Buy |
| GBLI | Global Indemnity Group, LLC | $353M | 71 | Buy |
Peer medians: ROE 9.6% · P/E 13.0x · Gross margin 75.7%
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