Bowhead Specialty (BOW) Competitors

F&G Annuities & Life (NYSE:FG) and Bowhead Specialty (NYSE:BOW) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Is FG or BOW more profitable?

F&G Annuities & Life has a net margin of 9.90% compared to Bowhead Specialty's net margin of 9.32%. F&G Annuities & Life's return on equity of 12.89% beat Bowhead Specialty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
F&G Annuities & Life	9.90%	12.89%	0.65%
Bowhead Specialty	9.32%	12.52%	2.89%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FG or BOW?

95.9% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of F&G Annuities & Life shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, FG or BOW?

F&G Annuities & Life has higher revenue and earnings than Bowhead Specialty. F&G Annuities & Life 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
F&G Annuities & Life	$4.76B	0.88	$639M	$3.77	8.21
Bowhead Specialty	$457.72M	2.42	$38.24M	$1.31	25.79

Does the media prefer FG or BOW?

In the previous week, F&G Annuities & Life had 3 more articles in the media than Bowhead Specialty. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for F&G Annuities & Life and 3 mentions for Bowhead Specialty. Bowhead Specialty's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat F&G Annuities & Life's score of -0.13 indicating that Bowhead Specialty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
F&G Annuities & Life	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Bowhead Specialty	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer FG or BOW?

F&G Annuities & Life presently has a consensus target price of $43.33, suggesting a potential upside of 39.96%. Bowhead Specialty has a consensus target price of $39.67, suggesting a potential upside of 17.39%. Given F&G Annuities & Life's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe F&G Annuities & Life is more favorable than Bowhead Specialty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
F&G Annuities & Life	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Bowhead Specialty	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has more risk and volatility, FG or BOW?

F&G Annuities & Life has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bowhead Specialty has a beta of -0.6, indicating that its share price is 160% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

F&G Annuities & Life beats Bowhead Specialty on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.