Bowhead Specialty (BOW) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BOW or GSHD?

Goosehead Insurance received 275 more outperform votes than Bowhead Specialty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.83% of users gave Goosehead Insurance an outperform vote while only 53.33% of users gave Bowhead Specialty an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bowhead Specialty	Outperform Votes 8 53.33%	Underperform Votes 7 46.67%
Goosehead Insurance	Outperform Votes 283 59.83%	Underperform Votes 190 40.17%

Does the media refer more to BOW or GSHD?

In the previous week, Bowhead Specialty had 1 more articles in the media than Goosehead Insurance. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Bowhead Specialty and 8 mentions for Goosehead Insurance. Goosehead Insurance's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Bowhead Specialty's score of 0.69 indicating that Goosehead Insurance is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bowhead Specialty	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Goosehead Insurance	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BOW or GSHD?

Goosehead Insurance has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Bowhead Specialty.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bowhead Specialty	$425.59M	3.24	N/A	N/A	N/A
Goosehead Insurance	$314.51M	13.97	$14.14M	$1.15	102.96

Do analysts rate BOW or GSHD?

Bowhead Specialty presently has a consensus target price of $33.60, indicating a potential downside of 20.50%. Goosehead Insurance has a consensus target price of $109.10, indicating a potential downside of 7.85%. Given Goosehead Insurance's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Goosehead Insurance is more favorable than Bowhead Specialty.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Bowhead Specialty	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Goosehead Insurance	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Is BOW or GSHD more profitable?

Goosehead Insurance has a net margin of 6.77% compared to Bowhead Specialty's net margin of 0.00%. Goosehead Insurance's return on equity of 284.41% beat Bowhead Specialty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bowhead Specialty	N/A	N/A	N/A
Goosehead Insurance	6.77%	284.41%	5.53%

Summary

Goosehead Insurance beats Bowhead Specialty on 9 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.