BOW vs. MCY, SPNT, PLMR, FIHL, HG, SKWD, HMN, LMND, SAFT, and EIG
Should you be buying Bowhead Specialty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bowhead Specialty include Mercury General (MCY), SiriusPoint (SPNT), Palomar (PLMR), Fidelis Insurance (FIHL), Hamilton Insurance Group (HG), Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD), Horace Mann Educators (HMN), Lemonade (LMND), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), and Employers (EIG). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Mercury General (NYSE:MCY) and Bowhead Specialty (NYSE:BOW) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
Mercury General received 241 more outperform votes than Bowhead Specialty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 50.73% of users gave Mercury General an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Bowhead Specialty an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Bowhead Specialty had 1 more articles in the media than Mercury General. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Bowhead Specialty and 0 mentions for Mercury General. Bowhead Specialty's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Mercury General's score of 0.00 indicating that Mercury General is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Mercury General currently has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential downside of 37.50%. Bowhead Specialty has a consensus price target of $29.20, suggesting a potential upside of 16.85%. Given Mercury General's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bowhead Specialty is more favorable than Mercury General.
Mercury General has higher revenue and earnings than Bowhead Specialty.
42.4% of Mercury General shares are held by institutional investors. 35.5% of Mercury General shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Mercury General has a net margin of 4.48% compared to Mercury General's net margin of 0.00%. Bowhead Specialty's return on equity of 9.85% beat Mercury General's return on equity.
Summary
Mercury General beats Bowhead Specialty on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
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