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Bowhead Specialty (BOW) Competitors

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$33.16 +0.54 (+1.66%)
As of 01/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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BOW vs. GSHD, OSCR, HGTY, NMIH, CS, BHF, PLMR, ALHC, SPNT, and LMND

Should you be buying Bowhead Specialty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bowhead Specialty include Goosehead Insurance (GSHD), Oscar Health (OSCR), Hagerty (HGTY), NMI (NMIH), Credit Suisse Group (CS), Brighthouse Financial (BHF), Palomar (PLMR), Alignment Healthcare (ALHC), SiriusPoint (SPNT), and Lemonade (LMND). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Bowhead Specialty vs.

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

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
Goosehead Insurance6.77% 284.41% 5.53%
Bowhead Specialty N/A N/A N/A

Goosehead Insurance received 274 more outperform votes than Bowhead Specialty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.91% of users gave Goosehead Insurance an outperform vote while only 50.00% of users gave Bowhead Specialty an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Goosehead InsuranceOutperform Votes
281
59.91%
Underperform Votes
188
40.09%
Bowhead SpecialtyOutperform Votes
7
50.00%
Underperform Votes
7
50.00%

Goosehead Insurance has higher revenue and earnings than Bowhead Specialty.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Goosehead Insurance$261.28M15.67$14.14M$0.72153.27
Bowhead SpecialtyN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, Goosehead Insurance had 1 more articles in the media than Bowhead Specialty. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Goosehead Insurance and 3 mentions for Bowhead Specialty. Bowhead Specialty's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Goosehead Insurance's score of 0.33 indicating that Bowhead Specialty is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Goosehead Insurance
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Bowhead Specialty
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Goosehead Insurance currently has a consensus price target of $99.20, indicating a potential downside of 10.10%. Bowhead Specialty has a consensus price target of $33.60, indicating a potential upside of 1.32%. Given Bowhead Specialty's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bowhead Specialty is more favorable than Goosehead Insurance.

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

Summary

Goosehead Insurance beats Bowhead Specialty on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BOW vs. The Competition

MetricBowhead SpecialtyFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.04B$42.86B$11.31B$19.32B
Dividend YieldN/A6.72%5.85%3.72%
P/E RatioN/A8.7723.5736.17
Price / SalesN/A6.9828.5617.06
Price / CashN/A17.9117.2719.84
Price / BookN/A2.242.655.76
Net IncomeN/A$4.03B$1.04B$993.25M
7 Day Performance4.15%3.88%3.08%3.26%
1 Month Performance-3.32%-0.37%1.54%5.71%
1 Year PerformanceN/A50.37%14.66%18.85%

Bowhead Specialty Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BOW
Bowhead Specialty
1.3361 of 5 stars
$33.16
+1.7%
$33.60
+1.3%
N/A$1.04BN/A0.00193Short Interest ↑
GSHD
Goosehead Insurance
3.3652 of 5 stars
$103.63
+5.1%
$99.20
-4.3%
+48.0%$3.85B$283.60M143.931,430
OSCR
Oscar Health
3.8674 of 5 stars
$13.99
-1.3%
$21.56
+54.1%
+44.3%$3.46B$8.22B-233.132,710News Coverage
HGTY
Hagerty
2.8495 of 5 stars
$9.29
-1.2%
$11.00
+18.4%
+23.8%$3.17B$1.16B84.451,732News Coverage
NMIH
NMI
3.1018 of 5 stars
$35.21
+1.0%
$42.00
+19.3%
+27.3%$2.79B$635.85M8.06234
CS
Credit Suisse Group
N/A$0.89
flat
N/AN/A$2.77B$22.88B1.3750,480Analyst Forecast
BHF
Brighthouse Financial
3.5892 of 5 stars
$46.45
+1.6%
$51.38
+10.6%
+1.1%$2.76B$4.65B-2.281,500Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
PLMR
Palomar
2.3291 of 5 stars
$101.89
+0.4%
$115.50
+13.4%
+78.9%$2.70B$503.54M24.20150
ALHC
Alignment Healthcare
0.7365 of 5 stars
$13.41
+12.9%
$11.38
-15.2%
+95.7%$2.57B$2.47B-17.42850Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SPNT
SiriusPoint
2.2918 of 5 stars
$14.40
-0.1%
N/A+34.8%$2.33B$2.61B9.061,063Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
LMND
Lemonade
3.6233 of 5 stars
$30.75
-4.8%
$32.67
+6.2%
+104.9%$2.20B$493.20M-10.121,258

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