Bowhead Specialty (BOW) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate BOW or BWIN?

Bowhead Specialty currently has a consensus price target of $37.17, indicating a potential downside of 7.41%. The Baldwin Insurance Group has a consensus price target of $45.29, indicating a potential upside of 7.49%. Given The Baldwin Insurance Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe The Baldwin Insurance Group 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)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
The Baldwin Insurance Group	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BOW or BWIN?

Bowhead Specialty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Baldwin Insurance Group.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Bowhead Specialty	$425.59M	3.08	N/A	N/A	N/A
The Baldwin Insurance Group	$1.38B	3.60	-$90.14M	-$0.39	-108.03

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BOW or BWIN?

77.5% of The Baldwin Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.1% of The Baldwin Insurance Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BOW or BWIN?

The Baldwin Insurance Group received 1 more outperform votes than Bowhead Specialty when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.89% of users gave Bowhead Specialty an outperform vote while only 54.55% of users gave The Baldwin Insurance Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Bowhead Specialty	Outperform Votes 11 57.89%	Underperform Votes 8 42.11%
The Baldwin Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 12 54.55%	Underperform Votes 10 45.45%

Does the media prefer BOW or BWIN?

In the previous week, The Baldwin Insurance Group had 2 more articles in the media than Bowhead Specialty. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for The Baldwin Insurance Group and 15 mentions for Bowhead Specialty. The Baldwin Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Bowhead Specialty's score of 0.82 indicating that The Baldwin Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Bowhead Specialty	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
The Baldwin Insurance Group	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BOW or BWIN more profitable?

Bowhead Specialty has a net margin of 0.00% compared to The Baldwin Insurance Group's net margin of -2.89%. The Baldwin Insurance Group's return on equity of 10.57% beat Bowhead Specialty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Bowhead Specialty	N/A	N/A	N/A
The Baldwin Insurance Group	-2.89%	10.57%	3.10%

Summary

The Baldwin Insurance Group beats Bowhead Specialty on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.