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Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. (BOW)

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Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. (BOW) reported revenue of $164 million for Q2 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 June 2026, up 23.0% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $16 million, up 30.8% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $0.48. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 3 August 2026.

Revenue$164 millionup 23.0%
Net income$16 millionup 30.8%
Diluted EPS$0.48
QuarterQ2 FY2026ended 30 June 2026

Bowhead Specialty Holdings (BOW) in brief

Bowhead Specialty Holdings (BOW) reported revenue of $552 million for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 29.6% on the year before.
Read moreNet income was $54 million and diluted earnings per share $1.59. Revenue was $426 million in fiscal 2024, $283 million in fiscal 2023 and $188 million in fiscal 2022. Net income in the same years was $38 million, $25 million and $11 million. Over the twelve months to 30 June 2026, Bowhead Specialty Holdings reported revenue of $615 million and net income of $62 million. Bowhead Specialty Holdings had 33 million shares outstanding at the latest filed count. At the close of 29 October 2026 the market cap of Bowhead Specialty Holdings was $1.1 billion, 18.5 times its earnings over the last twelve months.

Ratios

From the filings

ROE13.2%
ROCE12.6%
Operating margin12.7%
Net margin10.1%
FCF margin53.5%
Interest cover9.85
Debt to equity0.31
Cash conversion5.38
Share count, last 12 months0.5%
Sales CAGR, 3 years43.3%
Profit CAGR, 3 years68.4%
EPS, TTM$1.85

At the close of 29 October 2026

Price$34.19
Market cap$1.1 billion
Stock P/E18.48
Price to book2.38
EV / EBITDA14.05
Dividend yieldn/a
Market cap / sales1.83
52-week high$34.29
52-week low$21.44
Price, 1 year41.8%
Price CAGR, 3 yearsn/a
Price CAGR, 5 yearsn/a
Worked from the filed figures; hover a name for the formula.
Read moreThe priced ones use the latest price, the last regular-hours trade on IEX. Debt to equity here stands on long-term debt as Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. files it, with lease liabilities counted separately and never inside it. Nothing here is a valuation or a view.
BOWgreeksoup.ai
Daily prices to 29 October 2026, adjusted for splits; from 28 September 2026 each day's price is the last regular-hours trade on IEX.
Read moreData provided for free by IEX. By accessing or using IEX Historical Data, you agree to the IEX Historical Data Terms of Use. Day by day for the last three years; before that one point a week, carrying the week's last close and its average daily volume, so a volume bar means the same thing across the whole series; the bars sit under the price on their own scale, on the right. The moving averages need consecutive days and are drawn from the daily part. P/E is the close over the trailing four quarters' EPS as filed at each filing date, on the current share count; the dashed line is the median over the range shown. Sales and margin are quarterly revenue and the operating margin from the tables above. EV/EBITDA, price to book and market cap to sales use the latest filed balance sheet and share count at each date. Before the quarters on file begin, P/E, price to book and market cap to sales stand on each annual report from the day it was filed. Drawn in your browser; the range and overlay you pick are remembered here only.

The public record on BOW

Dividendsno dividend in its filings for fiscal 2022 onward
Filings15 in twelve months: 8 current reports (8-K), about 4 material agreement; 4 results of operations; 3 regulation FD disclosure; 2 officer or director change; 1 other events
Planned insider salesno Form 144 notice in twelve months
Options tapeno listed options
13F holders174 funds reported a position for the quarter to 30 June 2026; largest Gallatin Point Capital LLC
Insider trading0 sales and 0 purchases on Form 4 in twelve months
Congress0 House trades disclosed in six months
Short interest956,093 shares short, 3.96 days to cover at 15 October 2026
Documentsthe 10-K, the 10-Qs, the proxy and 4 earnings press releases, each linked

Quarterly results, the last 12 quarters

Q2 FY2023Q3 FY2023Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 *Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026
Revenue65.576.190.798.9117119123133144152156164
Operating income8.511.39.17.415.818.214.515.919.117.820.620.7
Operating margin13%15%10%7%14%15%12%12%13%12%13%13%
Interest expense0.00.00.00.20.30.20.20.30.31.23.23.3
Pre-tax income8.511.39.17.415.818.214.515.919.117.820.620.7
Tax rate23%23%23%25%24%25%21%22%21%17%22%22%
Net income6.68.77.05.512.113.611.412.315.214.816.016.1
Net margin10%11%8%6%10%11%9%9%11%10%10%10%
Diluted EPS$0.27$0.36$0.29$0.20$0.36$0.41$0.34$0.36$0.45$0.44$0.48$0.48
Operating cash flown/a88.341.971.511961.447.710911560.165.593.9
Capital expendituren/a1.10.80.81.00.51.21.61.31.51.31.4
Free cash flown/a87.241.170.711860.946.510711358.664.292.5
Shares outstanding33m33m33m33m33m33m33m33m33m33m33m33m
Filing10-Q10-Q10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Income statement (profit and loss), 4 fiscal years and the trailing twelve months

FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Revenue188283426552615
Operating income14.732.150.567.378.1
Operating margin7.8%11.3%11.9%12.2%12.7%
Interest expense0.00.00.72.07.9
Pre-tax income14.732.150.567.378.1
Income tax3.47.112.313.516.0
Effective tax rate23.2%22.0%24.3%20.1%20.4%
Net income11.325.038.253.862.2
Net margin6.0%8.8%9.0%9.8%10.1%
Diluted EPS$0.47$1.04$1.29$1.59$1.85
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K
From each year's 10-K, linked; TTM is the last four quarters.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow and capital returned

Follow the cashA discounted cash flow: five years of free cash flow, added up in today's moneyNot for Bowhead Specialty Holdings: an insurer's operating cash flow includes premiums it holds to pay claims later, so it is not cash the owners can take out. Book value and return on equity, in the ratios above, are the usual measures for it.

FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Operating cash flow182236294332334
Capital expenditure4.03.83.15.65.4
Free cash flow178232291326329
Free cash flow margin94.7%82.0%68.4%59.1%53.5%
Cash from investing-187-275-326-464-478
Cash from financing-1.077.7134145142
Depreciation and amortisation0.72.33.91.82.4
Share-based compensation0.40.74.17.211.1
Diluted shares, weighted24m24m30m34m34m
Shares outstanding at period endn/a24m33m33m33m
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K
Cash paid in the year, from the cash flow statement.
Read moreThe dividend per share is as declared. Diluted shares are the weighted average for the year; a falling count is the buybacks net of issuance. TTM sums the last four quarters; the share counts are the latest quarter's.

Balance sheet at year end

FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Funded by
Shareholders' equityn/a192370448472
Redeemable equity0.00.00.31.01.6
Debtn/an/a0.0146147
Other liabilitiesn/a8361,2841,7762,061
Total liabilities and equityn/a1,0281,6542,3712,681
Owned
Fixed assetsn/a7.66.810.612.0
Securities held for sale or to maturityn/a5558801,3711,585
Cash and equivalents64.711897.5194142
Other assetsn/a348670796942
Total assetsn/a1,0281,6542,3712,681
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K
At the fiscal year end; the TTM column is the latest quarter end.
Read moreBoth totals are the company's own. Other liabilities is the filed total less the rows above it: payables, deferred revenue, taxes, borrowings the rows above do not carry and the rest; other assets is the same on the other side. Investments add the current and non-current lines as filed. Debt is the company's own stated total where it files one, otherwise its long-term debt with the current maturities, never parts added together. A row is left blank in a year where the lines shown overlap and the remainder would fall below nil.

Compounded growth

10 years5 years3 yearsTTM
Sales growth, compoundedn/an/a43.3%25.0%
Profit growth, compoundedn/an/a68.4%25.7%
Return on equity, averagen/an/a11.8%12.0%
Yearly growth, compounded; TTM is the last four quarters against the four before.
Read moreReturn on equity is net income over shareholders' equity at each year end, averaged over the window (the TTM column is the latest year alone); equity is the parent's shareholders' equity as tagged in the 10-K. Arithmetic on filed numbers, nothing forecast.

Questions

What was Bowhead Specialty Holdings' revenue in fiscal 2025?

Bowhead Specialty Holdings (BOW) reported revenue of $552 million for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 29.6% on the year before.

How much did Bowhead Specialty Holdings earn in fiscal 2025?

Net income was $54 million for fiscal 2025, and diluted earnings per share $1.59.

What is Bowhead Specialty Holdings' P/E ratio?

At the close of 29 October 2026, Bowhead Specialty Holdings traded at 18.5 times its earnings over the twelve months to 30 June 2026.

What is Bowhead Specialty Holdings' market cap?

The market cap of Bowhead Specialty Holdings was $1.1 billion at the close of 29 October 2026.

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44 companies share its SEC industry code (Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance); the rest are the names nearest in size in its wider industry, Insurance, one of the Fama-French 48 industries, a published grouping of SEC industry codes.
Read moreBy market capitalisation; a click on a heading sorts by it, largest first, and a second click turns it round. Each figure is the same arithmetic as the ratio box above, on each company's own filings and latest close; a name marked * is a foreign company that files once a year, on its latest fiscal year.

Filings

FilingPeriodFiledWhere
10-Q30 June 20263 August 2026EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20265 May 2026EDGAR
10-K31 December 202524 February 2026EDGAR
10-Q30 September 20254 November 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 June 20255 August 2025EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20256 May 2025EDGAR
10-K31 December 202427 February 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 September 20245 November 2024EDGAR
10-Q30 June 20248 August 2024EDGAR