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Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. (BOW)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc.

Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. provides commercial specialty property and casualty insurance products, focusing on casualty, professional liability, and healthcare liability risks. The company serves a diverse range of policyholders varying in size, industry, and complexity through two underwriting models: a craft model for large, complex risks and a digital model for smaller, simpler risks. Bowhead distributes its products primarily through wholesale and retail channels and operates across the United States, including admitted and non-admitted markets.

Snapshot

Revenue
$551.6M
Revenue growth (YoY)
29.6%
Net income
$53.8M
Diluted EPS
$1.59
Gross margin
Operating margin
Net margin
9.8%
FCF margin
59.1%
ROE
12.0%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
18.2×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$1.11B
Long-term debt / equity
0.33×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Bowhead Specialty Holdings

  • Revenue grew 29.6% to $552M in FY2025, slower than the 50.2% the year before.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $164M, up 23.0% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $326M in FY2025, 59.1% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 40.6% to $54M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Bowhead Specialty Holdings’s fundamentals sit among the 88 insurance companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Net margin9.8%
41st percentile of 82
FCF margin59.1%
98th percentile of 55
Revenue growth (YoY)+29.6%
83rd percentile of 88
ROE12.0%
46th percentile of 73
P/E18.2×
73rd percentile of 72
Long-term debt / equity0.33×
62nd percentile of 48
Short interest1.00d
1st percentile of 87

Bowhead Specialty Holdings’s FCF margin of 59.1% ranks in the 98th percentile of the 55 insurance companies reporting it.

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Percentiles describe where a figure sits among industry peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 6 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+6 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
2
0 new, 2 added
Reduced / exited
4
4 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$23.4M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$12.4M415.2KReduced
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$5.1M171.1KAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$2.2M72.6KReduced
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$1.8M58.8KReduced
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$1.4M48.1KReduced
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$447,06414.9KAdded

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
573.7K
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-17.6%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
1.00
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
652.4K
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-14573.7K-17.6%1.00
2026-07-31696.3K+6.3%5.08
2026-07-15654.9K-9.7%3.46
2026-06-30724.9K-5.0%3.20
2026-06-15762.6K+0.7%4.69
2026-05-29757.3K-3.0%3.80
2026-05-15781.0K+9.9%2.60
2026-04-30710.4K-3.1%4.70

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$551.6M$425.7M$283.4M$187.6M
Gross profit
Operating income
Net income$53.8M$38.2M$25.0M$11.3M
Diluted EPS$1.59$1.29$1.04$0.47

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Cash and equivalents$193.5M$97.5M$118.1M$64.7M
Current assets
Total assets$2.37B$1.65B$1.03B
Current liabilities
Long-term debt$146.4M$0
Total liabilities$1.92B$1.28B$835.8M
Total equity$448.3M$370.2M$192.1M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Operating cash flow$331.6M$294.3M$236.2M$181.6M
Capital expenditure$5.6M$3.1M$3.8M$4.0M
Free cash flow$326.0M$291.2M$232.4M$177.7M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$163.9M23.0%$16.1M$0.48
Q1 FY2026$155.7M26.9%$16.0M$0.48
Q4 FY2025$151.7M27.1%$14.8M$0.44
Q3 FY2025$143.9M23.3%$15.2M$0.45
Q2 FY2025$133.3M34.7%$12.3M$0.36
Q1 FY2025$122.7M35.3%$11.4M$0.34
Q4 FY2024$119.3M44.1%$13.6M$0.40
Q3 FY2024$116.8M53.4%$12.1M$0.36

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorFinancials
SIC industryFire, Marine & Casualty Insurance
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2023
SEC CIK2002473

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-02-24
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10-Q2026-08-03
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10-Q2026-05-05
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10-Q2025-11-04
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8-K2026-08-19
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8-K2026-08-03
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8-K2026-05-05
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8-K2026-02-24
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.