BOW Stock — Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc.

Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. (BOW)

Updated October 16, 2026.

BOW is a Stock. Total return is 43.7% over the past 2.4 years, 5.7 points behind SPY at 49.4%.

Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. is a commercial specialty property and casualty insurance underwriter that provides casualty, professional liability, crime, cyber, and healthcare solutions to customers in construction, distribution, manufacturing, real estate, hospitality, and financial services sectors, along with a technology-powered operation for small to mid-sized risks. The company does not currently have an established distribution schedule. This business appeals to investors seeking exposure to the specialty insurance sector.

BOW performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 43.7% over the past 2.4 years, 5.7 points behind SPY at 49.4%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 36.4%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 26.3%.

BOW key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

05/23/2024

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$34.19 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$1,126,346,710

Average volume

271698.0

Beta

-0.077

Payout ratio

0.0%

P/E ratio

18.48

Forward P/E

13.8122

EPS

$1.85

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

BOW risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 26.3%.

Who may consider BOW — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (BOW does not currently distribute); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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