Bowhead Specialty vs Kingsway
BOW and KWY side by side, both in fire, marine, and casualty insurance. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BOW and KWY compare
Bowhead Specialty is the larger company, worth 4.3 times as much as Kingsway ($1.1B against $261M).
Bowhead Specialty grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (25.0% versus 23.6% for Kingsway).
Bowhead Specialty scores higher on the StockData Score (6 against 3 for Kingsway), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BOW | KWY |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $1.1B | $261M |
| Share price | $34.13 | $9.01 |
| Change, 1 year | 27.5% | −29.3% |
| Change, 5 years | – | 65.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.33 | 0.56 |
| Employees | 296 | 239 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 (better) | 3 |
| Valuation score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 18.4× | – |
| P/S | 1.8× | 1.7× (better) |
| P/B | 2.4× (better) | 26.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.1× (better) | 23.9× |
| P/FCF | 3.4× | – |
| PEG | 0.37 | – |
| FCF yield | 29.2% | – |
| Fair value | $26.38 | – |
| Margin of safety | −29.4% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 25.0% (better) | 23.6% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 17.2% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 25.7% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 26.7% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | – | 0.71% |
| Net margin | 10.1% | – |
| FCF margin | 53.5% | – |
| Return on equity | 14.1% | – |
| Return on invested capital | – | 6.6% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 1.81 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 0.83 |
| Interest coverage | – | 0.2× |
| Current ratio | – | 0.92 |
| Altman Z-score | 0.61 (better) | −0.89 |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | – | 0.00% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 92.7% | 41.8% |
| Held by insiders | 76.6% | 58.9% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$3.8M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 19.6% | 10.5% |
Go deeper
- BOW stock overview
- BOW income statement
- BOW valuation and score
- KWY stock overview
- KWY income statement
- KWY valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.