Bowhead Specialty vs Employers
BOW and EIG 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 EIG compare
Bowhead Specialty is the larger company, worth 1.4 times as much as Employers ($1.1B against $830M).
Bowhead Specialty grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (25.0% versus −13.0% for Employers).
Bowhead Specialty keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 10.1% compared with 3.5% at Employers.
Employers pays a dividend yielding 2.8%; Bowhead Specialty does not pay one.
Employers scores higher on the StockData Score (7 against 6 for Bowhead Specialty), 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 | EIG |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $1.1B | $830M |
| Share price | $34.16 | $47.33 |
| Change, 1 year | 28.8% | 22.3% |
| Change, 5 years | – | 22.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.33 | 0.37 |
| Employees | 296 | 623 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 | 7 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 18.5× | – |
| P/S | 1.8× | 1.1× (better) |
| P/B | 2.4× | 1.1× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.1× (better) | 16.1× |
| P/FCF | 3.4× | – |
| PEG | 0.37 | – |
| FCF yield | 29.2% | – |
| Fair value | $26.27 | – |
| Margin of safety | −30.0% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 25.0% (better) | −13.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 3.8% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 25.7% (better) | −56.0% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 26.7% | – |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | −35.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 10.1% (better) | 3.5% |
| FCF margin | 53.5% | – |
| Return on equity | 14.1% (better) | 3.0% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | −1.93 |
| Altman Z-score | 0.61 | 1.08 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 2.8% |
| Payout ratio | – | 94.2% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 2 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 4.7% |
| Buyback yield | – | 26.6% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 29.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 92.7% | 84.6% |
| Held by insiders | 76.6% | 3.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$296K |
| Short interest, % of float | 19.6% | 5.7% |
Go deeper
- BOW stock overview
- BOW income statement
- BOW valuation and score
- EIG stock overview
- EIG income statement
- EIG valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.