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BOW (Bowhead Specialty Holdings) Beta : N/A (As of Mar. 03, 2025)


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What is Bowhead Specialty Holdings Beta?

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. As of today (2025-03-03), Bowhead Specialty Holdings's Beta is Not available.


Bowhead Specialty Holdings Beta Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bowhead Specialty Holdings's Beta can be seen below:

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Bowhead Specialty Holdings Beta Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Bowhead Specialty Holdings's Beta

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Bowhead Specialty Holdings's Beta, along with its competitors' market caps and Beta data, can be viewed below:

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Bowhead Specialty Holdings's Beta Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Bowhead Specialty Holdings's Beta distribution charts can be found below:

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Bowhead Specialty Holdings Beta Calculation

Beta is the sensitivity of the expected excess asset returns to the expected excess market returns. A stock's beta can be calculated by dividing the product of the covariance of the individual stock's returns and the market's returns by the variance of the market's returns over a specified period. Basically, GuruFocus uses the returns calculated over three-year period.


Bowhead Specialty Holdings  (NYSE:BOW) Beta Explanation

Beta is a measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or a portfolio in comparison to the market as a whole. We usually compare beta to 1. A beta of 1 indicates that the security's price will move with the market. A beta of less than 1 means that the security will be less volatile than the market. A beta of greater than 1 indicates that the security's price will be more volatile than the market.

Beta is primarily used in the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) to calculate the Cost of Equity, which can be used in the calculation of WACC %. The formula of Cost of Equity is:
Cost of Equity = Risk-Free Rate of Return + Beta of Asset * (Expected Return of the Market - Risk-Free Rate of Return)


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Bowhead Specialty Holdings Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1411 Broadway, Suite 3800, New York, NY, USA, 10018
Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc is engaged in providing specialty P&C products. It is a specialty insurance group that generates revenues by underwriting and offering a variety of specialty insurance products to domestic markets through three distinct underwriting divisions: Casualty, Professional Liability and Healthcare. Casualty specialize in GL coverage for risks in the construction, distribution, heavy manufacturing, real estate and hospitality segments and also consider underwriting risks in a broader range of industries. Key revenue is generated from Casualty segment.