BOW (Bowhead Specialty Holdings) Moat Score : 2/10 (As of Jul. 22, 2025)

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What is Bowhead Specialty Holdings Moat Score?

Bowhead Specialty Holdings has the Moat Score of 2, which implies that the company might have No Moat - Very weak/transient advantages.

Bowhead Specialty Holdings has No Moat: Bowhead operates in a competitive insurance market with no significant market leadership or customer switching costs. The company lacks proprietary technology, strong brand strength, and regulatory advantages, resulting in a weak competitive position.

Moat Score is a ranking system developed by GuruFocus to assess a company's ability to sustain a competitive advantage, rated on a scale from 0 to 10. It takes into account key factors such as market leadership, cost advantages, network effects, customer switching costs, and more.

The company's Moat Score is based on these criteria:

1. Market leadership and sustainable market share
2. Network effects and significant customer switching costs
3. Valuable intellectual property and patents
4. Strong brand strength and deep customer loyalty
5. Durable cost advantages (e.g., economies of scale, proprietary technology)
6. Significant regulatory barriers and exclusive licenses
7. Superior distribution network
8. Strong and sustainable pricing power
9. Consistent and impactful innovation and R&D capabilities

Based on the research, GuruFocus believes Bowhead Specialty Holdings might have No Moat - Very weak/transient advantages.

Competitive Comparison of Bowhead Specialty Holdings's Moat Score

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

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Bowhead Specialty Holdings's Moat Score Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

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Bowhead Specialty Holdings (NYSE:BOW) Moat Score Explanation

The Moat Score ranges from 0 to 10, with 10 as the highest. GuruFocus divided Moat Score into following 8 categories:

Moat Score	Moat Level
10	Wide Moat - Exceptionally dominant and durable wide moat
8 - 9	Wide Moat - Clear and robust wide moat
7	Wide Moat - Entry-level wide moat, clearly possessing durable advantages
6	Narrow Moat - Strong narrow moat, clearly distinguishable but not wide
5	Narrow Moat - Solid narrow moat
4	Narrow Moat - Discernible but modest moat
1 - 3	No Moat - Very weak/transient advantages
0	No Moat - No discernible moat

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Bowhead Specialty Holdings Business Description

Industry

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Address

452 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10018

Website

https://www.bowheadspecialty.com

Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc offers commercial specialty property and casualty insurance products. The company offers underwriting solutions to various businesses across four underwriting divisions, which include Casualty, Professional Liability, Healthcare Liability, and Baleen Specialty. A majority of its revenue is generated from the Casualty division which specializes in general liability coverage, which protects a company against liability arising from bodily injury, personal injury or property damage, for risks in the construction, distribution, heavy manufacturing, real estate, public entity and hospitality segments and also considers underwriting risks in a broader range of industries. Geographically, the company operates in the United States.