Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc.

NYSE:BOW Stock Report

Market Cap: US$822.2m

Bowhead Specialty Holdings Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Bowhead Specialty Holdings' CEO is Stephen Sills, appointed in Sep 2020, has a tenure of 5.33 years. total yearly compensation is $4.68M, comprised of 14.3% salary and 85.7% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 4.04% of the company’s shares, worth $33.20M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 3.3 years and 1.7 years respectively.

Key information

Stephen Sills

Chief executive officer

US$4.7m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage14.30%
CEO tenure5.3yrs
CEO ownership4.0%
Management average tenure3.3yrs
Board average tenure1.7yrs

Recent management updates

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CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Stephen Sills's remuneration changed compared to Bowhead Specialty Holdings's earnings?
DateTotal CompensationSalaryCompany Earnings
Sep 30 2025n/an/a

US$53m

Jun 30 2025n/an/a

US$49m

Mar 31 2025n/an/a

US$43m

Dec 31 2024US$5mUS$669k

US$38m

Compensation vs Market: Stephen's total compensation ($USD4.68M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD3.31M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Insufficient data to compare Stephen's compensation with company performance.

CEO

Stephen Sills (77 yo)

5.3yrs
Tenure
US$4,678,933
Compensation

Mr. Stephen Jay Sills is the Founder of Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. He serves as CEO at Bowhead Insurance Company, Inc. and serves as its Treasurer and Director. He serves as Chief Executive Officer, P...

Leadership Team

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Stephen Sills
Founder5.3yrsUS$4.68m4.04%
$ 33.2m
Brad Mulcahey
CFO & Treasurer3.3yrsUS$932.52k0.23%
$ 1.9m
David Newman
Chief Underwriting Officer2yrsUS$1.37mno data
Steven Feltner
Chief Operating Officerno datano datano data
Shirley Yap
Chief Accounting Officer & Head of IRno datano data0.17%
$ 1.4m
Bob Spina
Chief Information Officerno datano datano data
H. Crusey
General Counsel & Secretaryno datano datano data
Anna Romano
Head of Marketingno datano datano data
Joshua Hyman
Head of Human Resourcesno datano datano data
Brandon Mezick
Head of Digital Underwritingno datano datano data
Patricia Fitzgerald
Head of Distributionno datano datano data
Dan Gamble
Head of Professional Liabilityno datano datano data
3.3yrs
Average Tenure
69yo
Average Age

Experienced Management: BOW's management team is considered experienced (3.3 years average tenure).

Board Members

NamePositionTenureCompensationOwnership
Stephen Sills
Founder5.3yrsUS$4.68m4.04%
$ 33.2m
David Foy
Independent Director1.7yrsUS$209.99kno data
Matthew Botein
Chairman of the Board1.7yrsno datano data
Angela Brock-Kyle
Independent Director1.7yrsUS$159.99k0.071%
$ 585.0k
Fabian Fondriest
Director1.7yrsUS$459.99k0.037%
$ 300.9k
Price Lowenstein
Directorless than a yearno datano data
David Holman
Director1.7yrsno datano data
Ava Schnidman
Independent Director1.3yrsUS$80.00k0.012%
$ 98.1k
Itzhak Cohen
Director1.7yrsno datano data
Troy Van Beek
Director1.7yrsno datano data
Thomas Baker
Independent Director1.7yrsUS$159.99kno data
1.7yrs
Average Tenure
63.5yo
Average Age

Experienced Board: BOW's board of directors are not considered experienced ( 1.7 years average tenure), which suggests a new board.

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/01/22 13:59
End of Day Share Price 2026/01/22 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Bowhead Specialty Holdings Inc. is covered by 9 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Matthew CarlettiCitizens JMP Securities, LLC
Pablo Augusto SingzonJ.P. Morgan
Jamminder BhullarJ.P. Morgan