Bowhead Specialty Holdings (BOW) Tax Rate (2023 - 2026)

Bowhead Specialty Holdings (BOW) posted Tax Rate of 22.17% for Q1 2026, up 31.03% sequentially from 16.92% in Q4 2025, and up 113.0% YoY from 10.41% in Q1 2025.

Bowhead Specialty Holdings (BOW) Tax Rate (2023 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Bowhead Specialty Holdings has reported Tax Rate for 4 years, with the latest figure at 22.17% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate rose 113.0% year-over-year to 22.17% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 20.54% (down 331.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 20.08%, down 424.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate improved to 22.17% in Q1 2026 per BOW's latest filing, from 16.92% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Tax Rate peaked at 25.71% in Q4 2024 and troughed at 16.92% in Q4 2025.
  • A 4-year average of 21.93% and a median of 22.34% in 2023 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Tax Rate soared 804 bps in 2024, then slumped 879 bps in 2025.
  • Over 4 years, Tax Rate stood at 17.67% in 2023, then surged by 45 bps to 25.71% in 2024, then tumbled by 34 bps to 16.92% in 2025, then jumped by 31 bps to 22.17% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate over the past three periods registered 22.17%, 16.92%, and 20.41% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Chubb 134.48 Bn 120.72 Bn 9.13 Bn 20.47%
2 Progressive 123.71 Bn 118.71 Bn 9.04 Bn 21.34%
3 Travelers Companies 79.14 Bn 55.39 Bn 4.83 Bn 20.20%
4 Allstate 67.04 Bn 28.31 Bn 16.28 Bn 21.03%
5 Fairfax Financial Holdings 35.29 Bn 35.29 Bn - -20.41%
6 Cincinnati Financial 26.69 Bn 24.80 Bn 2.39 Bn 20.37%
7 Loews 23.25 Bn 947.16 Mn 2.57 Bn 23.04%
8 Markel 23.10 Bn 6.22 Bn 2.83 Bn 21.92%
9 Assurant 13.92 Bn 11.89 Bn 2.71 Bn 20.77%
10 Bowhead Specialty Holdings 1.10 Bn 958.67 Mn 66.91 Mn 21.89%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 21.89%
Jun 30, 2026 21.89%
Jun 30, 2026 21.89%
Mar 31, 2026 22.17%
Mar 31, 2026 22.17%
Mar 31, 2026 22.17%
Dec 31, 2025 16.92%
Dec 31, 2025 16.92%
Dec 31, 2025 16.92%
Sep 30, 2025 20.41%
Sep 30, 2025 20.41%
Sep 30, 2025 20.41%
Jun 30, 2025 22.62%
Jun 30, 2025 22.62%
Jun 30, 2025 22.62%
Mar 31, 2025 21.04%
Mar 31, 2025 21.04%
Mar 31, 2025 21.04%
Dec 31, 2024 25.71%
Dec 31, 2024 25.71%