Bowhead Specialty dips as top holder cuts stake in secondary offering

Bowhead Specialty Holdings

07/08/2025 14:50

** Shares of insurer Bowhead Specialty Holdings BOW.N down 3.8% at $30.88 early Thurs after secondary offering

    ** New York City-based BOW late Weds announced 2 mln shares to be offloaded by private equity firm Gallatin Point Capital (GPC)

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    Offering priced at $30.80, thefly.com reports, which is 4% discount to stock's last close

      ** RBC sole underwriter for offering

    ** Sale by GPC takes its holdings to ~9 mln shares, or roughly 27% stake, per LSEG data

    ** BOW has ~32.8 mln shares outstanding for ~$1 bln market cap through Weds

** With move on the session, stock down 13% YTD

    ** Of 6 analysts covering BOW, recommendation breakdown is 3 "buy" and 3 "hold" and median PT is $40.50 - LSEG

    ** Co went public in May 2024 IPO priced at $17

(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)

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