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Bowhead Specialty Holdings BOW Ceding Fees — Additions to deferred balance

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$32.74M+34.5%
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$3.99M+526%

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$155.7M+26.9%
Net income$16.0M+40.1%
EPS (diluted)$0.48+41.2%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$141.5M+14.6%
Total debt$146.5M
Total equity$457.9M+17.1%
Total assets$2.5B+41.4%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$65.5M+37.2%
CapEx$1.3M+4.5%
Free cash flow$64.2M+38.0%

Valuation

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Market cap$928M-22.4%
Enterprise value$932.99M
P/E15.9×-12.1×
P/S1.6×-1.0×

Profitability

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Net margin10%+0.7pp
FCF margin58.8%-6.0pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity13.8%
Debt / equity0.3×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Bowhead Specialty Holdings in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:DeferredPolicyAcquisitionCostsAdditions.

The official record: Bowhead Specialty Holdings’s 10-Q, filed May 5, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Bowhead Specialty Holdings's ceding fees — additions to deferred balance?
Bowhead Specialty Holdings (BOW) reported ceding fees — additions to deferred balance of $4.33M in Q1 2026.
How has Bowhead Specialty Holdings's ceding fees — additions to deferred balance changed year-over-year?
Bowhead Specialty Holdings's ceding fees — additions to deferred balance increased by 84.2% year-over-year, from $2.35M to $4.33M.
What is the long-term trend for Bowhead Specialty Holdings's ceding fees — additions to deferred balance?
Over 2 years (2022 to 2024), Bowhead Specialty Holdings's ceding fees — additions to deferred balance has grown at a 37.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $5.19M to $9.85M.
What does ceding fees — additions to deferred balance mean?
This metric represents the incremental amount of ceding commissions or fees deferred during the reporting period in connection with reinsurance arrangements. It reflects the portion of acquisition costs associated with ceded premiums that are capitalized and amortized over the life of the underlying insurance contracts. Tracking this balance helps investors understand the timing of expense recognition relative to the underlying premium revenue generated by the specialty underwriting divisions.