Contrasting Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD) and Its Competitors

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SKWD) is one of 91 publicly-traded companies in the “Fire, marine, & casualty insurance” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Skyward Specialty Insurance Group to related businesses based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

41.3% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.2% of shares of all “Fire, marine, & casualty insurance” companies are owned by institutional investors. 9.5% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.3% of shares of all “Fire, marine, & casualty insurance” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Skyward Specialty Insurance Group and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	9.17%	13.84%	2.58%
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Competitors	-0.87%	-31.88%	-0.19%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Skyward Specialty Insurance Group and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	$642.42 million	$39.40 million	14.33
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Competitors	$14.81 billion	-$217.81 million	71.38

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group’s peers have higher revenue, but lower earnings than Skyward Specialty Insurance Group. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current ratings and target prices for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	0	1	5	1	3.00
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Competitors	618	3009	2710	180	2.38

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group presently has a consensus target price of $30.71, indicating a potential upside of 0.64%. As a group, “Fire, marine, & casualty insurance” companies have a potential upside of 3.59%. Given Skyward Specialty Insurance Group’s peers higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Summary

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group beats its peers on 7 of the 12 factors compared.

About Skyward Specialty Insurance Group

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc., an insurance holding company, underwrites commercial property and casualty insurance products in the United States. It offers general liability, excess liability, professional liability, commercial auto, group accident and health, property, surety, and workers' compensation insurance products. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.