Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD) & The Competition Financial Survey

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SKWD) is one of 90 public companies in the “Fire, marine, & casualty insurance” industry, but how does it compare to its rivals? We will compare Skyward Specialty Insurance Group to similar companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Skyward Specialty Insurance Group and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	$642.42 million	$39.40 million	14.10
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Competitors	$15.14 billion	-$217.14 million	74.18

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group’s rivals 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 rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	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	3103	2835	180	2.38

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group currently has a consensus target price of $30.71, suggesting a potential upside of 2.24%. As a group, “Fire, marine, & casualty insurance” companies have a potential upside of 1.26%. Given Skyward Specialty Insurance Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is more favorable than its rivals.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

41.3% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.3% 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 14.4% of shares of all “Fire, marine, & casualty insurance” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	9.17%	13.48%	2.52%
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Competitors	-0.34%	-25.03%	-0.03%

Summary

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group beats its rivals on 8 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.