SKWD vs. SIGI, THG, ESGR, WTM, KMPR, MCY, SPNT, PLMR, HG, and FIHL
Should you be buying Skyward Specialty Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group include Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Enstar Group (ESGR), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Kemper (KMPR), Mercury General (MCY), SiriusPoint (SPNT), Palomar (PLMR), Hamilton Insurance Group (HG), and Fidelis Insurance (FIHL). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SKWD) and Selective Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SIGI) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group presently has a consensus target price of $42.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.65%. Selective Insurance Group has a consensus target price of $105.17, suggesting a potential upside of 11.63%. Given Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is more favorable than Selective Insurance Group.
Selective Insurance Group has higher revenue and earnings than Skyward Specialty Insurance Group. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Selective Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a net margin of 11.16% compared to Selective Insurance Group's net margin of 8.02%. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's return on equity of 15.98% beat Selective Insurance Group's return on equity.
Selective Insurance Group received 281 more outperform votes than Skyward Specialty Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.10% of users gave Skyward Specialty Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 60.96% of users gave Selective Insurance Group an outperform vote.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Selective Insurance Group has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
94.8% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.9% of Selective Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Selective Insurance Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group and Skyward Specialty Insurance Group both had 6 articles in the media. Selective Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's score of 1.11 indicating that Selective Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group beats Selective Insurance Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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