SKWD vs. HMN, LMND, SAFT, HG, EIG, HCI, TCPC, ROOT, AMSF, and PLMR
Should you be buying Skyward Specialty Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group include Horace Mann Educators (HMN), Lemonade (LMND), Safety Insurance Group (SAFT), Hamilton Insurance Group (HG), Employers (EIG), HCI Group (HCI), BlackRock TCP Capital (TCPC), Root (ROOT), AMERISAFE (AMSF), and Palomar (PLMR). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Horace Mann Educators (NYSE:HMN) and Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SKWD) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
Horace Mann Educators received 156 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 50.84% of users gave Horace Mann Educators an outperform vote.
99.3% of Horace Mann Educators shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.8% of Horace Mann Educators shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Horace Mann Educators has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a net margin of 11.16% compared to Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's net margin of 4.26%. Horace Mann Educators' return on equity of 15.98% beat Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group had 10 more articles in the media than Horace Mann Educators. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group and 8 mentions for Horace Mann Educators. Horace Mann Educators' average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's score of -0.17 indicating that Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Horace Mann Educators currently has a consensus target price of $38.50, indicating a potential upside of 9.50%. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a consensus target price of $42.50, indicating a potential upside of 17.50%. Given Horace Mann Educators' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is more favorable than Horace Mann Educators.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Horace Mann Educators. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Horace Mann Educators, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group beats Horace Mann Educators on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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