Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD) Competitors

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SKWD) and Voya Financial (NYSE:VOYA) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, SKWD or VOYA?

Voya Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Skyward Specialty Insurance Group. Voya Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	$1.15B	1.68	$118.83M	$3.18	15.00
Voya Financial	$8.05B	0.89	$667M	$5.00	14.80

Do insiders and institutionals believe in SKWD or VOYA?

94.8% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Voya Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Voya Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate SKWD or VOYA?

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group currently has a consensus price target of $60.88, suggesting a potential upside of 27.62%. Voya Financial has a consensus price target of $83.40, suggesting a potential upside of 12.69%. Given Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is more favorable than Voya Financial.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
Voya Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Which has more volatility & risk, SKWD or VOYA?

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its share price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Voya Financial has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to SKWD or VOYA?

In the previous week, Voya Financial had 11 more articles in the media than Skyward Specialty Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Voya Financial and 7 mentions for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Voya Financial's score of 0.82 indicating that Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Voya Financial	6 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SKWD or VOYA more profitable?

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a net margin of 10.53% compared to Voya Financial's net margin of 6.73%. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's return on equity of 16.40% beat Voya Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	10.53%	16.40%	3.49%
Voya Financial	6.73%	13.72%	0.51%

Summary

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group beats Voya Financial on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.