Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD) Competitors

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

Is SKWD or VOYA more profitable?

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a net margin of 10.23% compared to Voya Financial's net margin of 7.18%. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's return on equity of 16.80% beat Voya Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	10.23%	16.80%	3.60%
Voya Financial	7.18%	14.05%	0.51%

Do analysts prefer SKWD or VOYA?

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group currently has a consensus target price of $61.75, indicating a potential upside of 18.80%. Voya Financial has a consensus target price of $83.50, indicating a potential upside of 16.24%. Given Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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

Does the media prefer SKWD or VOYA?

In the previous week, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group had 4 more articles in the media than Voya Financial. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group and 5 mentions for Voya Financial. Voya Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's score of 0.99 indicating that Voya Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Voya Financial	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, SKWD or VOYA?

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Voya Financial has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Voya Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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	1.83	$118.83M	$3.00	17.33
Voya Financial	$8.05B	0.86	$667M	$5.30	13.55

Summary

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