Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD) Competitors

Brookfield Reinsurance (NYSE:BNRE) and Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SKWD) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts recommend BNRE or SKWD?

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a consensus target price of $61.13, indicating a potential upside of 1.29%. Given Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is more favorable than Brookfield Reinsurance.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Reinsurance	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BNRE or SKWD?

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group received 48 more outperform votes than Brookfield Reinsurance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.57% of users gave Skyward Specialty Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Brookfield Reinsurance an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Reinsurance	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 2 100.00%
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 48 69.57%	Underperform Votes 21 30.43%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BNRE or SKWD?

7.2% of Brookfield Reinsurance shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Brookfield Reinsurance shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor BNRE or SKWD?

In the previous week, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group had 15 more articles in the media than Brookfield Reinsurance. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group and 1 mentions for Brookfield Reinsurance. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Brookfield Reinsurance's score of 0.00 indicating that Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Reinsurance	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is BNRE or SKWD more profitable?

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a net margin of 12.24% compared to Brookfield Reinsurance's net margin of 0.10%. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's return on equity of 16.39% beat Brookfield Reinsurance's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Reinsurance	0.10%	0.14%	0.01%
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	12.24%	16.39%	3.57%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, BNRE or SKWD?

Brookfield Reinsurance has higher revenue and earnings than Skyward Specialty Insurance Group. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Brookfield Reinsurance, 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
Brookfield Reinsurance	$9.35B	0.89	$796M	$0.29	196.79
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	$1.21B	2.01	$85.98M	$3.00	20.12

Which has more risk and volatility, BNRE or SKWD?

Brookfield Reinsurance has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group beats Brookfield Reinsurance on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.