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Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD) Competitors

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SKWD vs. VOYA, JXN, ESNT, OSCR, ACT, FG, HGTY, LMND, BWIN, and ALHC

Should you be buying Skyward Specialty Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group include Voya Financial (VOYA), Jackson Financial (JXN), Essent Group (ESNT), Oscar Health (OSCR), Enact (ACT), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Hagerty (HGTY), Lemonade (LMND), Baldwin Insurance Group (BWIN), and Alignment Healthcare (ALHC). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group vs. Its Competitors

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

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group presently has a consensus price target of $60.70, indicating a potential upside of 23.52%. Voya Financial has a consensus price target of $85.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.26%. Given Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85
Voya Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55

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 Group10.53% 16.40% 3.49%
Voya Financial 6.73%13.72%0.51%

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. 7.9% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Voya Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Voya Financial has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group$1.15B1.73$118.83M$3.1815.45
Voya Financial$8.05B0.88$667M$5.0014.75

In the previous week, Voya Financial had 12 more articles in the media than Skyward Specialty Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Voya Financial and 9 mentions for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group. Voya Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's score of 0.40 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Voya Financial
6 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group beats Voya Financial on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SKWD vs. The Competition

MetricSkyward Specialty Insurance GroupINS IndustryFinance SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$1.98B$57.68B$12.42B$10.30B
Dividend YieldN/A1.90%5.63%4.82%
P/E Ratio15.4516.5329.9527.10
Price / Sales1.732.7330.12133.29
Price / Cash15.0929.6519.3430.18
Price / Book2.483.112.276.69
Net Income$118.83M$4.66B$1.02B$276.55M
7 Day Performance2.38%-1.01%-1.20%-1.14%
1 Month Performance6.66%0.41%-1.32%6.50%
1 Year Performance10.18%20.17%541.23%33.95%

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SKWD
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group
3.8336 of 5 stars
$49.14
+0.4%
$60.70
+23.5%
+9.7%$1.98B$1.15B15.45400
VOYA
Voya Financial
4.9542 of 5 stars
$75.42
+0.4%
$83.70
+11.0%
-9.0%$7.24B$8.05B15.0810,000
JXN
Jackson Financial
2.6351 of 5 stars
$101.59
-2.1%
$101.20
-0.4%
-4.1%$7.23B$3.27B-1,692.883,970
ESNT
Essent Group
4.2903 of 5 stars
$60.39
-1.5%
$64.83
+7.4%
-6.8%$6.04B$1.29B8.82350
OSCR
Oscar Health
2.4545 of 5 stars
$22.31
+3.0%
$12.07
-45.9%
+4.5%$5.60B$9.18B-27.542,400
ACT
Enact
N/A$36.03
-2.0%
$35.00
-2.9%
-2.2%$5.43B$1.20B8.21500
FG
F&G Annuities & Life
4.1215 of 5 stars
$31.10
-0.1%
$43.50
+39.9%
-33.8%$4.19B$5.74B12.541,338Analyst Downgrade
HGTY
Hagerty
3.8577 of 5 stars
$12.08
+0.7%
$13.63
+12.8%
+8.2%$4.10B$1.20B60.381,744
LMND
Lemonade
3.1808 of 5 stars
$55.99
+2.7%
$41.14
-26.5%
+177.1%$4.03B$526.50M-19.781,235Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BWIN
Baldwin Insurance Group
3.7338 of 5 stars
$27.64
-4.0%
$43.67
+58.0%
-44.3%$3.42B$1.39B-95.314,116Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ALHC
Alignment Healthcare
2.0885 of 5 stars
$17.11
+2.9%
$18.83
+10.1%
+51.2%$3.29B$2.70B-61.101,679Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:SKWD) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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