Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in VOYA or SKWD?

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

Do analysts recommend VOYA or SKWD?

Voya Financial presently has a consensus price target of $83.70, suggesting a potential upside of 8.41%. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a consensus price target of $60.78, suggesting a potential upside of 31.92%. Given Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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
Voya Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Which has higher earnings and valuation, VOYA or SKWD?

Voya Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Skyward Specialty Insurance Group. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Voya Financial, 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
Voya Financial	$8.05B	0.92	$667M	$5.00	15.44
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	$1.15B	1.62	$118.83M	$3.18	14.49

Does the media prefer VOYA or SKWD?

In the previous week, Voya Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Skyward Specialty Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Voya Financial and 8 mentions for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group. Voya Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's score of 0.76 indicating that Voya Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Voya Financial	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is VOYA or SKWD 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
Voya Financial	6.73%	13.72%	0.51%
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	10.53%	16.40%	3.49%

Which has more risk and volatility, VOYA or SKWD?

Voya Financial has a beta of 1, indicating that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Voya Financial and Skyward Specialty Insurance Group tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.