SKWD vs. VOYA, JXN, ESNT, ACT, OSCR, FG, HGTY, LMND, ALHC, and BWIN
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), Enact (ACT), Oscar Health (OSCR), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Hagerty (HGTY), Lemonade (LMND), Alignment Healthcare (ALHC), and Baldwin Insurance Group (BWIN). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group vs. Its Competitors
Voya Financial (NYSE:VOYA) and Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SKWD) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Voya Financial has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
96.1% of Voya Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Voya Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Voya Financial and Voya Financial both had 5 articles in the media. Voya Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's score of 1.01 indicating that Voya Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Voya Financial currently has a consensus price target of $83.70, indicating a potential upside of 11.59%. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a consensus price target of $60.78, indicating a potential upside of 31.35%. Given Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is more favorable than Voya Financial.
Summary
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group beats Voya Financial on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Skyward Specialty Insurance Group News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for SKWD and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding SKWD and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
This page (NASDAQ:SKWD) was last updated on 10/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
