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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group beats Voya Financial on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SKWD) was last updated on 10/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff