Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SKWD or BNRE?

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group received 43 more outperform votes than Brookfield Reinsurance when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.19% 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
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 43 67.19%	Underperform Votes 21 32.81%
Brookfield Reinsurance	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 2 100.00%

Which has more risk & volatility, SKWD or BNRE?

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Brookfield Reinsurance has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SKWD or BNRE?

94.8% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.2% of Brookfield Reinsurance shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Brookfield Reinsurance shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is SKWD or BNRE 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
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	12.24%	16.39%	3.57%
Brookfield Reinsurance	0.10%	0.14%	0.01%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, SKWD or BNRE?

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
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	$1.15B	1.87	$85.98M	$2.89	18.37
Brookfield Reinsurance	$9.35B	0.83	$796M	$0.29	184.31

Do analysts prefer SKWD or BNRE?

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group currently has a consensus price target of $57.00, suggesting a potential upside of 7.36%. Given Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is more favorable than Brookfield Reinsurance.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Brookfield Reinsurance	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media refer more to SKWD or BNRE?

In the previous week, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group had 11 more articles in the media than Brookfield Reinsurance. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group and 0 mentions for Brookfield Reinsurance. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Brookfield Reinsurance's score of 0.00 indicating that Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	Positive
Brookfield Reinsurance	Neutral

Summary

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