SKWD vs. ESGR, THG, WTM, KMPR, MCY, SPNT, PLMR, FIHL, HG, and HMN
Should you be buying Skyward Specialty Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group include Enstar Group (ESGR), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM), Kemper (KMPR), Mercury General (MCY), SiriusPoint (SPNT), Palomar (PLMR), Fidelis Insurance (FIHL), Hamilton Insurance Group (HG), and Horace Mann Educators (HMN). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SKWD) and Enstar Group (NASDAQ:ESGR) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and community ranking.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group presently has a consensus price target of $42.50, suggesting a potential upside of 14.86%. Given Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is more favorable than Enstar Group.
Enstar Group received 218 more outperform votes than Skyward Specialty Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.85% of users gave Enstar Group an outperform vote while only 64.10% of users gave Skyward Specialty Insurance Group an outperform vote.
Enstar Group has a net margin of 77.65% compared to Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's net margin of 11.16%. Enstar Group's return on equity of 18.33% beat Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group had 1 more articles in the media than Enstar Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group and 3 mentions for Enstar Group. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Enstar Group's score of 1.25 indicating that Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a beta of 0.68, meaning that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enstar Group has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Enstar Group has higher revenue and earnings than Skyward Specialty Insurance Group. Enstar Group 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.
94.8% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.0% of Enstar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Enstar Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group and Enstar Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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