Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD) Competitors

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SKWD) and Jackson Financial (NYSE:JXN) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and risk.

Do analysts prefer SKWD or JXN?

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group presently has a consensus price target of $46.89, suggesting a potential downside of 8.97%. Jackson Financial has a consensus price target of $84.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.04%. Given Jackson Financial's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Jackson Financial is more favorable than Skyward Specialty Insurance Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82
Jackson Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SKWD or JXN?

94.8% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Jackson Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.0% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Jackson Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer SKWD or JXN?

In the previous week, Jackson Financial had 8 more articles in the media than Skyward Specialty Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Jackson Financial and 1 mentions for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Jackson Financial's score of 1.41 indicating that Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Jackson Financial	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SKWD or JXN?

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group received 28 more outperform votes than Jackson Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.31% of users gave Skyward Specialty Insurance Group an outperform vote while only 12.73% of users gave Jackson Financial an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 35 67.31%	Underperform Votes 17 32.69%
Jackson Financial	Outperform Votes 7 12.73%	Underperform Votes 48 87.27%

Which has more risk & volatility, SKWD or JXN?

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Jackson Financial has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SKWD or JXN?

Jackson Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Skyward Specialty Insurance Group. Jackson 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	$885.97M	2.33	$85.98M	$3.28	15.70
Jackson Financial	$3.91B	1.71	$934M	-$12.64	-7.15

Is SKWD or JXN more profitable?

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a net margin of 12.24% compared to Jackson Financial's net margin of 0.00%. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's return on equity of 16.39% beat Jackson Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	12.24%	16.39%	3.57%
Jackson Financial	N/A	13.39%	0.39%

Summary

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group beats Jackson Financial on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.