Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer BNRE or SKWD?

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a consensus price target of $57.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.73%. Given Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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
Brookfield Reinsurance	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Does the media refer more to BNRE or SKWD?

In the previous week, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group had 26 more articles in the media than Brookfield Reinsurance. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group and 1 mentions for Brookfield Reinsurance. Brookfield Reinsurance's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's score of 0.68 indicating that Brookfield Reinsurance is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Reinsurance	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	11 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, BNRE or SKWD?

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BNRE or SKWD?

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
Brookfield Reinsurance	$9.35B	0.77	$796M	$0.29	169.79
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	$1.15B	1.89	$85.98M	$2.89	18.65

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

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

7.2% of Brookfield Reinsurance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Brookfield Reinsurance shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BNRE or SKWD?

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
Brookfield Reinsurance	Outperform Votes No Votes	Underperform Votes 2 100.00%
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 43 67.19%	Underperform Votes 21 32.81%

Summary

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