Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD) Competitors

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

Is BNT or SKWD more profitable?

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a net margin of 12.24% compared to Brookfield Wealth Solutions' net margin of 0.10%. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's return on equity of 16.39% beat Brookfield Wealth Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	0.10%	0.14%	0.01%
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	12.24%	16.39%	3.57%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BNT or SKWD?

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group received 41 more outperform votes than Brookfield Wealth Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	N/A	N/A
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 41 67.21%	Underperform Votes 20 32.79%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, BNT or SKWD?

Brookfield Wealth Solutions 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 Wealth Solutions, 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 Wealth Solutions	$14.34B	0.56	$1.21B	$0.32	172.63
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	$1.15B	1.86	$85.98M	$2.89	18.42

Do analysts prefer BNT or SKWD?

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a consensus price target of $56.25, indicating a potential upside of 5.68%. Given Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is more favorable than Brookfield Wealth Solutions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	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)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Does the media prefer BNT or SKWD?

In the previous week, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group had 5 more articles in the media than Brookfield Wealth Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group and 1 mentions for Brookfield Wealth Solutions. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Brookfield Wealth Solutions' score of 1.24 indicating that Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Brookfield Wealth Solutions	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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, BNT or SKWD?

Brookfield Wealth Solutions has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BNT or SKWD?

20.3% of Brookfield Wealth Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Brookfield Wealth Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group beats Brookfield Wealth Solutions on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.