Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (SKWD) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend VOYA or SKWD?

Voya Financial currently has a consensus target price of $86.00, suggesting a potential upside of 5.61%. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a consensus target price of $46.89, suggesting a potential downside of 5.83%. Given Voya Financial's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Voya Financial is more favorable than Skyward Specialty Insurance Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Voya Financial	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.82

Which has more risk & volatility, VOYA or SKWD?

Voya Financial has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is VOYA or SKWD more profitable?

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a net margin of 12.24% compared to Voya Financial's net margin of 8.81%. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's return on equity of 16.39% beat Voya Financial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Voya Financial	8.81%	15.09%	0.55%
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	12.24%	16.39%	3.57%

Which has better earnings and valuation, VOYA or SKWD?

Voya Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Skyward Specialty Insurance Group. Voya 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
Voya Financial	$7.35B	1.07	$625M	$6.28	12.97
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	$885.97M	2.25	$85.98M	$3.28	15.18

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of VOYA or SKWD?

96.1% of Voya Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Voya Financial shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are owned 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 favor VOYA or SKWD?

Voya Financial received 567 more outperform votes than Skyward Specialty Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.79% of users gave Voya Financial an outperform vote while only 67.31% of users gave Skyward Specialty Insurance Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Voya Financial	Outperform Votes 602 67.79%	Underperform Votes 286 32.21%
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	Outperform Votes 35 67.31%	Underperform Votes 17 32.69%

Does the media prefer VOYA or SKWD?

In the previous week, Voya Financial had 4 more articles in the media than Skyward Specialty Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Voya Financial and 7 mentions for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group. Voya Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's score of 0.83 indicating that Voya Financial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Voya Financial	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Voya Financial beats Skyward Specialty Insurance Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.