SKWD vs. VOYA, JXN, ESNT, FG, ACT, BWIN, GSHD, OSCR, HGTY, and NMIH
Should you be buying Skyward Specialty Insurance Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group include Voya Financial (VOYA), Jackson Financial (JXN), Essent Group (ESNT), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Enact (ACT), The Baldwin Insurance Group (BWIN), Goosehead Insurance (GSHD), Oscar Health (OSCR), Hagerty (HGTY), and NMI (NMIH). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group vs.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (NASDAQ:SKWD) and Voya Financial (NYSE:VOYA) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.
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.
94.8% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Voya Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Voya Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Voya Financial had 3 more articles in the media than Skyward Specialty Insurance Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Voya Financial and 8 mentions for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group. Voya Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's score of 0.48 indicating that Voya Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Voya Financial has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Voya Financial received 574 more outperform votes than Skyward Specialty Insurance Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.82% of users gave Voya Financial an outperform vote while only 64.81% of users gave Skyward Specialty Insurance Group an outperform vote.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group presently has a consensus price target of $48.22, indicating a potential upside of 7.40%. Voya Financial has a consensus price target of $83.73, indicating a potential upside of 20.03%. Given Voya Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Voya Financial is more favorable than Skyward Specialty Insurance Group.
Summary
Voya Financial beats Skyward Specialty Insurance Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:SKWD) was last updated on 1/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
