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Updated: Sep 24, 2026
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Skyward Specialty

NASDAQ:SKWD·Stock Analysis Report
Day Range
$54.78 - $55.56
Market Cap
2.22B
P/E Ratio
12.7512
Avg Value
$53.15
Year Range
$40.60 - $65.69
$55.14$0.30 (0.55%)
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General Information
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc is a specialty insurance company that offers a suite of specialized insurance solutions across specialty property and casualty markets on a non-admitted and admitted basis.

Its portfolio of insurance offerings covers a wide variety of risks, including general liability, commercial auto, group accident and health, property, agriculture, credit, surety, and workers' compensation, among others. Geographically, the group mainly operates in the United States.

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Skyward Specialty (SKWD) Stock Graph
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How We Grade Skyward Specialty (SKWD)

We grade stocks based on past performance, their future growth potential, intrinsic value, dividend history, and overall financial health.

The chart below shows how we grade Skyward Specialty (SKWD) across the board compared to its closest peers.

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Benzinga Edge Rankings

Benzinga Edge stock rankings give you four critical scores to help you identify the strongest and weakest stocks to buy and sell.

82.88

Value is a percentile-ranked composite metric that evaluates a stock's relative worth by comparing its market price to fundamental measures of the company's assets, earnings, sales, and operating performance.

Momentum measures a stock's relative strength based on its price movement patterns and volatility over multiple timeframes, ranked as a percentile against other stocks.

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Peer Ratings

See how Skyward Specialty compares to its peers in these key performance metrics from Benzinga Rankings.

Top Peers
Value
Quality
Growth
Momentum
Short
Medium
Long
HCIHCI Group
88.26
N/A
94.95
47.97
PLGOPelagos Insurance Capital
98.25
N/A
N/A
N/A
STCStewart Information Servs
9.44
27.19
10
21.77
PRCHPorch Group
18.96
N/A
N/A
94.03
Short: price trend over the last couple of months
Medium: price trend over the last couple of quarters
Long: price trend over the past year
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Future Growth
Our estimate of future price growth is based on an aggregation of 8 analyst ratings over the past 3 months and their 12-month price targets.

Below, you can see that analysts are estimating a 12-month price target range of $65.00 - $75.00 with an average of $70.00

27.64%
Expected movement for Skyward Specialty (SKWD) over the next 12 months
Based on these rankings

Recent Ratings for Skyward Specialty (SKWD)

TD Cowen
Date:
Aug 11, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$49.00
New Target:
$65.00
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Date:
Aug 10, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$72.00
New Target:
$75.00
Truist Securities
Date:
Aug 6, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$70.00
New Target:
$75.00
Barclays
Date:
Aug 5, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$65.00
New Target:
$68.00
Piper Sandler
Date:
Jul 15, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$68.00
New Target:
$72.00
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Date:
Jul 8, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$65.00
New Target:
$72.00
Barclays
Date:
Jul 7, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$60.00
New Target:
$65.00
Piper Sandler
Date:
Jul 7, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$55.00
New Target:
$68.00
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Past Performance
How has Skyward Specialty (SKWD) performed over the past 5 years?

The two main factors that we consider when analyzing past performance is overall return and volatility

Using these two metrics, we can determine if this stock gave its investors enough return for the risk that they took on by owning it. This is measured by the sharpe ratio, which has been used as a primary measure of risk/reward trade-off for almost 60 years.

This ratio can be interpreted as the amount of return an investor has received for the amount of risk that they took on by owning the stock over that timeframe.

Skyward Specialty (SKWD) sharpe ratio over the past 5 years is 1.6855 which is considered to be above average compared to the peer average of 0.4861