Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's Competitiveness
A competitive positioning analysis and financial ratio benchmarking of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc (SKWD) against its publicly traded competitors: sales growth, net income, profitability, valuation and market share, plus each peer's market capitalization, revenue, income and employees. Free below: the top 5 peers. Subscriber access adds the full competitor list and CSV downloads.
Key Findings: Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc vs Its Competitors
- TTM: Trailing 12-month revenue of 1,734M vs 23,429M combined for tracked competitors (6.9% combined share).
- Trending: Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is accelerating (+13.0% annualized vs trailing 12 months), vs holding steady (+0.0%) for its tracked peer group.
- Growth: Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc generated 53.0% revenue growth year over year in Q2 2026, vs 3.9% for its tracked competitors combined.
- Profitability: Its 10.0% net margin compares with 9.7% for the peer group.
- Scale: Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc ranks #36 of 65 companies by market capitalization in the Property & Casualty Insurance industry, holding 0.1% of industry market cap.
- Peer revenue share: Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc accounted for 7.7% of combined revenue among its tracked peer group, up from 5.4% a year earlier.
- Peer differentiation: Revenue per employee of $3.37M compares with $1.55M for the peer group (2.2x).
Every figure above is sourced and cited in detail further down this page (Market Structure, Profitability & Cost Structure, Productivity vs Peers).
SKWD Sales vs. its Competitors, Q2 2026
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc reported revenue growth of 53.03 % year on year in Q2 2026, above its competitors' combined revenue growth of 3.86 %.
With a net margin of 10.02 %, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc achieved higher profitability than its competitors (9.71 %).
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc generated 7.71 % of the combined sales of its peer group, up from 5.37 % a year earlier.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc vs. its Competitors, Q2 2026
Revenue growth, year on year
Net income growth, year on year
Net margin
Revenue run-rate vs trailing 12 months
TTM net margin
TTM = trailing twelve months. Run-rate annualizes the latest quarter (×4) and compares it to TTM. In millions of $. High-Confidence Competitors are named as a competitor directly in an SEC filing; Similar-Size Competitors are the closest peers by market-cap rank within the same industry; Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors are the closest peers by combined revenue growth, operating margin and ROIC, all independent of the competitor list.
TTM revenue, latest-quarter run-rate and net income/margin benchmarked across Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc and its 4 competitor groupings. Available under Commercial License.
| Entity | TTM Revenue | Rev Run-rate vs TTM |
|---|---|---|
| Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
| Competitors combined | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
| High-Confidence Competitors (6) | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
| Similar-Size Competitors (9) | $12,345M | +12.3% · Accelerating |
TTM revenue, run-rate and net margin benchmarking across Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's competitor groups requires a Commercial License.
For context: the Property & Casualty Insurance industry grew revenue 5.6% year over year, combined, vs 53.0% for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's share of combined industry revenue moved from 0.12% to 0.18%, a gain of 0.06 percentage points.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's Competitor Quality Breadth
Share of each group, trailing 12 months: profitable (net margin > 0), expanding (revenue growth > 0), growing faster than the industry's own median, and financially distressed (Piotroski F-Score of 2 or below).
| Entity | Profitable | Expanding | Above Industry Growth | Distressed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Competitors combined (2) | ||||
| High-Confidence Competitors (8) | ||||
| Similar-Size Competitors (10) |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Altman Z-Score is not shown here: it is not populated in the underlying data for any company. Percentages are of companies in each group that report the relevant metric, not of the full group size.
SKWD Stock Performance relative to its Competitors
SKWD Stock Performance relative to High-Confidence Competitors
SKWD Stock Performance relative to Similar-Size Competitors
5 Best-Performing Tracked Competitors, Trailing 12 Months
| # | Competitor | TTM Share Price Return | vs U.S.A. 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cna Financial Corporation | 282.9% | Outperformed |
| 2 | American Financial Group Inc | 282.9% | Outperformed |
TTM share price return and U.S.A. 500 outperformance for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's best-performing tracked competitors requires a Commercial License.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's Comment on Competition and Industry Peers
Publicly Traded Peers of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc
Revenue and income for trailing 12 months, in millions of $, except employees| Company | Market Cap | Revenues |
|---|---|---|
| Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc | 2,448.67 | 1,733.51 |
| Cna Financial Corporation | 12,346.05 | 15,151.00 |
| American Financial Group Inc | 11,468.94 | 8,278.00 |
| SUBTOTAL | 26,263.66 | 25,162.51 |
Sources: Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's official press releases and regulatory filings; CSIMarket.com's market research; and the financial filings and press releases of the other companies cited.
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Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's Competitors Named by the Company
Competitive relationships identified from SEC filings and corroborating sources, each with a basis and confidence.| Competitor | Basis | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| CNA Financial Corporation | Named by the company | 85% |
| American Financial Group Inc. | Named by the company | 85% |
| Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. | Named by the company | 85% |
| Markel Corporation | Named by the company | 85% |
| Powerschool Holdings Inc | Named by the company | 85% |
| James River Group Holdings, Ltd. | Named by the company | 85% |
| W.R. Berkley Corporation | Named by the company | 85% |
| Hiscox, Ltd. | Named by the company | 85% |
| RLI Corp. | Named by the company | 85% |
| Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. | Named by the company | 85% |
| Tiptree Inc | Named by the company | 85% |
| Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd | Named by the company | 85% |
| Intact Finance Corporation | Named by the company | 85% |
Filing basis, confidence, active dates and source counts for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's named competitors require a Commercial License.
Methodology: relationships are extracted from SEC filings (named-competitor disclosures) and corroborating sources. Named by the company = explicitly disclosed as a competitor; Inferred = derived from corroborating signals. Confidence reflects evidence strength.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's Business Segment Mix vs Peers
Revenue by operating segment or division, as named and reported by each company. Segment names are the filer's own and are not standardized across companies. Do not assume a same-named or similarly-named segment is defined identically between two companies. Shares are of each company's own total revenue and are not required to sum to 100% (intersegment revenue, unallocated items).| Company | Largest Segment |
|---|---|
| Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc | Skyward Specialty 77.29 % |
| Cna Financial Corporation | Commercial 43.81 % |
| American Financial Group Inc | Specialty Casualty Insurance 43.10 % |
Source: operating segment revenue as reported in each company's SEC filings (10-K/10-Q), via the CSIMarket API, leaf-level reportable segments only (parent roll-up segments are excluded where sub-segments are separately disclosed).
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's Productivity vs Peers Comparison
Revenue and income per employee, trailing 12 months, in $; market cap in millions of $| Company | Market Cap | Revenue / Employee | Income / Employee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc | 2,449 | 3,366,041 | 364,854 |
| Cna Financial Corporation | 12,346 | 2,295,606 | 187,424 |
| American Financial Group Inc | 11,469 | 973,882 | 112,118 |
| PEERS TOTAL | 23,815 | 1,551,589 | 145,033 |
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's Position in Industry Market Structure
Market-capitalization share and concentration across all 65 companies in Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's industry classification, broader than the peer set above. Market cap in millions of $.Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc ranks #36 of 65 companies by market capitalization in its industry, holding 0.13 % of total industry market cap. The industry's Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) is 3,550, indicating a highly concentrated market structure (U.S. antitrust guidance: below 1,500 unconcentrated, 1,500 to 2,500 moderately concentrated, above 2,500 highly concentrated).
| Rank | Company | Market Cap | Industry Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Chubb Limited | 130,758 | 7.04 % |
| 3 | Progressive Corp | 122,372 | 6.59 % |
| 4 | Travelers Companies inc | 77,571 | 4.18 % |
| 5 | Allstate Corp | 58,958 | 3.17 % |
| 6 | American International Group Inc | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 7 | The Hartford Insurance Group Inc | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 8 | Arch Capital Group Ltd | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 9 | W R Berkley Corp | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 10 | Cincinnati Financial Corporation | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 11 | Markel Group Inc | 1,234 | 5.2% |
| 36 | Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc | 2,449 | 0.13 % |
Market cap and industry share for the rest of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's industry peers requires a Commercial License.
Source: CSIMarket API (daily market-structure computation) across CSIMarket's industry classification, market capitalization as of 2026-09-28.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's Same-Size Peers & Stock Performance
Peers chosen by closeness in market-cap rank within the same industry classification (not the named-competitor list above). Trailing 12-month total return, 3-month price momentum, beta and Sharpe ratio vs the broad U.S. market.| Rank | Company | Market Cap | TTM Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Palomar Holdings Inc | 3,329 | 7.07 % |
| 32 | Nmi Holdings Inc | 3,138 | 4.57 % |
| 33 | Assured Guaranty ltd | 3,095 | -16.67 % |
| 34 | Siriuspoint Ltd | 2,955 | 42.51 % |
| 35 | Slide Insurance Holdings Inc | 1,234 | 12.3% |
| 36 | Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc | 2,449 | 15.68 % |
| 37 | Hci Group Inc | 1,234 | 12.3% |
| 38 | Horace Mann Educators Corporation | 1,234 | 12.3% |
| 39 | Safety Insurance Group Inc | 1,234 | 12.3% |
| 40 | Kemper Corporation | 1,234 | 12.3% |
| 41 | United Fire Group Inc | 1,234 | 12.3% |
Market cap, return, momentum, beta and Sharpe ratio for the rest of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's same-size peers requires a Commercial License.
Source: CSIMarket API (daily market-structure computation); returns and risk metrics as of 2026-09-28. Beta and Sharpe ratio are versus the broad U.S. equity market, not this industry.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's Profitability & Cost Structure
Trailing 12-month margins from SEC-filed financials. Operating margin is compared to the Property & Casualty Insurance industry median; gross margin, EBITDA margin and capital intensity are compared to the live industry average (75 companies).| Metric | Company | Industry | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin | 95.90 % | 49.36 % (avg) | +46.5 pp |
| Operating Margin | - | industry median | - |
| EBITDA Margin | 22.57 % | 13.82 % (avg) | +8.7 pp |
| Capital Intensity (Capex / Revenue) | - | 0.95 % (avg) | - |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. SG&A and R&D as a share of revenue have limited coverage as this data is backfilled and appear only where reported. Higher capital intensity is not inherently negative; it reflects the industry's asset requirements.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's Valuation vs Competitive Position
Valuation multiples vs the Property & Casualty Insurance industry average (75 companies, excluding loss-making/negative-equity outliers), alongside returns on capital for context on whether a premium or discount lines up with measurably stronger or weaker returns.| Metric | Company | Industry Average | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| P/E | 12.2x | 13.2x | -1.0x |
| EV / EBITDA | 4.6x | 6.2x | -1.6x |
| P/B | 2.1x | 1.9x | +0.2x |
| Return on Equity | 16.84 % | industry aggregate | 2.15 % |
| Return on Invested Capital | - | 5.86 % (avg) | - |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. A valuation premium or discount is not, by itself, a judgment of over- or under-valuation. Compare it against the return and growth context shown elsewhere on this page.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's Multi-Year Financial Trajectory
Fiscal-year revenue growth, operating margin, return on invested capital and P/E, as reported in SEC filings.| Metric | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth | - | - | 29.82 % | 23.16 % |
| Operating Margin | - | 37.21 % | 38.99 % | 39.44 % |
| Return on Invested Capital | - | 9.80 % | 10.58 % | 11.19 % |
| P/E | - | 14.5x | 16.8x | 11.8x |
Source: CSIMarket API, fiscal-year figures. P/E is this company's own historical ratio at each fiscal year end and can swing sharply around an earnings trough: that is real, not a data error.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's BCG Growth-Share Matrix
Relative market share (vs Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's largest competitor by market cap) against industry revenue growth, using the standard textbook thresholds (1.0x share, 10% growth) a common framework, not a precision instrument.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc falls in the Dog quadrant: relative market share of 0.02x vs its largest competitor, in an industry growing revenue 5.9% (median, trailing 12 months).
Source: CSIMarket API (market-cap share and industry revenue growth). The 10% growth and 1.0x share lines are standard textbook thresholds, not derived from this industry's own distribution.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's Competitive Forces (Porter's Five Forces)
Only the forces this data can support honestly are shown; the other three are marked as such rather than guessed.| Force | Assessment | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Competitive Rivalry | Low | Industry HHI of 3,550 (see Industry Market Structure & Concentration above) |
| Supplier Power | Not covered on this page | See Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's dedicated suppliers page for concentration and dependency data |
| Buyer Power | Not covered on this page | See Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's dedicated customers page for concentration and dependency data |
| Threat of Substitutes | - | No systematic data source for cross-product substitution exists in this system; not estimated |
Note: this is a partial, data-grounded application of the framework, not a complete strategic assessment. Rivalry and barriers-to-entry readings are mechanical translations of the HHI and capital-intensity figures shown elsewhere on this page, not independent judgments.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's Industry Attractiveness & Competitive Strength
A CSIMarket composite, not a standard field: each axis is an equal-weighted average of three factors already shown elsewhere on this page (industry growth, industry profitability and rivalry for attractiveness; relative market share, profitability and growth vs industry for strength). Disclosed as a designed methodology, not a precision measurement.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc falls in the Medium attractiveness / Medium strength cell: Selective.
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Each axis score is a simple 1(low)/2(medium)/3(high) average across its three inputs -- a transparent, disclosed simplification, not a validated academic scoring model.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's SWOT
Every point below is a fixed rule applied to a metric already shown elsewhere on this page (Market Structure, Profitability, Valuation, Run-Rate, Stock Performance, Quality Breadth) not an independent strategic assessment. A blank quadrant means no rule was met, not that none apply.Strengths
- Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is accelerating (+13.0% annualized vs trailing 12 months).
Weaknesses
- Underperforming the U.S.A. 500 over the trailing 12 months.
- Low relative market share vs the industry leader (0.02x).
- Piotroski F-Score of 2 or below, the standard financial-distress signal.
Opportunities
No rule matched.
Threats
No rule matched.
Methodology: mechanical, rule-based SWOT. Each bullet reuses a figure already sourced and cited elsewhere on this page; nothing here is generated narrative or independent analyst judgment.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's Financial Strength vs Peers Comparison
Quick ratio, working capital, debt to equity and asset turnover, trailing 12 months| Company | Quick Ratio | Working Capital | Debt / Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc | - | - | 0.02 |
| Cna Financial Corporation | 0.04 | 0.71 | 0.28 |
| American Financial Group Inc | 0.13 | 2.67 | 0.38 |
Quick ratio = cash / current liabilities; working capital ratio = current assets / current liabilities; asset turnover = revenue / total assets. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's Revenue and Income Growth vs Peers
Quarterly revenue and net income growth, year over year and quarter over quarter| Company | Period | Revenue Y/Y | Income Y/Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc | Q2 2026 | +53.0 % | +26.3 % |
| Cna Financial Corporation | Q2 2026 | +3.0 % | +7.4 % |
| American Financial Group Inc | Q2 2026 | +5.5 % | +42.5 % |
| PEERS TOTAL | +6.5 % | +20.7 % |
Growth is shown only where both periods are positive. Peers in the Blank Checks industry are excluded.
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's Peers' Costs of Sales and Capital Expenditures
Context for revenue growth: peer costs and capex, year over year and quarter over quarter| Company | Period | Costs Y/Y | Capex Y/Y |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc | Q2 2026 | +59.4 % | -11.1 % |
| Cna Financial Corporation | Q2 2026 | +3.4 % | -16.7 % |
| American Financial Group Inc | Q2 2026 | - | - |
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's Returns and Turnover vs Peers
ROA, ROI and ROE (trailing 12 months), receivables and inventory turnover| Company | ROA | ROI | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc | 3.31% | 4.24% | 16.84% |
| Cna Financial Corporation | 1.78% | 2.19% | 11.00% |
| American Financial Group Inc | 2.89% | 5.69% | 20.01% |
ROA = net income / total assets; ROI = net income / investments; ROE = net income / equity; turnover ratios use trailing 12 month revenue (receivables) and cost of sales (inventory).
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc's Valuation vs Peers
P/E, price to sales, PEG, price to cash flow and price to book| Company | P/E | Price / Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc | 12.49 | 1.41 |
| Cna Financial Corporation | 9.99 | 0.81 |
| American Financial Group Inc | 12.08 | 1.39 |
| PEERS AVERAGE | 11.04 | 1.04 |
P/E = price / diluted EPS (trailing 12 months); PEG = P/E divided by EPS growth; the average row divides the peers' combined market cap by their combined income, sales, cash flow and equity.