Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. (SKWD) is a publicly traded company in the Financial Services — Insurance - Property & Casualty industry listed on NASDAQ. This overview shows the latest price, key valuation ratios, profitability metrics and financial-health indicators used by fundamental investors.
Incorporated in 2006 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. functions as an insurance holding company. The firm specializes in writing commercial property and casualty insurance policies for clients across the United States. Its extensive range of coverages includes general liability, excess liability, professional liability, commercial auto, group accident and health, property, surety, and workers' compensation.
Is Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. stock overvalued or undervalued in 2026?
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. (SKWD) trades at 13.8× earnings (P/E), against a median of 13.0× across the 324 financial services companies above $2bn in Kaplio's universe. At a P/B justified by its ROE 16.8 % (2.0×) $63 (+6 %); at its peers' median (3.5×) $111 (+89 %).
Kaplio overview: Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.
Market cap $3B · 52 weeks $41 – $66 (10 % below the high) · P/E 13.8× · 2027 expected P/E 10.7× · Dividend none · Next earnings November 5, 2026 · expected EPS $1.22 · Closing price, Oct 30 · accounts published Aug 4.
- Valuation: P/B 1.9× (justified).
- Business: 5-year op. margin 11.6 % (solid).
- Balance sheet: Debt/Equity 0.34 (fragile).
- Earnings: 7 of 8 (on track).
What would it be worth at its usual multiples?
At a P/B justified by its ROE 16.8 % (2.0×) $63 (+6 %); at its peers' median (3.5×) $111 (+89 %). Implied price from applying the reference multiples to today's earnings (or book value, or FFO) per share. Not a fair value: it is where the stock would trade at its usual multiples.
What matters in insurance: 3 of 4 pass
- Debt / Equity 0.34, fails.
- Op Margin 5y (Combined Ratio proxy) 11.6 %, passes.
- Book Value / Share growth 63.0 %, passes.
- P/B (Price / Book) 1.9×, passes.
- Dividend growth streak n/a: it pays no dividend, info.
Against its peers (reference peers) — Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.: P/E 13.8×; P/B 1.9×; ROE 16.8 %; $2.6B. Selective Insurance Group, Inc. (P/E 11.9×; P/B 1.7×; ROE 14.3 %; $5.9B), RLI Corp. (P/E 15.2×; P/B 3.5×; ROE 22.5 %; $6.0B), Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. (P/E 15.9×; P/B 4.3×; ROE 26.7 %; $8.2B).
Expensive or cheap against its last ten fiscal years?
P/B at each close: today 1.9× · median 2.3× · minimum 1.3× · maximum 3.2× · cheap below 2.0× · expensive above 2.6×. It has been cheaper than today only 19% of the time over its last ten fiscal years.
Profitability
| Return on Equity | 16.84% |
| Return on Invested Capital | 4.40% |
| Return on Assets | 2.77% |
| Gross Margin | 34.49% |
| Operating Margin | 14.68% |
| Net Margin | 11.45% |
Financial Health
| Debt / Equity | 0.34 |
| Current Ratio | 0.00 |
| Piotroski F-Score | 6 |
| Altman Z-Score | 0.81 |
Price Performance
| 1 month | +7.33% |
| 3 months | -3.01% |
| Year-to-date | +15.52% |
| 1 year | +29.50% |
| 3 years | +111.39% |
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