Kinsale Capital vs Skyward Specialty Insurance
KNSL and SKWD side by side, both in fire, marine, and casualty insurance. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How KNSL and SKWD compare
Kinsale Capital is the larger company, worth 3.2 times as much as Skyward Specialty Insurance ($8.3B against $2.6B).
On earnings, Skyward Specialty Insurance is cheaper: it trades at 13.8× trailing earnings, against 14.8× for Kinsale Capital.
Skyward Specialty Insurance grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (38.3% versus 15.8% for Kinsale Capital).
Kinsale Capital keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 28.5% compared with 10.8% at Skyward Specialty Insurance.
Kinsale Capital pays a dividend yielding 0.25%; Skyward Specialty Insurance does not pay one.
Kinsale Capital scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 6 for Skyward Specialty Insurance), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | KNSL | SKWD |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $8.3B | $2.6B |
| Share price | $365.71 | $59.04 |
| Change, 1 year | −9.4% | 31.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 79.0% | – |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.55 | 0.39 |
| Employees | 720 | 611 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 15 (better) | 6 |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 3 | 3 |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 14.8× | 13.8× (better) |
| P/S | 4.2× | 1.5× (better) |
| P/B | 4.1× | 2.1× (better) |
| P/FCF | 8.3× | – |
| PEG | 0.32 | 0.28 (better) |
| FCF yield | 12.0% | – |
| Fair value | $455.84 | $51.23 |
| Margin of safety | 19.8% (better) | −15.2% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 15.8% | 38.3% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 32.4% | – |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 27.3% | 42.4% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 28.7% | 34.9% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 41.1% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 28.5% (better) | 10.8% |
| FCF margin | 50.1% | – |
| Return on equity | 30.3% (better) | 17.3% |
| Financial health | ||
| Altman Z-score | 1.88 (better) | 0.62 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.25% | – |
| Payout ratio | 3.4% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 7 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 13.6% | – |
| Buyback yield | 2.8% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 3.0% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 94.6% | 89.0% |
| Held by insiders | 5.6% | 8.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$9.6M | $559K (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 10.9% | 4.8% |
Go deeper
- KNSL stock overview
- KNSL income statement
- KNSL valuation and score
- SKWD stock overview
- SKWD income statement
- SKWD valuation and score
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