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Skyward Specialty Analyst Ratings and Price Targets | NASDAQ:SKWD | Benzinga
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc has a consensus price target of $55.25 based on the ratings of 16 analysts. The high is $72 issued by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods on May 29, 2025. The low is $27 issued by Barclays on May 11, 2023. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, and Piper Sandler on May 29, 2025, May 8, 2025, and May 5, 2025, respectively. With an average price target of $68.33 between Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, and Piper Sandler, there's an implied 13.44% upside for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc from these most-recent analyst ratings.
Analyst Firms Making Recommendations1
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
Piper Sandler
Truist Securities
JMP Securities
Barclays
1calculated from analyst ratings
Analyst Ratings for Skyward Specialty
| Buy Now | Get Alert | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/29/2025 | Buy Now | 19.53% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Meyer Shields80% | $67 → $72 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 05/08/2025 | Buy Now | 11.23% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Meyer Shields80% | $57 → $67 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 05/05/2025 | Buy Now | 9.57% | Piper Sandler | Paul Newsome84% | $57 → $66 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 05/05/2025 | Buy Now | 16.21% | Truist Securities | Mark Hughes84% | $61 → $70 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 05/02/2025 | Buy Now | 7.91% | JMP Securities | Matthew Carletti85% | $60 → $65 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/11/2025 | Buy Now | 6.25% | Barclays | Alex Scott66% | $63 → $64 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/11/2025 | Buy Now | -2.05% | Jefferies | Andrew Andersen60% | $62 → $59 | Downgrade | Buy → Hold | Get Alert |
| 04/09/2025 | Buy Now | -5.37% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Meyer Shields80% | $62 → $57 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 03/14/2025 | Buy Now | 4.59% | Barclays | Alex Scott66% | $53 → $63 | Upgrade | Equal-Weight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 03/03/2025 | Buy Now | -0.39% | Citizens Capital Markets | Reni Benjamin48% | $60 → $60 | Reiterates | Market Outperform → Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 02/28/2025 | Buy Now | 2.93% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Meyer Shields80% | $60 → $62 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 02/28/2025 | Buy Now | — | Wolfe Research | Bill Carache45% | — | Downgrade | Outperform → Peer Perform | Get Alert |
| 02/27/2025 | Buy Now | 1.27% | Truist Securities | Mark Hughes84% | $54 → $61 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 02/10/2025 | Buy Now | -0.39% | JMP Securities | Matthew Carletti85% | $53 → $60 | Reiterates | Market Outperform → Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 02/06/2025 | Buy Now | -0.39% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Meyer Shields80% | $59 → $60 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 02/06/2025 | Buy Now | -5.37% | Piper Sandler | Paul Newsome84% | $58 → $57 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 01/13/2025 | Buy Now | — | TD Cowen | Andrew Kilgerman41% | — | Initiates | → Hold | Get Alert |
| 01/06/2025 | Buy Now | -12.01% | Barclays | Alex Scott66% | $45 → $53 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 11/05/2024 | Buy Now | -8.69% | Raymond James | C. Gregory Peters79% | $45 → $55 | Maintains | Strong Buy | Get Alert |
| 10/30/2024 | Buy Now | -12.01% | JMP Securities | Matthew Carletti85% | $50 → $53 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 10/30/2024 | Buy Now | -25.29% | Barclays | Alex Scott66% | $44 → $45 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 10/15/2024 | Buy Now | -16.99% | JMP Securities | Matthew Carletti85% | $50 → $50 | Reiterates | Market Outperform → Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 10/09/2024 | Buy Now | -18.65% | Jefferies | — | $45 → $49 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 09/04/2024 | Buy Now | -26.95% | Barclays | Alex Scott66% | → $44 | Initiates | → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 08/19/2024 | Buy Now | — | William Blair | Adam Klauber66% | — | Initiates | → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 08/12/2024 | Buy Now | -21.97% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Meyer Shields80% | $46 → $47 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 08/07/2024 | Buy Now | -18.65% | Truist Securities | Mark Hughes84% | $47 → $49 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
| 08/07/2024 | Buy Now | -20.31% | Piper Sandler | Paul Newsome84% | $46 → $48 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 08/06/2024 | Buy Now | -16.99% | JMP Securities | Matthew Carletti85% | $47 → $50 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 07/12/2024 | Buy Now | — | Oppenheimer | Michael Phillips56% | — | Initiates | → Perform | Get Alert |
| 07/01/2024 | Buy Now | -21.97% | JMP Securities | Matthew Carletti85% | $45 → $47 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 05/08/2024 | Buy Now | -23.63% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Meyer Shields80% | $44 → $46 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 05/03/2024 | Buy Now | -21.97% | Truist Securities | Mark Hughes84% | $44 → $47 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 05/02/2024 | Buy Now | -25.29% | JMP Securities | Matthew Carletti85% | $42 → $45 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/15/2024 | Buy Now | -30.27% | JMP Securities | Matthew Carletti85% | $40 → $42 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/10/2024 | Buy Now | -26.95% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Meyer Shields80% | $43 → $44 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/03/2024 | Buy Now | -28.61% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Meyer Shields80% | $43 → $43 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/01/2024 | Buy Now | -23.63% | Piper Sandler | Paul Newsome84% | $43 → $46 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 02/26/2024 | Buy Now | -38.57% | BMO Capital | Michael Zaremski73% | $31 → $37 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 02/23/2024 | Buy Now | -28.61% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Meyer Shields80% | $41 → $43 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 02/22/2024 | Buy Now | -26.95% | Truist Securities | Mark Hughes84% | $40 → $44 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 02/21/2024 | Buy Now | -33.59% | JMP Securities | Matthew Carletti85% | $38 → $40 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 01/17/2024 | Buy Now | -36.91% | JMP Securities | Matthew Carletti85% | $35 → $38 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 01/11/2024 | Buy Now | -35.25% | Wolfe Research | Bill Carcache80% | → $39 | Initiates | → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 12/26/2023 | Buy Now | -48.53% | BMO Capital | Michael Zaremski73% | $29 → $31 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 12/12/2023 | Buy Now | -33.59% | Raymond James | C. Gregory Peters79% | $36 → $40 | Maintains | Strong Buy | Get Alert |
| 11/21/2023 | Buy Now | -40.23% | Piper Sandler | Paul Newsome84% | $34 → $36 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 11/20/2023 | Buy Now | -40.23% | Raymond James | C. Gregory Peters79% | $30 → $36 | Maintains | Strong Buy | Get Alert |
| 11/08/2023 | Buy Now | -33.59% | Truist Securities | Mark Hughes84% | $35 → $40 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 10/13/2023 | Buy Now | -45.21% | JMP Securities | Matthew Carletti85% | $32 → $33 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 10/06/2023 | Buy Now | -46.87% | Piper Sandler | Paul Newsome84% | $27 → $32 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 08/22/2023 | Buy Now | -50.2% | Raymond James | C. Gregory Peters79% | $28 → $30 | Maintains | Strong Buy | Get Alert |
| 08/14/2023 | Buy Now | -53.52% | BMO Capital | Michael Zaremski73% | $27 → $28 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 08/09/2023 | Buy Now | -46.87% | JMP Securities | Matthew Carletti85% | $30 → $32 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 07/31/2023 | Buy Now | -55.18% | BMO Capital | Michael Zaremski73% | → $27 | Initiates | → Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 07/12/2023 | Buy Now | -50.2% | JMP Securities | Matthew Carletti85% | $28 → $30 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 05/25/2023 | Buy Now | -53.52% | Raymond James | C. Gregory Peters79% | $25 → $28 | Maintains | Strong Buy | Get Alert |
| 05/22/2023 | Buy Now | -53.52% | JMP Securities | Matthew Carletti85% | $26 → $28 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 05/15/2023 | Buy Now | -55.18% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Meyer Shields80% | $25 → $27 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 05/15/2023 | Buy Now | -43.55% | Truist Securities | Mark Hughes84% | $26 → $34 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 05/11/2023 | Buy Now | -55.18% | Barclays | Tracy Benguigui59% | $23 → $27 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 05/10/2023 | Buy Now | -56.84% | JMP Securities | Matthew Carletti85% | $25 → $26 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/18/2023 | Buy Now | -58.5% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Meyer Shields80% | $24 → $25 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/18/2023 | Buy Now | -58.5% | JMP Securities | Matthew Carletti85% | → $25 | Reiterates | → Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/18/2023 | Buy Now | -58.5% | Raymond James | C. Gregory Peters79% | $23 → $25 | Maintains | Strong Buy | Get Alert |
| 04/17/2023 | Buy Now | -58.5% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Meyer Shields80% | $24 → $25 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/12/2023 | Buy Now | -61.82% | Barclays | Tracy Benguigui59% | $22 → $23 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 03/02/2023 | Buy Now | -61.82% | Raymond James | C. Gregory Peters79% | $22 → $23 | Maintains | Strong Buy | Get Alert |
| 03/01/2023 | Buy Now | -58.5% | JMP Securities | Matthew Carletti85% | $25 → $25 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 02/07/2023 | Buy Now | -63.48% | Raymond James | C. Gregory Peters79% | → $22 | Initiates | → Strong Buy | Get Alert |
| 02/07/2023 | Buy Now | -58.5% | JMP Securities | Matthew Carletti85% | → $25 | Initiates | → Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 02/07/2023 | Buy Now | -56.84% | Truist Securities | Mark Hughes84% | → $26 | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert |
| 02/07/2023 | Buy Now | -60.16% | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods | Meyer Shields80% | → $24 | Initiates | → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 02/07/2023 | Buy Now | -61.82% | Piper Sandler | Paul Newsome84% | → $23 | Initiates | → Overweight | Get Alert |
FAQ
What is the target price for Skyward Specialty (SKWD) stock?
The latest price target for Skyward Specialty (NASDAQ:SKWD) was reported by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods on May 29, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $72.00 expecting SKWD to rise to within 12 months (a possible 19.53% upside). 31 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
What is the most recent analyst rating for Skyward Specialty (SKWD)?
The latest analyst rating for Skyward Specialty (NASDAQ:SKWD) was provided by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, and Skyward Specialty maintained their outperform rating.
When was the last upgrade for Skyward Specialty (SKWD)?
The last upgrade for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc happened on March 14, 2025 when Barclays raised their price target to $63. Barclays previously had an equal-weight for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc.
When was the last downgrade for Skyward Specialty (SKWD)?
The last downgrade for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc happened on April 11, 2025 when Jefferies changed their price target from $62 to $59 for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc.
When is the next analyst rating going to be posted or updated for Skyward Specialty (SKWD)?
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of Skyward Specialty, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for Skyward Specialty was filed on May 29, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around May 29, 2026.
Is the Analyst Rating Skyward Specialty (SKWD) correct?
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Skyward Specialty (SKWD) rating was a maintained with a price target of $67.00 to $72.00. The current price Skyward Specialty (SKWD) is trading at is $60.24, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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