Skyward Specialty Insurance

SKWD

Market cap $1.99B

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HOUSTON, Jan. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Skyward Group (Nasdaq: SKWD) (“the Group” or “the Company”), the unified specialty insurance organization whose operating businesses include Skyward Specialty and Apollo, today announced the global expansion of Skyward Specialty's Life Sciences insurance solution. Through this expansion, and by leveraging Apollo's Lloyd's Syndicate 1969, Skyward Specialty now offers enhanced multinational placements for U.S.-domiciled life sciences companies with international operations. This initiative marks the first strategic collaboration between Skyward Specialty and Apollo since the acquisition closed earlier this month.

Skyward Specialty Insurance (SKWD) shares have started gaining and might continue moving higher in the near term, as indicated by solid earnings estimate revisions.

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The consensus price target hints at a 30% upside potential for Skyward (SKWD). While empirical research shows that this sought-after metric is hardly effective, an upward trend in earnings estimate revisions could mean that the stock will witness an upside in the near term.

HOUSTON, Jan. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.® (Nasdaq: SKWD) (“Skyward Specialty”) today announced the introduction of Skyward Group (“the Group”, “the Company”), the unified brand for the holding company following the successful completion of Skyward Specialty's acquisition of Apollo, which closed on January 1, 2026. Skyward Specialty and Apollo will continue to operate as the Company's market-facing brands.

HOUSTON, Jan. 02, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SKWD) (“Skyward Specialty” or the “Company”), today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Apollo Group Holdings Limited (“Apollo”) at the previously agreed upon terms. About Skyward Specialty Skyward Specialty is a rapidly growing and innovative specialty insurance company, delivering commercial property and casualty products and solutions on a non-admitted and admitted basis.

HOUSTON, Dec. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.™ (Nasdaq: SKWD) ("Skyward Specialty" or "the Company"), a leader in the specialty property and casualty (P&C) market, and Sixfold (“Sixfold”), an AI underwriting company transforming insurance workflows, announce a strategic partnership to accelerate the Company's progress toward fully AI-powered underwriting across its U.S.-based property and casualty lines.

The average of price targets set by Wall Street analysts indicates a potential upside of 27.9% in Skyward (SKWD). While the effectiveness of this highly sought-after metric is questionable, the positive trend in earnings estimate revisions might translate into an upside in the stock.

SKWD, FOX and TWO made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) value stocks list on December 10, 2025.