Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc shares valued at $3,099,583 were sold by HAUSHILL MARK W on Jun 13 ’25. At $58.76 per share, HAUSHILL MARK W sold 52,748 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 133,629 shares worth approximately $6.63 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, HAUSHILL MARK W sold 10,566 shares, netting a total of over 624,109 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $59.07 each, the insider now holds 123,063 shares.
Before that, HAUSHILL MARK W had added 75,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $4,465,294, the Officer bought Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc shares for $59.54 each.
As published in their initiating research note from Janney on October 06, 2025, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc [SKWD] has been a Buy. Analysts at Jefferies downgraded the stock from ‘”a Buy”‘ to ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in mid April. As of March 14, 2025, Barclays has increased its “an Equal weight” rating to a “an Overweight” for SKWD. Earlier on February 28, 2025, Wolfe Research downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Peer perform” for SKWD stock which previously was a “an Outperform”.
Analyzing SKWD Stock Performance
On last trading session, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc [NASDAQ: SKWD] plunged -1.94% to $49.62. The stock’s lowest price that day was $48.585, but it reached a high of $50.07 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.33%. Over the course of the year, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc shares have jumped approximately 11.26%.
Is Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-09-30 jumping by 0.47 million shares to 1.21 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-29 was 0.74 million shares. A jump of 39.19% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.14 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 2.14.
Which companies own the most shares of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc (SKWD)?
In terms of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 66 in the next 12 months, up nearly 30.43% from the previous closing price of $50.6. Analysts anticipate Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc stock to reach 70 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 55. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On January 13, 2025, TD Cowen assigned a price target of “a Hold” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $43.
