SKYWARD SPECIALTY INS GROUP SKWD
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 830940102 · ISIN US8309401029
- SectorFinancials
- IndustryFire, Marine & Casualty Insurance
- HeadquartersHouston, TX
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($3.6m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 44.5m as of 2026-02-26, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $43.68. Options: 2 managers hold calls ($515.4k notional), 4 hold puts ($2.9m).
Trends to Q1 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | 80 |
| Q2 2023 | 96 |
| Q3 2023 | 123 |
| Q4 2023 | 149 |
| Q1 2024 | 158 |
| Q2 2024 | 168 |
| Q3 2024 | 196 |
| Q4 2024 | 214 |
| Q1 2025 | 244 |
| Q2 2025 | 255 |
| Q3 2025 | 224 |
| Q4 2025 | 239 |
| Q1 2026 | 239 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 112 | 69 |
| Q3 2024 | 108 | 73 |
| Q4 2024 | 97 | 101 |
| Q1 2025 | 130 | 96 |
| Q2 2025 | 124 | 128 |
| Q3 2025 | 113 | 144 |
| Q4 2025 | 129 | 107 |
| Q1 2026 | 120 | 130 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | $3.1m | $11.0k | 0.00 |
| Q3 2025 | $575.5k | $808.5k | 1.40 |
| Q4 2025 | $281.1k | $3.0m | 10.77 |
| Q1 2026 | $515.4k | $2.9m | 5.71 |
Biggest buyers
| WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC | New | +1.3m |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc | New | +1.0m |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Added | +551.2k |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +503.7k |
| Freestone Grove Partners LP | Added | +398.6k |
| REINHART PARTNERS, LLC. | Added | +364.0k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO | Added | +346.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +344.0k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +285.5k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | New | +275.1k |
Biggest sellers
| Capital International Investors | Reduced | -1.4m |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | Reduced | -599.8k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Reduced | -551.5k |
| Capital World Investors | Sold out | -508.9k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Reduced | -324.6k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -256.1k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. | Sold out | -248.7k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP | Sold out | -233.8k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -223.0k |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -187.3k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $511.1k11.7k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $4.4k100 shares |
Biggest puts
| Dockside LLC | New | $1.1m26.3k shares |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | New | $934.8k214 shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | New | $642.1k14.7k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $218.4k5.0k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 13G · institution new · filed 2026-08-14 | 6.0% |
| REINHART PARTNERS, LLC. 13G · institution new · filed 2026-02-12 | 6.0% |
| Invesco Ltd. 13G · institution new · filed 2026-08-13 | 5.0% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: Capital International Investors (1.9%, 2026-05-14), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2026
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $1.3m | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $60.9k | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $7.6m | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 11 | $5.4m | $2.9m |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 3 | $7.5m | $6.0m |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 2 | $390.1k | $390.1k |
| Q1 2026 | 4 | $1.4m | 1 | $113.8k | $113.8k |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | Kuczinski Anthony J Director | Bought | $48.1k1.0k shares |
| 2026-03-02 | Peirce Christopher Locke Director | Bought | $151.4k3.2k shares |
| 2026-03-02 | Kuczinski Anthony J Director | Bought | $97.6k2.0k shares |
| 2026-02-27 | Robinson Andrew S Chairman & CEO, Skyward Group, director | Bought | $1.0m22.1k shares |
| 2026-02-27 | Kuczinski Anthony J Director | Bought | $93.8k2.0k shares |
| 2026-02-27 | McHarg Taryn Leonie CFO - Apollo · Shares controlled by Reporting Person as Custodian | Bought | $9.3k200 shares |
| 2026-02-09 | Schmitt Thomas N CPO, Skyward Group | Sold plan | $113.8k2.6k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.3m $145.4m | Added +503.7k |
| REINHART PARTNERS, LLC. 3.49% of their portfolio | 2.8m $121.5m | Added +364.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8m $78.4m | Added +344.0k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.7m $75.8m | Added +551.2k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.7m $72.9m | First filing |
| WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC 0.42% of their portfolio | 1.3m $58.1m | New |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $45.9m | Reduced -9.0k |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc 0.19% of their portfolio | 1.0m $43.7m | New |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 998.3k $43.6m | Added +61.2k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 975.0k $42.6m | Added +285.5k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.05% of their portfolio | 871.9k $38.1m | Added +149.3k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 854.8k $37.3m | Added +37.0k |
| Capital International Investors 0.01% of their portfolio | 831.4k $36.3m | Reduced -1.4m |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC 0.42% of their portfolio | 764.9k $33.4m | Reduced -158.6k |
| Freestone Grove Partners LP 0.22% of their portfolio | 691.0k $30.2m | Added +398.6k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.05% of their portfolio | 647.1k $28.3m | Reduced -64.3k |
| EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC 0.87% of their portfolio | 627.9k $27.4m | Reduced -29.8k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 617.3k $27.0m | First filing |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 590.1k $25.8m | Reduced -14.5k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 541.3k $23.6m | Added +26.1k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 504.9k $22.1m | Added +99.8k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 433.3k $18.9m | Added +346.2k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 422.3k $18.4m | Reduced -47.2k |
| EMERALD MUTUAL FUND ADVISERS TRUST 0.85% of their portfolio | 401.9k $17.6m | Added +4.5k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 395.7k $17.3m | Added +6.7k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 395.2k $17.3m | Reduced -174.2k |
| ASHFORD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 2.11% of their portfolio | 390.3k $17.0m | Added +2.6k |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 365.9k $16.0m | Reduced -19.0k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 345.9k $15.1m | Reduced -11.2k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 336.7k $14.7m | Reduced -37.5k |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ 0.42% of their portfolio | 327.1k $14.3m | Added +89.6k |
| WASATCH ADVISORS LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 319.8k $14.0m | Added +63.4k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.02% of their portfolio | 314.9k $13.8m | Reduced -11.2k |
| Swedbank AB 0.01% of their portfolio | 300.1k $13.1m | Added +10 |
| Aberdeen Group plc 0.02% of their portfolio | 294.1k $12.8m | Reduced -123 |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 286.9k $12.5m | Added +84.1k |
| Gillson Capital LP 1.01% of their portfolio | 281.3k $12.3m | Added +97.6k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 280.7k $12.3m | First filing |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 278.7k $12.2m | Added +5.7k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 278.2k $12.1m | Reduced -324.6k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 275.1k $12.0m | New |
| Karl Kapital LLC 7.64% of their portfolio | 252.4k $11.0m | Added +22.5k |
| PEREGRINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.40% of their portfolio | 246.9k $10.8m | Reduced -14.8k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.02% of their portfolio | 244.1k $10.7m | New |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.02% of their portfolio | 240.8k $10.5m | Reduced -22.1k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 239.2k $10.4m | Added +36.5k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 225.1k $9.8m | Reduced -256.1k |
| Woodline Partners LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 220.7k $9.6m | New |
| WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 206.4k $9.0m | Reduced -117.3k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 203.2k $8.9m | Reduced -81.6k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 201.6k $8.8m | Reduced -551.5k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 181.3k $7.9m | Reduced -12.8k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 173.5k $7.6m | Reduced -20.9k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 169.2k $7.3m | Added +2.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 148.1k $6.5m | Added +13.1k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 147.8k $6.5m | Added +85.8k |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.03% of their portfolio | 142.8k $6.2m | Reduced -4.6k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 135.5k $5.9m | Added +69.3k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 122.5k $5.4m | Added +1.5k |
| CHILTON INVESTMENT CO INC. 0.12% of their portfolio | 121.9k $5.3m | Reduced -70.1k |
| Langdon Equity Partners 3.92% of their portfolio | 119.8k $5.2m | Reduced -183.7k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 108.5k $4.7m | Reduced -223.0k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 103.4k $4.5m | Added +53.5k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 99.9k $4.4m | Added +14.2k |
| FJ Capital Management LLC 0.46% of their portfolio | 94.4k $4.1m | Reduced -50.4k |
| GILDER GAGNON HOWE & CO LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 91.2k $4.0m | Reduced -479 |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 83.1k $3.6m | Added +45.6k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.0k $3.5m | Added +18.7k |
| HARBOR CAPITAL ADVISORS, INC. 0.27% of their portfolio | 76.1k $3.3m | Added +25.2k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 71.9k $3.1m | Unchanged |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 71.1k $3.1m | Added +17.5k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 69.3k $3.0m | Reduced -89.6k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 66.9k $2.9m | Added +37.5k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 65.9k $2.9m | Reduced -144.4k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 63.3k $2.8m | Reduced -50.6k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 62.3k $2.7m | Added +29.9k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.0k $2.4m | Reduced -2.2k |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.6k $2.4m | Added +5.9k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 53.6k $2.3m | Added +23.2k |
| Callahan Advisors, LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 53.0k $2.3m | Unchanged |
| Riverwater Partners LLC 0.69% of their portfolio | 47.6k $2.1m | Added +15.5k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 47.1k $2.1m | Reduced -187.3k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.7k $2.0m | Added +3.1k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.8k $2.0m | New |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.3k $2.0m | Added +10.6k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 44.3k $1.9m | Reduced -17.7k |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. 0.06% of their portfolio | 42.2k $1.8m | Added +18.3k |
| Alamar Capital Management, LLC 1.11% of their portfolio | 41.6k $1.8m | Reduced -2.9k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.8k $1.7m | Reduced -5.9k |
| MARTINGALE ASSET MANAGEMENT L P 0.04% of their portfolio | 39.5k $1.7m | Reduced -1.9k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.3k $2.0m | Reduced -800 |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.2k $1.7m | New |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 36.5k $1.6m | Reduced -1.0k |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 34.5k $1.5m | Reduced -1.2k |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 33.4k $1.5m | New |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 33.3k $1.5m | Added +2.4k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.3k $1.4m | Reduced -40.4k |
| Sparta 24 Ltd. 1.60% of their portfolio | 32.0k $1.4m | New |
| VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al 0.01% of their portfolio | 30.4k $1.3m | Added +12.4k |
| DC Investments Management, LLC 0.50% of their portfolio | 30.0k $1.3m | New |