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Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (Skyward Specialty Insurance Group) Interest Coverage : 18.23 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Interest Coverage?

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's EBIT by its Interest Expense. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's EBIT for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $49.7 Mil. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's Interest Expense for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-2.7 Mil. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's interest coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 18.23. The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

The historical rank and industry rank for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's Interest Coverage or its related term are showing as below:

SKWD' s Interest Coverage Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.77   Med: 11.45   Max: 13.96
Current: 13.96


SKWD's Interest Coverage is ranked better than
50.15% of 325 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 13.81 vs SKWD: 13.96

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.


Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Interest Coverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's Interest Coverage can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: For Interest Coverage, "No debt" indicates no long-term debt. An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no long-term debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Interest Coverage Chart

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Interest Coverage
- 11.45 8.77 11.98

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Quarterly Data
Dec20 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Interest Coverage Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.16 11.14 11.56 14.54 18.23

Competitive Comparison of Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's Interest Coverage

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's Interest Coverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Interest Coverage data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's Interest Coverage Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's Interest Coverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's Interest Coverage falls into.



Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Interest Coverage Calculation

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

If Interest Expense is negative and EBIT is positive, then

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT /Interest Expense

Else if Interest Expense is negative and EBIT is negative, then

The company did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

Else if Interest Expense is 0 and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation is 0, then

The company had no debt (1).


Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's Interest Coverage for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Here, for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's Interest Expense was $-10.0 Mil. Its EBIT was $120.1 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $128.7 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT (A: Dec. 2023 )/Interest Expense (A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1*120.126/-10.024
=11.98

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Here, for the three months ended in Mar. 2024, Skyward Specialty Insurance Group's Interest Expense was $-2.7 Mil. Its EBIT was $49.7 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was $118.9 Mil.

Interest Coverage=-1* EBIT (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*49.704/-2.727
=18.23

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's Financial Strength is.


Skyward Specialty Insurance Group  (NAS:SKWD) Interest Coverage Explanation

Ben Graham requires that a company has a minimum interest coverage of 5 with the companies he invested. If the interest coverage is less than 2, the company is burdened by debt. Any business slow or recession may drag the company into a situation where it cannot pay the interest on its debt.

Interest Coverage is an important factor when GuruFocus ranks a company's overage Financial Strength .


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Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (Skyward Specialty Insurance Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
800 Gessner Road, Suite 600, Houston, TX, USA, 77024-4284
Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc is a specialty insurance company that delivers commercial property and casualty products and solutions on a non-admitted and admitted basis. The firm has one reportable segment through which it offers a broad array of insurance coverages to a number of market niches. It operates multiple lines of business, including general liability, excess liability, professional liability, commercial auto, group accident, health, property, surety, and workers' compensation.
Executives
Westaim Corp 10 percent owner 212 KING STREET WEST, SUITE 201, TORONTO A6 M5H 1K5
Gena L Ashe director C/O GXO LOGISTICS, INC., TWO AMERICAN LANE, GREENWICH CT 06831
Anthony J Kuczinski director 800 GESSNER ROAD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77024
James Charles Hays director 100 S. POINTE DRIVE, UNIT 2605, MIAMI BEACH FL 33139
Sean W Duffy officer: EVP & CHIEF CLAIMS OFFICER 800 GESSNER ROAD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77024
Westaim Hiig Limited Partnership 10 percent owner 212 KING STREET WEST, SUITE 201, TORONTO A6 M5H 1K5
Dan Pk Bodnar officer: CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 800 GESSNER ROAD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77024
Leslie Shaunty officer: GENERAL COUNSEL & SECRETARY 800 GESSNER ROAD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77024
Thomas N Schmitt officer: CHIEF PEOPLE & ADMIN. OFFICER 800 GESSNER ROAD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77024
Sandip A Kapadia officer: EVP, CHIEF ACTUARY 800 GESSNER ROAD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77024
Katharine Terry director 800 GESSNER ROAD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77024
Burkhart John A Iii officer: PRESIDENT - SPECIALTY LINES 800 GESSNER ROAD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77024
Mark W Haushill officer: EVP & CFO C/O SKYWARD SPECIALTY INSURANCE GROUP, 800 GESSNER ROAD, STE 600, HOUSTON TX 77024
Kirby Hill officer: PRESIDENT - INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS 800 GESSNER ROAD, SUITE 600, HOUSTON TX 77024
Robert T. Kittel director 70 YORK STREET, SUITE 1700, TORONTO A6 M5J 1S9