#1 SKWD
Skyward Specialty Insurance Gro
Regime Shift, sector confirmed; strongest on regime (17/20); weakest on insider signal (13/20). Last earnings neutral (+1.1%); 4 insiders buying.
Regime Shift
XLF
sector confirmed
$9,320 CFO$1,518,395 other insiders (4)
4 insider(s)
net purchase ratio +0.53
178d since buy
72
conviction / 100
73.8
technical / 100
$25,000–$35,000
Standard
Regime clarity17.0
Sponsorship / positioning13.8
Volatility behaviour14.9
Catalyst alignment (insider)12.8
Cross-asset confirmation13.3
Last
56.89
Add above
65.69
Cut below
56.77
50DMA
58.30
200DMA
49.35
SKWD — daily, 14 months
XLF — sector ETF, daily, 14 months
Pillar detail, thesis support and invalidation
Regime clarity
What strengthens the thesis
- price above 200DMA
- 200DMA rising
- 50DMA rising
- higher highs and higher lows
- efficiency ratio 0.15
- OBV 50d slope +0.214 avg-daily-volumes/bar
- no OBV divergence at highs
- OBV fell through last pullback
- last pullback 14.9% deep
- no wide downside expansion bars (30d)
- ATR expanding vs 20d mean
- cluster: 4 distinct insiders buying (1 CFO, 1 CEO, 3 Director)
- net purchase ratio +0.53 (4 buying vs 2 selling)
- CFO purchases $9,320 (CFO - Apollo)
- 0.0 bps of market cap
- grew the CFO's own position by 3%
- 178 days since the last CFO buy
- closest sector ETF: XLF
- XLF above rising 200DMA (sector-led)
- XLF vs SPY 6m: -1.2 pts
- stock vs XLF RS (3m/6m avg): +10.2 pts
- A confirmed higher high above 65.69 on expanding OBV.
- Pullbacks that hold the rising 50DMA with flat-to-rising OBV.
- XLF extending its own trend while the stock holds relative strength.
- Continued base-building above the reclaimed 200DMA without volatility expansion.
- Loss of the rising 50DMA (58.30) with expanding volatility — reduce.
- Breakdown below the prior structural base (56.77) — exit, no averaging down.
- OBV divergence during a price acceleration — reduce.
- Sector ETF losing its own 200DMA — remove capital regardless of stock behaviour.
- CFO: McHarg Taryn Leonie — CFO - Apollo
- 1 CFO purchase(s), $9,320 total; last filed 2026-03-03 13:09:25
- Market cap $2,306,494,976 · 20d avg dollar volume $31,139,985
Net buying across the insider group.
| Open-market purchases | $1,527,715 |
| Open-market sales | $430,963 |
| Sales after option exercise | $34,299 |
| Distinct buyers / sellers | 4 / 2 |
| Net purchase ratio | +0.53 |
| Net purchase ratio, excl. option-exercise sales | +0.56 |
1 CFO purchase(s) worth $9,320, plus 4 by other insiders worth $1,518,395. Only the CFO purchases score on the size and recency terms.
| Trade date | Insider | Shares | Price | Value | Price now vs buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Feb 2026 | Kuczinski Anthony JDirector | 5,000 | $47.89 | $239,465 | +18.8% |
| 27 Feb 2026 | McHarg Taryn LeonieCFO | 200 | $46.60 | $9,320 | +22.1% |
| 27 Feb 2026 | Robinson Andrew SCEO | 22,100 | $46.76 | $1,033,370 | +21.7% |
| 02 Mar 2026 | Peirce Christopher LockeDirector | 3,200 | $47.30 | $151,360 | +20.3% |
| 21 May 2026 | Kuczinski Anthony JDirector | 2,000 | $47.10 | $94,200 | +20.8% |
8 material events; 0 taken well, 0 badly; last earnings 04 Aug: neutral (+1.1%).
| Session | Filing | Event | Gap | Day | vs SPY | Vol | +5d | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Aug 26 | 8-K | Director or officer change; Regulation FD disclosure | -2.6% | -1.0% | -0.1% | 1.2x | — | Neutral |
| 07 Aug 26 | 10-Q | Quarterly report | -0.7% | -3.0% | -3.6% | 0.9x | -6.1% | Neutral |
| 04 Aug 26 | 8-K · earnings | Results of operations (earnings) | -0.2% | +1.1% | -0.7% | 0.8x | +0.1% | Neutral |
| 15 Jul 26 | 8-K | Other material event | -0.1% | -2.6% | -2.9% | 0.9x | +1.9% | Neutral |
| 11 May 26 | 10-Q | Quarterly report | -0.9% | -1.8% | -2.0% | 1.1x | +4.4% | Neutral |
| 11 May 26 | 8-K | Material event | -0.9% | -1.8% | -2.0% | 1.1x | +4.4% | Neutral |
| 06 May 26 | 8-K · earnings | Results of operations (earnings) | +0.0% | -0.2% | -1.6% | 1.3x | +0.4% | Neutral |
| 17 Mar 26 | 8-K/A | Material event (amended) | +0.8% | +0.8% | +0.5% | 0.8x | -5.8% | Neutral |