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Skyward Specialty Insurance Gro — Earnings Quality Grade D

SKWD · Financial Services

Significant concerns

Revenue
$1.4B
2025
Net Income
$170M
2025
Gross Margin
Free Cash Flow
$401M
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Screening Summary

9
Passed
1
Watch
2
Failed
M-Score

Management Signals

No recent CEO, CFO, board, or accounting leadership signals found in SEC 8-K filings.
02

Financial Trends

Revenue & Net Income ($B)

Margins (%)

03

18-Point Screening

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Revenue Quality

A1DSO Change

DSO surged by 53 days (375 → 428)

A2AR vs Revenue Growth

AR outpaced revenue for 2 consecutive years

A3Revenue vs CFFO

Revenue 23.7%, CFFO 33.7%. Cash follows revenue

02

Expense Quality

B1Inventory vs COGS

No material inventory

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B2CapEx vs Revenue

CapEx growth 76.5% is >2x revenue growth 23.7%

B3SG&A Ratio

Insufficient data

B4Gross Margin

Insufficient data

03

Cash Flow Quality

C1CFFO vs Net Income

CFFO/NI = 2.40. Profits backed by cash

C2Free Cash Flow

FCF $0.4B, FCF/NI = 2.36

C3Accruals Ratio

Accruals ratio = -5.0%. Low accruals

C4Cash vs Debt

Cash $1.6B covers debt $0.1B

04

Balance Sheet Health

D1Goodwill + Intangibles

Goodwill+Intangibles $0.1B = 9% of equity. Manageable

D2Leverage

Insufficient data

D3Soft Asset Growth

Insufficient data

D4Asset Impairment

No write-off data

05

Acquisition Risk

E1Serial Acquirer FCF

FCF after acquisitions positive

E2Goodwill Surge

Goodwill+Intangibles change 1% YoY. Normal

06

Manipulation Score

F1Beneish M-Score

Insufficient data

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Altman Z-Score — Not Applicable

Skyward Specialty Insurance Gro is a financial company. Z-Score is designed for non-financial companies.

Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25