---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001519449-26-000047"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SKWD"
cik: "0001519449"
company_name: "Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-04T20:14:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-04T20:15:11.766549+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Skyward Specialty Q2 net income $49M, diluted operating EPS $1.30 vs $0.89 YoY

## Summary
- Net income $49.0M ($1.10 basic EPS) vs $38.8M ($0.96) in Q2 2025; diluted operating EPS $1.30 vs $0.89.
- Managed premiums $1.06B (+17.5% YoY); gross written premiums $740.6M (+13.3%).
- Net written premiums $485.6M (+43.2% YoY); annualized operating ROE 19.0% vs 17.1%.
- Net operating income $59.2M vs $37.5M in Q2 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001519449-26-000047
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SKWD
- cik: 0001519449
- company_name: Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-04T20:14:15+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000151944926000047/0001519449-26-000047-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519449/000151944926000047/skwd-20260804.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001519449-26-000047.txt

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