Compare Stocks: ESNT, ACT, HWC, and NMIH

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ACT Enact	$49.07	$47.07	$34.64 ▼ $50.56	$6.85B	0.49	329,362 shs	219,110 shs
ESNT Essent Group	$68.99 +0.1%	$66.10	$55.34 ▼ $70.37	$6.20B	0.76	571,829 shs	631,261 shs
HWC Hancock Whitney	$75.07	$76.14	$54.05 ▼ $80.13	$6.02B	0.95	664,153 shs	582,239 shs
NMIH NMI	$44.81	$42.93	$34.84 ▼ $46.74	$3.37B	0.53	424,585 shs	500,197 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ACT Enact	0.00%	-0.24%	+3.70%	+19.42%	+30.33%
ESNT Essent Group	0.00%	+1.31%	+4.53%	+21.57%	+9.99%
HWC Hancock Whitney	0.00%	-0.41%	-2.51%	+11.48%	+19.31%
NMIH NMI	0.00%	-0.78%	+1.15%	+26.12%	+13.88%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ACT Enact	$49.07	$47.07	$34.64 ▼ $50.56	$6.85B	0.49	329,362 shs	219,110 shs
ESNT Essent Group	$68.99 +0.1%	$66.10	$55.34 ▼ $70.37	$6.20B	0.76	571,829 shs	631,261 shs
HWC Hancock Whitney	$75.07	$76.14	$54.05 ▼ $80.13	$6.02B	0.95	664,153 shs	582,239 shs
NMIH NMI	$44.81	$42.93	$34.84 ▼ $46.74	$3.37B	0.53	424,585 shs	500,197 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ACT Enact	0.00%	-0.24%	+3.70%	+19.42%	+30.33%
ESNT Essent Group	0.00%	+1.31%	+4.53%	+21.57%	+9.99%
HWC Hancock Whitney	0.00%	-0.41%	-2.51%	+11.48%	+19.31%
NMIH NMI	0.00%	-0.78%	+1.15%	+26.12%	+13.88%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ACT Enact	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
ESNT Essent Group	2.38	Hold	$71.86	4.16% Upside
HWC Hancock Whitney	2.82	Moderate Buy	$83.78	11.60% Upside
NMIH NMI	2.67	Moderate Buy	$48.33	7.86% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ESNT, ACT, HWC, and NMIH Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/21/2026	HWC Hancock Whitney	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B)
8/10/2026	ESNT Essent Group	Roth Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$65.00 ➝ $80.00
8/10/2026	ACT Enact	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Market Perform	$44.00 ➝ $49.00
8/10/2026	ESNT Essent Group	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Sector Perform	$68.00 ➝ $75.00
8/10/2026	ESNT Essent Group	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform	$74.00 ➝ $78.00
8/10/2026	ESNT Essent Group	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$62.00 ➝ $65.00
8/7/2026	HWC Hancock Whitney	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold (C+)
8/7/2026	ACT Enact	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Sector Perform	$46.00 ➝ $50.00
8/7/2026	ACT Enact	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral	$46.00 ➝ $48.00
8/4/2026	NMIH NMI	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$53.00
8/3/2026	HWC Hancock Whitney	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$80.00 ➝ $82.00

(Data available from 8/31/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ACT Enact	$1.25B	5.46	$4.74 per share	10.35	$37.09 per share	1.32
ESNT Essent Group	$1.26B	4.92	$7.35 per share	9.39	$59.55 per share	1.16
HWC Hancock Whitney	$2.02B	2.98	$6.47 per share	11.61	$53.34 per share	1.41
NMIH NMI	$706.44M	4.77	$5.18 per share	8.65	$33.72 per share	1.33

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ACT Enact	$674.24M	$4.75	10.33	9.74	1.22	54.51%	12.98%	10.04%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)
ESNT Essent Group	$689.97M	$7.17	9.62	8.77	1.73	51.45%	11.91%	9.09%	11/6/2026 (Estimated)
HWC Hancock Whitney	$486.07M	$5.10	14.72	10.38	N/A	21.81%	11.36%	1.41%	10/13/2026 (Estimated)
NMIH NMI	$388.93M	$5.08	8.82	8.16	1.21	54.10%	15.13%	10.21%	11/3/2026 (Estimated)

Latest ESNT, ACT, HWC, and NMIH Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/7/2026	Q2 2026	ESNT Essent Group	$1.76	$2.08	+$0.32	$2.08	$321.62 million	$362.69 million
8/5/2026	Q2 2026	ACT Enact	$1.19	$1.26	+$0.07	$1.25	$315.81 million	$317.31 million
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	NMIH NMI	$1.28	$1.38	+$0.10	$1.38	$156.26 million	$187.89 million
7/21/2026	Q2 2026	HWC Hancock Whitney	$1.55	$1.55	N/A	$1.55	$398.89 million	$403.58 million
6/30/2026	Q2 2026	ESNT Essent Group	N/A	$2.08	N/A	$2.08	N/A	$362.69 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ACT Enact	$0.96	1.96%	N/A	20.21%	3 Years
ESNT Essent Group	$1.40	2.03%	+14.14%	19.53%	6 Years
HWC Hancock Whitney	$2.00	2.66%	+10.76%	39.22%	3 Years
NMIH NMI	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest ESNT, ACT, HWC, and NMIH Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/5/2026	ACT Enact	quarterly	$0.24	1.95%	8/20/2026	8/20/2026	9/17/2026
7/30/2026	HWC Hancock Whitney	quarterly	$0.50	2.62%	9/4/2026	9/4/2026	9/15/2026
8/7/2026	ESNT Essent Group	quarterly	$0.35	2.03%	8/31/2026	8/31/2026	9/10/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ACT Enact	0.14	0.92	0.92
ESNT Essent Group	0.09	1.18	1.18
HWC Hancock Whitney	0.04	0.82	0.82
NMIH NMI	0.15	0.65	0.65

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ACT Enact	18.03%
ESNT Essent Group	93.00%
HWC Hancock Whitney	81.22%
NMIH NMI	94.12%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ACT Enact	0.59%
ESNT Essent Group	3.60%
HWC Hancock Whitney	0.92%
NMIH NMI	2.44%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ACT Enact	500	139.60 million	138.78 million	Not Optionable
ESNT Essent Group	350	89.88 million	86.64 million	Optionable
HWC Hancock Whitney	3,627	80.22 million	79.49 million	Optionable
NMIH NMI	234	75.22 million	73.38 million	Optionable

ESNT, ACT, HWC, and NMIH Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

509,105 Shares in NMI Holdings Inc $NMIH Bought by Bank of New York Mellon Corp

1 hour ago | marketbeat.com

NMI Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:NMIH) Given Average Rating of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages

August 30 at 2:28 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt Purchases Shares of 86,200 NMI Holdings Inc $NMIH

August 29 at 6:26 AM | marketbeat.com

NMI Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:NMIH) Given Consensus Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages

August 25, 2026 | marketbeat.com

396,095 Shares in NMI Holdings Inc $NMIH Bought by Winmill & CO. Inc.

August 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Pinnacle Holdings LLC Makes New $2.58 Million Investment in NMI Holdings Inc $NMIH

August 24, 2026 | marketbeat.com

882,495 Shares in NMI Holdings Inc $NMIH Bought by Donald Smith & CO. Inc.

August 22, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Zacks Research Has Optimistic Outlook of NMI FY2026 Earnings

August 21, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

NMI Holdings Inc.

August 20, 2026 | marketwatch.com

NMIH Gains 20.9% in Three Months: What Investors Should Know?

August 20, 2026 | zacks.com

Zacks Research Has Negative Estimate for NMI Q3 Earnings

August 20, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

NMI Holdings Inc

August 19, 2026 | money.usnews.com

What is Zacks Research's Forecast for NMI FY2026 Earnings?

August 19, 2026 | marketbeat.com

NMI Holdings Inc NMIH

August 18, 2026 | morningstar.comM

Zacks Research Issues Negative Forecast for NMI Earnings

August 18, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Renaissance Technologies LLC Decreases Stock Holdings in NMI Holdings Inc $NMIH

August 18, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Insider Selling: NMI (NASDAQ:NMIH) EVP Sells 11,662 Shares of Stock

August 13, 2026 | insidertrades.com

Bank of America Corp DE Has $48.94 Million Stake in NMI Holdings Inc $NMIH

August 13, 2026 | marketbeat.com

NMI (NASDAQ:NMIH) EVP Sells 11,662 Shares of Stock

August 12, 2026 | marketbeat.com

DOWLING & PARTN Has Positive Outlook for NMI FY2026 Earnings

August 11, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Assenagon Asset Management S.A. Has $27.93 Million Position in NMI Holdings Inc $NMIH

August 10, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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ESNT, ACT, HWC, and NMIH Company Descriptions

Enact NASDAQ:ACT

$49.07 0.00 (0.00%)

Closing price 08/28/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$49.07 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 03:59 AM Eastern

Enact Holdings, Inc. operates as a private mortgage insurance company in the United States. It engages in writing and assuming residential mortgage guaranty insurance. The company also offers private mortgage insurance products primarily insuring prime-based, individually underwritten residential mortgage loans; contract underwriting services for mortgage lenders; and mortgage-related reinsurance products. It primarily serves originators of residential mortgage loans. The company was formerly known as Genworth Mortgage Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Enact Holdings, Inc. in May 2021. Enact Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. Enact Holdings, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Genworth Holdings Inc.

Essent Group NYSE:ESNT

$68.99 +0.09 (+0.13%)

Closing price 08/28/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$68.90 -0.09 (-0.12%)

As of 03:59 AM Eastern

Essent Group Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides private mortgage insurance and reinsurance for mortgages secured by residential properties located in the United States. Its mortgage insurance products include primary, pool, and master policy. The company also provides information technology maintenance and development services; customer support-related services; underwriting consulting; and contract underwriting services, as well as risk management products and title insurance and settlement services. It serves the originators of residential mortgage loans, such as regulated depository institutions, mortgage banks, credit unions, and other lenders. Essent Group Ltd. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Hancock Whitney NASDAQ:HWC

$75.07 0.00 (0.00%)

Closing price 08/28/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$74.95 -0.12 (-0.16%)

As of 04:05 AM Eastern

Hancock Whitney Corporation operates as the financial holding company for Hancock Whitney Bank that provides traditional and online banking services to commercial, small business, and retail customers. It offers various transaction and savings deposit products consisting of brokered deposits, time deposits, and money market accounts; treasury management services, secured and unsecured loan products including revolving credit facilities, and letters of credit and similar financial guarantees; and trust and investment management services to retirement plans, corporations, and individuals, and investment advisory and brokerage products. The company also provides commercial and industrial loans including real and non-real estate loans; construction and land development loans; and residential mortgages, as well as consumer loans. In addition, it offers commercial finance products to middle market and corporate clients, including leases and related structures; facilitates investments in new market tax credit activities and holding certain foreclosed assets; provides customers access to fixed annuity and life insurance products; and underwriting transactions products, as well as debt and mortgage-related securities. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Gulfport, Mississippi.

NMI NASDAQ:NMIH

$44.81 0.00 (0.00%)

Closing price 08/28/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$40.09 -4.72 (-10.53%)

As of 04:24 AM Eastern

NMI Holdings, Inc. provides private mortgage guaranty insurance services in the United States. The company offers mortgage insurance services, such as primary and pool insurance; and outsourced loan review services to mortgage loan originators. It serves national and regional mortgage banks, money center banks, credit unions, community banks, builder-owned mortgage lenders, internet-sourced lenders, and other non-bank lenders. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Emeryville, California.

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