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Essentra (ESNT) Competitors

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GBX 108.60 -1.40 (-1.27%)
As of 10/17/2025 11:54 AM Eastern

ESNT vs. EIG, PFG, GOCO, THG, FFX, CNC, PGR, ACIC, MCG, and AXS

Should you be buying Essentra stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Essentra include Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (EIG), Vanquis Banking Group (PFG), GoCo Group plc (GOCO.L) (GOCO), THG (THG), Fairfx Group (FFX), Concurrent Technologies (CNC), Phoenix Global Resources (PGR), abrdn China Investment (ACIC), Mobico Group (MCG), and Accsys Technologies (AXS). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry.

Essentra vs. Its Competitors

Ei Group plc (EIG.L) (LON:EIG) and Essentra (LON:ESNT) are both small-cap insurance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

In the previous week, Essentra had 1 more articles in the media than Ei Group plc (EIG.L). MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Essentra and 0 mentions for Ei Group plc (EIG.L). Essentra's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Ei Group plc (EIG.L)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Essentra is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Ei Group plc (EIG.L) Neutral
Essentra Positive

Essentra has a consensus price target of GBX 191.67, indicating a potential upside of 76.49%. Given Essentra's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Essentra is more favorable than Ei Group plc (EIG.L).

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ei Group plc (EIG.L)
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Essentra
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

69.5% of Essentra shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Essentra shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Essentra has a net margin of 1.13% compared to Ei Group plc (EIG.L)'s net margin of 0.00%. Essentra's return on equity of 1.28% beat Ei Group plc (EIG.L)'s return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ei Group plc (EIG.L)N/A N/A N/A
Essentra 1.13%1.28%1.74%

Essentra has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Ei Group plc (EIG.L). Ei Group plc (EIG.L) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Essentra, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ei Group plc (EIG.L)£724M0.00N/A-£46.20N/A
Essentra£295.10M1.05£3.50M£0.033,290.91

Summary

Essentra beats Ei Group plc (EIG.L) on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ESNT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ESNT vs. The Competition

MetricEssentraSpecialty Chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£310.03M£7.27B£3.83B£2.55B
Dividend Yield2.16%3.49%5.05%5.32%
P/E Ratio3,290.91620.39156.514,366.81
Price / Sales1.0598.9123,917.3199,410.30
Price / Cash4.9419.2526.6427.90
Price / Book1.132.887.188.11
Net Income£3.50M£220.83M£148.99M£5.89B
7 Day Performance-1.36%-0.27%45.54%-0.66%
1 Month Performance10.48%2.46%53.89%0.83%
1 Year Performance-28.65%-2.91%75.53%126.00%

Essentra Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESNT
Essentra
3.0276 of 5 stars
GBX 108.60
-1.3%
GBX 191.67
+76.5%
-28.1%£310.03M£295.10M3,290.91350News Coverage
EIG
Ei Group plc (EIG.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.26B£724M-6.16680
PFG
Vanquis Banking Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£571.19M£446.50M548.7819,300
GOCO
GoCo Group plc (GOCO.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£555.09M£159.20M48.745,450
THG
THG
0.6761 of 5 stars
GBX 37.31
-1.8%
GBX 39.50
+5.9%
-11.1%£488.06M£1.69B-373.137,291Positive News
Gap Down
FFX
Fairfx Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£204.20M£26.09M77.8139,000
CNC
Concurrent Technologies
N/AGBX 230.06
-0.8%
N/A+77.7%£198.94M£44.57M4,365.4674,300
PGR
Phoenix Global Resources
N/AN/AN/AN/A£181.13M£78.37M-8.1355,100Gap Down
ACIC
abrdn China Investment
N/AN/AN/AN/A£175.29M-£22.82M-761.11470
MCG
Mobico Group
1.9102 of 5 stars
GBX 26.66
+0.5%
GBX 32.50
+21.9%
-63.2%£162.72M£3.49B-15.654,300
AXS
Accsys Technologies
N/AGBX 64.62
+0.2%
N/A+21.5%£156.54M£136.63M-646.162,080

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This page (LON:ESNT) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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