NYSE:ESNT - Essent Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

Essent Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ESNT."

Essent Group announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 8th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Monday, December 16th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.18%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 3rd. View Essent Group's Dividend History.

Essent Group Ltd (NYSE:ESNT) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November, 8th. The financial services provider reported $1.47 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.38 by $0.09. The financial services provider had revenue of $226.39 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $216.35 million. Essent Group had a net margin of 64.58% and a return on equity of 20.86%. The firm's revenue was up 22.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.18 earnings per share. View Essent Group's Earnings History.

Essent Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 14th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Essent Group.

Essent Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, February 14th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

2 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Essent Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $54.00 to $57.50. On average, they anticipate Essent Group's stock price to reach $55.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Essent Group.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Essent Group in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Essent Group.

News headlines about ESNT stock have been trending somewhat negative on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Essent Group earned a news sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Essent Group.

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Essent Group's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.68%), Goodman Financial Corp (0.15%), Strs Ohio (0.09%), Groesbeck Investment Management Corp NJ (0.03%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.03%) and Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL (0.02%). Company insiders that own Essent Group stock include David B Weinstock, Jeff Cashmer, Joseph Hissong, Lawrence E Mcalee Jr, Mark Casale, Mary Lourdes Gibbons, Robert Glanville, Roy James Kasmar and Vijay Bhasin. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Essent Group.

ESNT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Goodman Financial Corp, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Zeke Capital Advisors LLC, Carroll Financial Associates Inc. and Eqis Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Essent Group company stock in the last year include David B Weinstock, Jeff Cashmer, Joseph Hissong, Lawrence E Mcalee Jr, Mary Lourdes Gibbons, Roy James Kasmar and Vijay Bhasin. View Insider Buying and Selling for Essent Group.

ESNT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Groesbeck Investment Management Corp NJ, Sciencast Management LP, Winslow Evans & Crocker Inc., Renaissance Investment Group LLC, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Cerebellum GP LLC and Strs Ohio. View Insider Buying and Selling for Essent Group.

Shares of ESNT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ESNT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $50.84.

Essent Group has a market capitalization of $5.00 billion and generates $719.35 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $467.36 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.85 on an earnings per share basis. View Additional Information About Essent Group.

The official website for Essent Group is http://www.essentgroup.com/.

Essent Group's mailing address is 2 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON D0, HM 11. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 441-297-9901 or via email at [email protected]