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

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

Essent Group declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 2nd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 4th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Monday, September 16th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 3rd. View Essent Group's Dividend History.

Essent Group Ltd (NYSE:ESNT) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August, 2nd. The financial services provider reported $1.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.30 by $0.09. The financial services provider earned $211.89 million during the quarter. Essent Group had a net margin of 64.34% and a return on equity of 21.05%. View Essent Group's Earnings History.

Essent Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, November 8th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Essent Group.

3 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Essent Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $45.00 to $54.00. On average, they expect Essent Group's share price to reach $50.3333 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Essent Group.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Essent Group in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Essent Group.

Media coverage about ESNT stock has trended positive this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Essent Group.

Essent Group saw a decline in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 960,000 shares, a decline of 13.9% from the June 30th total of 1,114,400 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 624,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Currently, 1.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Essent Group's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Essent Group include Old Republic International (ORI), Radian Group (RDN), MGIC Investment (MTG), Assured Guaranty (AGO), NMI (NMIH), Ambac Financial Group (AMBC), MBIA (MBI) and Syncora (SYCRF).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Essent Group investors own include Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Applied Materials (AMAT), Adobe (ADBE), Micron Technology (MU), Momo (MOMO), AutoNation (AN), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Huazhu Group (HTHT).

Essent Group's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.33%), BlackRock Inc. (8.09%), BlackRock Inc. (8.09%), APG Asset Management N.V. (2.29%), Man Group plc (1.49%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.46%). Company insiders that own Essent Group stock include Andrew Turnbull, David B Weinstock, Jeff Cashmer, Joseph Hissong, Lawrence E Mcalee Jr, Mark Casale, Mary Lourdes Gibbons, Robert Glanville 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 Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Corp DE, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Westfield Capital Management Co. LP, Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc. and Vanguard Group 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 and Vijay Bhasin. View Insider Buying and Selling for Essent Group.

ESNT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Allianz Asset Management GmbH, APG Asset Management N.V., Clark Capital Management Group Inc. and Nicholas Investment Partners LP. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ESNT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $47.49.

Essent Group has a market capitalization of $4.67 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]