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 Ltd (NYSE:ESNT) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May, 3rd. The financial services provider reported $1.30 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.28 by $0.02. The financial services provider earned $200.53 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $196.94 million. Essent Group had a return on equity of 21.36% and a net margin of 64.33%. Essent Group's revenue for the quarter was up 19.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.13 earnings per share. View Essent Group's Earnings History.

Essent Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, August 2nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Essent Group.

4 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Essent Group's shares. Their predictions range from $40.00 to $58.00. On average, they expect Essent Group's stock price to reach $48.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Essent Group.

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

Media headlines about ESNT stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Essent Group earned a news sentiment score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Essent Group.

Some companies that are related to Essent Group include Old Republic International (ORI), MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), Assured Guaranty (AGO), NMI (NMIH), MBIA (MBI), Ambac Financial Group (AMBC) 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), Home Depot (HD), Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Micron Technology (MU), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Adobe (ADBE).

Essent Group's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (8.68%), BlackRock Inc. (7.96%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.22%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.63%), Boston Partners (1.61%) and Wellington Management Group LLP (1.56%). Company insiders that own Essent Group stock include Andrew Turnbull, David B Weinstock, Jeff Cashmer, 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 Marshall Wace LLP, Marshall Wace LLP, Man Group plc, FMR LLC, Skyline Asset Management LP, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Marshall Wace North America L.P. and Renaissance Technologies LLC. Company insiders that have sold Essent Group company stock in the last year include David B Weinstock, Jeff Cashmer, Lawrence E Mcalee Jr, Mary Lourdes Gibbons and Vijay Bhasin. View Insider Buying and Selling for Essent Group.

ESNT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wellington Management Group LLP, Clark Capital Management Group Inc., Westfield Capital Management Co. LP, AJO LP, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Geode Capital Management LLC, One Tusk Investment Partners LP and Macquarie Group Ltd.. 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 $48.43.

Essent Group has a market capitalization of $4.76 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]