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, November, 9th. The financial services provider reported $1.18 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.12 by $0.06. The financial services provider earned $185 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $181.40 million. Essent Group had a net margin of 72.96% and a return on equity of 20.18%. The company's revenue was up 23.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.82 earnings per share. View Essent Group's Earnings History.

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

Essent Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, February 8th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 8663934306.

10 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Essent Group's stock. Their predictions range from $38.00 to $62.00. On average, they anticipate Essent Group's share price to reach $50.9722 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Essent Group.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Essent Group in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Essent Group.

News coverage about ESNT stock has trended neutral recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Essent Group earned a news impact score of 0.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the financial services provider a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

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

Essent Group's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.78%), Skyline Asset Management LP (0.54%), Boston Advisors LLC (0.06%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.05%), Navellier & Associates Inc (0.02%) and Meeder Asset Management Inc. (0.01%). 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 Skyline Asset Management LP, Boston Advisors LLC, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Peregrine Capital Management LLC and Navellier & Associates Inc. Company insiders that have sold Essent Group company stock in the last year include David B Weinstock, Jeff Cashmer, Lawrence E Mcalee Jr, Mark Casale, Mary Lourdes Gibbons 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 Meeder Asset Management Inc., Fox Run Management L.L.C. and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. 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 $37.78.

Essent Group has a market capitalization of $3.71 billion and generates $576.51 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $379.74 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.10 on an earnings per share basis. Essent Group employs 394 workers across the globe.

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]