NYSE:ESNT - Essent Group Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Essent Group Ltd (NYSE:ESNT) released its earnings results on Friday, May, 4th. The financial services provider reported $1.13 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.10 by $0.03. The financial services provider earned $167.50 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $165.81 million. Essent Group had a net margin of 68.82% and a return on equity of 18.80%. The business's revenue was up 31.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.72 EPS. View Essent Group's Earnings History.

Essent Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, August, 3rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Essent Group.

10 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Essent Group's shares. Their predictions range from $38.00 to $62.00. On average, they expect Essent Group's stock price to reach $51.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 34.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Essent Group.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Essent Group in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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

Media stories about ESNT stock have been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. Accern identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Essent Group earned a daily sentiment score of 0.03 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the financial services provider an impact score of 46.61 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Essent Group's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.76%), Boston Advisors LLC (0.14%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.12%), Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB (0.01%) and Cim LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Essent Group stock include (Cayman) Co Pbra, 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 Peregrine Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Essent Group company stock in the last year include Andrew Turnbull, David B Weinstock, Lawrence E Mcalee Jr, Mark Casale, Mary Lourdes Gibbons and Robert Glanville. View Insider Buying and Selling for Essent Group.

ESNT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Boston Advisors LLC, Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB and Cim 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 $38.38.

Essent Group has a market capitalization of $3.56 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 397 workers across the globe.

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]