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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February, 8th. The financial services provider reported $1.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.15 by $0.16. The financial services provider earned $193.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $189.76 million. Essent Group had a net margin of 64.97% and a return on equity of 22.58%. Essent Group's revenue for the quarter was up 19.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.79 earnings per share. View Essent Group's Earnings History.

Essent Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, May 3rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Essent Group.

8 brokers have issued 1 year 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 $49.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Essent Group.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Essent Group in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Essent Group.

Headlines about ESNT stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of press 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 media sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

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).

Essent Group's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.95%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (2.05%), APG Asset Management N.V. (1.90%), Polar Capital LLP (1.86%), Boston Partners (1.57%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.52%). 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 Victory Capital Management Inc., Two Sigma Investments LP, Bank of America Corp DE, Investec Asset Management LTD, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Skyline Asset Management LP, Boston Advisors LLC and Dupont Capital Management Corp. 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 Shoals Capital Management LP, BlackRock Inc., Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc., Weiss Multi Strategy Advisers LLC, Bayview Asset Management LLC, Southside Capital LLC, Macquarie Group Ltd. and Westfield Capital Management Co. 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 $44.84.

Essent Group has a market capitalization of $4.40 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. Essent Group employs 397 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]