NYSE:ESNTEssent Group Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Essent Group Ltd Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $34.43 -1.84 (-5.07 %) (As of 07/1/2020 04:00 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$34.16Now: $34.43▼$36.6050-Day Range$25.62MA: $34.13▼$41.0252-Week Range$17.52Now: $34.43▼$55.84Volume1.41 million shsAverage Volume1.50 million shsMarket Capitalization$3.87 billionP/E Ratio5.87Dividend Yield1.76%Beta1.48 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInsider TradesInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media Essent Group Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides private mortgage insurance and reinsurance for mortgages secured by residential properties located in the United States. The company also provides information technology maintenance and development services; customer support-related services; and contract underwriting services. It serves originators of residential mortgage loans, such as regulated depository institutions, mortgage banks, credit unions, and other lenders. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 4.3 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingEssent Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on 6 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $46.90, Essent Group has a potential upside of 36.2% from its current price of $34.43.Amount of Analyst CoverageEssent Group has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock. Previous Next 2.6 Community Rank Outperform VotesEssent Group has received 391 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesEssent Group has received 360 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentEssent Group has received 52.06% “outperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Essent Group and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe ESNT will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe ESNT will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 2.5 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldEssent Group pays a meaningful dividend of 1.76%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthEssent Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Essent Group is 11.31%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, Essent Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 11.92% next year. This indicates that Essent Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend. Previous Next 4.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Essent Group insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $1,662,500.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by InsidersOnly 2.90% of the stock of Essent Group is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions92.07% of the stock of Essent Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company. Previous Next 2.5 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for Essent Group are expected to grow by 37.34% in the coming year, from $3.91 to $5.37 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Essent Group is 5.87, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 16.51.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Essent Group is 5.87, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 18.92.Price to Book Value per Share RatioEssent Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.13. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 4.3Community Rank: 2.6Dividend Strength: 2.5Insider Behavior: 4.0Valuation: 2.5 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™3.17 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Surety insurance Sub-IndustryN/A SectorFinance Current SymbolNYSE:ESNT Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIK1448893 Webwww.essentgroup.com Phone441-297-9901Debt Debt-to-Equity RatioN/A Current Ratio0.84 Quick Ratio0.84Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio5.87 Forward P/E Ratio8.81 P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$867.57 million Price / Sales4.46 Cash Flow$5.64 per share Price / Cash Flow6.10 Book Value$30.34 per share Price / Book1.13Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$5.66 Net Income$555.71 million Net Margins64.46% Return on Equity19.83% Return on Assets15.08%Miscellaneous EmployeesN/A Outstanding Shares112,423,000Market Cap$3.87 billion Next Earnings Date8/7/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable ESNT Rates by TradingView Receive ESNT News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for ESNT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Essent Group (NYSE:ESNT) Frequently Asked Questions How has Essent Group's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Essent Group's stock was trading at $37.81 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ESNT shares have decreased by 8.9% and is now trading at $34.43. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Essent Group? 10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Essent Group in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Essent Group. When is Essent Group's next earnings date? Essent Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, August 7th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Essent Group. How were Essent Group's earnings last quarter? Essent Group Ltd (NYSE:ESNT) issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May, 8th. The financial services provider reported $1.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.29. The financial services provider earned $228.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $231.08 million. Essent Group had a net margin of 64.46% and a return on equity of 19.83%. Essent Group's revenue for the quarter was up 14.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.30 earnings per share. View Essent Group's earnings history. How often does Essent Group pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Essent Group? Essent Group declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 8th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.16 per share on Friday, June 12th. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.86%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 1st. View Essent Group's dividend history. What price target have analysts set for ESNT? 10 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Essent Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $36.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate Essent Group's stock price to reach $46.90 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 36.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Essent Group. Has Essent Group been receiving favorable news coverage? News articles about ESNT stock have been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing 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 -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Essent Group. Who are some of Essent Group's key competitors? 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). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of Essent Group own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Essent Group investors own include Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Verizon Communications (VZ), Walt Disney (DIS), CVS Health (CVS), Home Depot (HD), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Intel (INTC), Applied Materials (AMAT) and Procter & Gamble (PG). Who are Essent Group's key executives? Essent Group's management team includes the following people: Mr. Mark Anthony Casale, Chairman, CEO & Pres (Age 54)Mr. Lawrence Edmond McAlee Jr., CPA, Sr. VP & CFO (Age 55)Ms. Mary Lourdes Gibbons, Chief Legal Officer, Sr. VP & Assistant Sec. (Age 57)Mr. Vijay Bhasin, Chief Risk Officer & Sr. VP (Age 54)Mr. Jeffrey Robert Cashmer, Sr. VP of Bus. Devel. (Age 48) What is Essent Group's stock symbol? Essent Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ESNT." How do I buy shares of 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab. What is Essent Group's stock price today? One share of ESNT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.43. How big of a company is Essent Group? Essent Group has a market capitalization of $3.87 billion and generates $867.57 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $555.71 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.66 on an earnings per share basis. What is Essent Group's official website? The official website for Essent Group is www.essentgroup.com. How can I contact Essent Group? 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] This page was last updated on 7/2/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access for $1.00 Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools: Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring View the latest news, buy/sell ratings, SEC filings and insider transactions for your stocks. Compare your portfolio performance to leading indices and get personalized stock ideas based on your portfolio. Stock Ideas and Recommendations Get daily stock ideas top-performing Wall Street analysts. Get short term trading ideas from the MarketBeat Idea Engine. View which stocks are hot on social media with MarketBeat's trending stocks report. Advanced Stock Screeners and Research Tools Identify stocks that meet your criteria using seven unique stock screeners. See what's happening in the market right now with MarketBeat's real-time news feed. 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