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 for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.15 by $0.16. The financial services provider had revenue of $193.10 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $189.76 million. Essent Group had a net margin of 64.97% and a return on equity of 21.90%. The company's revenue was up 19.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business 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 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Essent Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $62.00. On average, they anticipate Essent Group's share price to reach $49.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.3% 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 negative recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Essent Group earned a daily sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

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Essent Group's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional 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 purchased 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 $44.31.

Essent Group has a market capitalization of $4.36 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]