NYSE:ESNT - Essent Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Essent Group announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 8th. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 4th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Monday, December 16th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.18%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 3rd. View Essent Group's Dividend History.

Essent Group Ltd (NYSE:ESNT) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November, 8th. The financial services provider reported $1.47 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.38 by $0.09. The financial services provider earned $226.39 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $216.35 million. Essent Group had a net margin of 64.58% and a return on equity of 20.86%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 22.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.18 EPS. View Essent Group's Earnings History.

Essent Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 14th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Essent Group.

Essent Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, February 14th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

2 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Essent Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $54.00 to $57.50. On average, they anticipate Essent Group's stock price to reach $55.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Essent Group.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Essent Group in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Essent Group.

Press coverage about ESNT stock has been trending very positive on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Essent Group earned a media sentiment score of 3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Essent Group.

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).

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Essent Group's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.68%), Clark Capital Management Group Inc. (0.57%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.39%), Goodman Financial Corp (0.15%), Strs Ohio (0.09%) and Dupont Capital Management Corp (0.07%). Company insiders that own Essent Group stock include David B Weinstock, Jeff Cashmer, Joseph Hissong, Lawrence E Mcalee Jr, Mark Casale, Mary Lourdes Gibbons, Robert Glanville, Roy James Kasmar 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 Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Goodman Financial Corp, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Zeke Capital Advisors LLC, Carroll Financial Associates Inc. and Eqis Capital Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Essent Group company stock in the last year include David B Weinstock, Jeff Cashmer, Joseph Hissong, Lawrence E Mcalee Jr, Mary Lourdes Gibbons, Roy James Kasmar 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 Clark Capital Management Group Inc., California Public Employees Retirement System, M&G Investment Management Ltd., Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC, Dupont Capital Management Corp, SG Americas Securities LLC, Groesbeck Investment Management Corp NJ and Sciencast Management 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ESNT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $50.68.

Essent Group has a market capitalization of $4.99 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. View Additional Information About Essent Group.

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]