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 declared 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 dividend yield of 1.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 3rd. View Essent Group's Dividend History.

Essent Group Ltd (NYSE:ESNT) announced its earnings results on Friday, November, 8th. The financial services provider reported $1.47 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.38 by $0.09. The financial services provider earned $226.39 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 was up 22.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period 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.

2 brokers 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 share price to reach $55.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.5% 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.

News stories about ESNT stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing 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 daily sentiment score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Essent Group.

Essent Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 934,200 shares, an increase of 31.7% from the November 28th total of 709,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 486,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.0% of the company's shares are sold short. View Essent Group's Current Options Chain.

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 variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.68%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.03%), Zeke Capital Advisors LLC (0.01%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.01%), Sciencast Management LP (0.00%) and Winslow Evans & Crocker Inc. (0.00%). 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, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Zeke Capital Advisors LLC and Carroll Financial Associates 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 Sciencast Management LP, Winslow Evans & Crocker Inc. and Cerebellum GP 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ESNT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $51.88.

Essent Group has a market capitalization of $5.10 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]