Essent Group Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Essent Group in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Essent Group stock.
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Essent Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, August 6th 2021.
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Essent Group will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, August 6th at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 416-621-4642 with passcode "2073556".

Essent Group Ltd. (NYSE:ESNT) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May, 7th. The financial services provider reported $1.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.22 by $0.01. The financial services provider earned $244.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $245.06 million. Essent Group had a net margin of 41.10% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.54%. Essent Group's revenue was up 7.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.52 EPS.
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Essent Group's stock was trading at $37.81 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, ESNT stock has increased by 15.3% and is now trading at $43.59.
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Essent Group announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 7th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 1st will be given a dividend of $0.17 per share on Thursday, June 10th. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.56%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 28th. This is a positive change from Essent Group's previous quarterly dividend of $0.16.
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Essent Group pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.55%. Essent Group does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Essent Group is 17.53%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Essent Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 11.31% next year. This indicates that Essent Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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6 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Essent Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $46.00 to $62.00. On average, they anticipate Essent Group's share price to reach $54.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.4% from the stock's current price.
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6 employees have rated Essent Group CEO Mark A. Casale on Glassdoor.com. Mark A. Casale has an approval rating of 100% among Essent Group's employees. This puts Mark A. Casale in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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

Essent Group's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.03%) and New Mexico Educational Retirement Board (0.02%). Company insiders that own Essent Group stock include David B Weinstock, Douglas J Pauls, Lawrence E Mcalee Jr, Mark Casale, Mary Lourdes Gibbons, Robert Glanville, Roy James Kasmar, Vijay Bhasin and William Spiegel.
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ESNT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including New Mexico Educational Retirement Board, and Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund. Company insiders that have bought Essent Group stock in the last two years include Mark Casale, and Robert Glanville.
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One share of ESNT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $43.59.

Essent Group has a market capitalization of $4.92 billion and generates $955.15 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $413.04 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.88 on an earnings per share basis.

Essent Group employs 365 workers across the globe.

The official website for Essent Group is www.essentgroup.com.

Essent Group is headquartered at 2 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON D0, HM 11.

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]