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. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Monday, December 16th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.15%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 3rd. View Essent Group's Dividend History.

Essent Group Ltd (NYSE:ESNT) issued 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 analyst estimates of $216.35 million. Essent Group had a return on equity of 20.86% and a net margin of 64.58%. The company's revenue was up 22.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company 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 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Essent Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $54.00 to $57.50. On average, they expect Essent Group's share price to reach $55.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.7% 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.

Media stories about ESNT stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of 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 negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Essent Group earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news 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 effect on the stock's share price in the near term. 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 presently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.0% of the company's shares are short sold. 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).

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), CVS Health (CVS), Home Depot (HD), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Procter & Gamble (PG), Veeva Systems (VEEV), Applied Materials (AMAT) and Cisco Systems (CSCO).

Essent Group's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.68%), Groesbeck Investment Management Corp NJ (0.03%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.03%), Zeke Capital Advisors LLC (0.01%), Cerebellum GP LLC (0.01%) and Sciencast Management LP (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 Groesbeck Investment Management Corp NJ, Sciencast Management LP, Winslow Evans & Crocker Inc., Renaissance Investment Group LLC 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 $52.26.

Essent Group has a market capitalization of $5.14 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]