NYSE:ESNTEssent Group Stock Price, Forecast & News

Essent Group's stock was trading at $37.81 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, ESNT shares have decreased by 5.1% and is now trading at $35.89. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Essent Group in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Essent Group.

Essent Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, August 7th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Essent Group.

Essent Group Ltd (NYSE:ESNT) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, May, 8th. The financial services provider reported $1.52 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.23 by $0.29. The financial services provider earned $228.80 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $231.08 million. Essent Group had a return on equity of 19.83% and a net margin of 64.46%. The business's revenue was up 14.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.30 earnings per share. View Essent Group's earnings history.

Essent Group announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 8th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.16 per share on Friday, June 12th. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.78%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 1st. View Essent Group's dividend history.

9 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Essent Group's shares. Their forecasts range from $36.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate Essent Group's share price to reach $47.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 32.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Essent Group.

News headlines about ESNT stock have been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutEssent Group.

Essent Group saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,630,000 shares, an increase of 60.4% from the April 30th total of 1,640,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,380,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days. Currently, 2.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Essent Group's Current Options Chain.

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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 a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Capital Research Global Investors (7.90%), BlackRock Inc. (7.20%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (4.78%), State Street Corp (2.43%), APG Asset Management N.V. (1.99%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.93%). 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 APG Asset Management N.V., APG Asset Management N.V., Capital Research Global Investors, BlackRock Inc., Wellington Management Group LLP, Federated Hermes Inc., UBS Group AG, and Nuveen Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Essent Group company stock in the last year include David B Weinstock, Joseph Hissong, Lawrence E Mcalee Jr, Mary Lourdes Gibbons, Roy James Kasmar, and Vijay Bhasin. View insider buying and selling activity for Essent Group.

ESNT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., Senvest Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Wells Fargo & Company MN, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Russell Investments Group Ltd., Schroder Investment Management Group, and Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC. Company insiders that have bought Essent Group stock in the last two years include Mark Casale, and Robert Glanville. View insider buying and selling activity for Essent Group.

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One share of ESNT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.89.

Essent Group has a market capitalization of $3.54 billion and generates $867.57 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $555.71 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.66 on an earnings per share basis.

The official website for Essent Group is 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]