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 (WHO). Since then, ESNT shares have increased by 0.3% and is now trading at $37.91.
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10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Essent Group in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Essent Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, November 13th 2020.
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Essent Group Ltd (NYSE:ESNT) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August, 7th. The financial services provider reported $0.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.14 by $0.01. The financial services provider earned $236.08 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $227.31 million. Essent Group had a return on equity of 14.53% and a net margin of 49.62%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 11.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.39 earnings per share.
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Essent Group declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 7th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 31st will be paid a dividend of $0.16 per share on Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 28th.
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10 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Essent Group's stock. Their forecasts range from $36.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect Essent Group's stock price to reach $46.90 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 23.7% from the stock's current price.
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Press coverage about ESNT stock has been trending neutral this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Essent Group earned a news sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.
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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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Russell Investments Group Ltd. (1.26%), LSV Asset Management (0.88%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.81%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.67%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.52%) and Mutual of America Capital Management LLC (0.31%). 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.
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ESNT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., First Quadrant L P CA, Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc., UBS Group AG, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Fifth Third Bancorp, and Banco de Sabadell S.A. Company insiders that have sold Essent Group company stock in the last year include David B Weinstock, Lawrence E Mcalee Jr, Mary Lourdes Gibbons, Roy James Kasmar, and Vijay Bhasin.
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ESNT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Principal Financial Group Inc., Moody Aldrich Partners LLC, Mutual of America Capital Management LLC, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Texas Permanent School Fund, and Swiss National Bank. Company insiders that have bought Essent Group stock in the last two years include Mark Casale, and Robert Glanville.
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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 $37.91.

Essent Group has a market capitalization of $4.26 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]