Essent Group (ESNT) Competitors

Essent Group (NYSE:ESNT) and Corebridge Financial (NYSE:CRBG) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.

Which has more risk & volatility, ESNT or CRBG?

Essent Group has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corebridge Financial has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ESNT or CRBG?

Essent Group currently has a consensus target price of $63.29, suggesting a potential upside of 8.17%. Corebridge Financial has a consensus target price of $37.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.41%. Given Corebridge Financial's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Corebridge Financial is more favorable than Essent Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Essent Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Corebridge Financial	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ESNT or CRBG?

93.0% of Essent Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.3% of Corebridge Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 2.9% of Essent Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Corebridge Financial shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor ESNT or CRBG?

In the previous week, Corebridge Financial had 5 more articles in the media than Essent Group. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Corebridge Financial and 4 mentions for Essent Group. Essent Group's average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat Corebridge Financial's score of 1.25 indicating that Essent Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Essent Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Corebridge Financial	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ESNT or CRBG more profitable?

Essent Group has a net margin of 58.69% compared to Corebridge Financial's net margin of 11.39%. Corebridge Financial's return on equity of 22.69% beat Essent Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Essent Group	58.69%	13.35%	10.61%
Corebridge Financial	11.39%	22.69%	0.74%

Is ESNT or CRBG a better dividend stock?

Essent Group pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Corebridge Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Essent Group pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Corebridge Financial pays out 81.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Essent Group has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Corebridge Financial has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ESNT or CRBG?

Essent Group received 395 more outperform votes than Corebridge Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.50% of users gave Corebridge Financial an outperform vote while only 65.74% of users gave Essent Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Essent Group	Outperform Votes 449 65.74%	Underperform Votes 234 34.26%
Corebridge Financial	Outperform Votes 54 67.50%	Underperform Votes 26 32.50%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ESNT or CRBG?

Corebridge Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Essent Group. Essent Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Corebridge Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Essent Group	$1.29B	4.61	$729.40M	$6.83	8.57
Corebridge Financial	$16.06B	1.12	$2.23B	$1.18	27.65

Summary

Corebridge Financial beats Essent Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.