Essent Group (ESNT) Competitors

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

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 2.0%. Corebridge Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. 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.

Is ESNT or CRBG more profitable?

Essent Group has a net margin of 57.29% compared to Corebridge Financial's net margin of 3.73%. Corebridge Financial's return on equity of 22.19% beat Essent Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Essent Group	57.29%	12.98%	10.28%
Corebridge Financial	3.73%	22.19%	0.73%

Do analysts rate ESNT or CRBG?

Essent Group presently has a consensus target price of $63.29, suggesting a potential upside of 3.54%. Corebridge Financial has a consensus target price of $38.45, suggesting a potential upside of 8.81%. Given Corebridge Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Corebridge Financial shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to ESNT or CRBG?

In the previous week, Corebridge Financial had 24 more articles in the media than Essent Group. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Corebridge Financial and 9 mentions for Essent Group. Essent Group's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Corebridge Financial's score of 0.74 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	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Corebridge Financial	12 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	$1.24B	4.99	$729.40M	$6.83	8.95
Corebridge Financial	$19.58B	0.99	$2.23B	$1.18	29.95

Which has more risk and volatility, ESNT or CRBG?

Essent Group has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Corebridge Financial has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Corebridge Financial beats Essent Group on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.