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Essent Group (ESNT) Competitors

$49.46
+0.60 (+1.23%)
(As of 12/8/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$48.73
$49.72
50-Day Range
$46.02
$49.51
52-Week Range
$36.53
$53.66
Volume
398,178 shs
Average Volume
373,661 shs
Market Capitalization
$5.28 billion
P/E Ratio
7.94
Dividend Yield
2.02%
Price Target
$56.38

ESNT vs. MTG, RDN, NMIH, ORI, HLNE, ZION, WTFC, FG, BPOP, and FRHC

Should you be buying Essent Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Essent Group include MGIC Investment (MTG), Radian Group (RDN), NMI (NMIH), Old Republic International (ORI), Hamilton Lane (HLNE), Zions Bancorporation, National Association (ZION), Wintrust Financial (WTFC), F&G Annuities & Life (FG), Popular (BPOP), and Freedom (FRHC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Essent Group vs.

MGIC Investment (NYSE:MTG) and Essent Group (NYSE:ESNT) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

MGIC Investment pays an annual dividend of $0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Essent Group pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. MGIC Investment pays out 18.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Essent Group pays out 16.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. MGIC Investment has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Essent Group has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

MGIC Investment presently has a consensus price target of $18.88, indicating a potential upside of 4.40%. Essent Group has a consensus price target of $56.38, indicating a potential upside of 13.98%. Given MGIC Investment's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Essent Group is more favorable than MGIC Investment.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
MGIC Investment
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40
Essent Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

In the previous week, MGIC Investment had 4 more articles in the media than Essent Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for MGIC Investment and 7 mentions for Essent Group. MGIC Investment's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Essent Group's score of 0.75 indicating that Essent Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
MGIC Investment
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Essent Group
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

MGIC Investment received 53 more outperform votes than Essent Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.42% of users gave MGIC Investment an outperform vote while only 66.10% of users gave Essent Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MGIC InvestmentOutperform Votes
480
67.42%
Underperform Votes
232
32.58%
Essent GroupOutperform Votes
427
66.10%
Underperform Votes
219
33.90%

Essent Group has a net margin of 64.11% compared to Essent Group's net margin of 61.88%. Essent Group's return on equity of 15.28% beat MGIC Investment's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
MGIC Investment61.88% 15.28% 11.57%
Essent Group 64.11%14.33%11.27%

MGIC Investment has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Essent Group has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
MGIC Investment$1.17B4.28$865.35M$2.477.32
Essent Group$1.00B5.28$831.35M$6.237.94

93.4% of MGIC Investment shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.8% of Essent Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of MGIC Investment shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Essent Group 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.

Summary

Essent Group beats MGIC Investment on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ESNT vs. The Competition

MetricEssent GroupSurety insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.28B$3.28B$7.78B$15.82B
Dividend Yield2.05%2.65%10.77%3.68%
P/E Ratio7.946.5736.9625.04
Price / Sales5.283.19190.165.10
Price / Cash6.177.2030.0617.50
Price / Book1.190.992.166.56
Net Income$831.35M$507.82M$739.51M$900.86M
7 Day Performance0.84%1.99%1.04%2.63%
1 Month Performance3.45%5.39%7.26%13.73%
1 Year Performance31.05%18.30%8.86%6.46%

Essent Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MTG
MGIC Investment
1.5459 of 5 stars
$17.42
-1.1%
$19.00
+9.1%
+37.9%$4.83B$1.17B7.05683Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
RDN
Radian Group
1.9398 of 5 stars
$25.06
-1.3%
$27.50
+9.7%
+39.9%$3.84B$1.19B6.461,400Analyst Report
News Coverage
NMIH
NMI
2.4105 of 5 stars
$27.21
-0.3%
$32.14
+18.1%
+41.3%$2.21B$560.73M7.37239Analyst Report
News Coverage
ORI
Old Republic International
2.0987 of 5 stars
$28.79
-1.2%
$30.00
+4.2%
+20.5%$8.07B$8.08B9.179,500
HLNE
Hamilton Lane
2.4264 of 5 stars
$94.46
-1.0%
$94.67
+0.2%
+48.0%$5.10B$528.75M30.97600Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News
ZION
Zions Bancorporation, National Association
2.2253 of 5 stars
$34.55
+0.4%
$37.95
+9.8%
-17.8%$5.12B$3.34B6.399,989News Coverage
WTFC
Wintrust Financial
2.2855 of 5 stars
$83.76
-0.1%
$92.73
+10.7%
+4.8%$5.13B$2.21B8.435,275Positive News
FG
F&G Annuities & Life
2.2552 of 5 stars
$41.42
-4.2%
$20.33
-50.9%
+130.2%$5.20B$2.34B36.65880News Coverage
BPOP
Popular
2.5667 of 5 stars
$72.14
+0.5%
$69.83
-3.2%
+18.7%$5.21B$2.66B7.388,900
FRHC
Freedom
0 of 5 stars
$82.95
+1.0%
N/A+29.8%$4.95B$795.69M0.003,689

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This page (NYSE:ESNT) was last updated on 12/9/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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