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Essent Group Ltd.

Financial Services · Insurance - Specialty

$64.02

Up+$1.68 (+2.62%)

Updated Oct 23, 2026, 12:56 AM

SID Score

6.4/10

Composite research score

Smart Money

58/100

Neutral

Market cap
6.23B
P/E ratio
9.18
Dividend yield
1.94%
52-week range
$55.34 – $70.37
Volume
954.95K
Avg. volume
644.93K

Price performance · ESNT

ESNT price history

1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices

Prices through Oct 21, 2026

ESNT closed at $64.02 after 20 trading sessions, down 0.37% for the selected period.

Last close
$64.02
Period change
-0.37%
Period low
$57.91
Period high
$65.84
Daily close
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ESNT OHLC price history, latest 40 sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVolume
Oct 21, 2026$66.19$66.565$63.75$64.02954.95K
Oct 20, 2026$65.64$66.31$65.07$65.84766.36K
Oct 19, 2026$64.11$65.10$64.11$65.06666.23K
Oct 16, 2026$63.84$64.81$63.84$64.70499.02K
Oct 15, 2026$63.96$64.38$63.24$63.76609.09K
Oct 14, 2026$61.69$62.95$60.93$62.85952.84K
Oct 13, 2026$62.39$62.52$61.36$62.04691.33K
Oct 12, 2026$61.84$62.535$61.435$61.68542.25K
Oct 9, 2026$63.00$63.1699$62.44$62.49559.77K
Oct 8, 2026$61.73$63.63$61.73$63.59834.74K
Oct 7, 2026$61.41$62.20$61.41$61.90826.15K
Oct 6, 2026$61.23$62.02$60.88$61.89633.87K
Oct 5, 2026$60.15$61.665$60.0859$61.091.01M
Oct 2, 2026$59.14$60.68$58.92$60.22868.83K
Oct 1, 2026$58.29$59.39$57.90$58.861.25M
Sep 30, 2026$63.07$63.44$57.61$57.911.75M
Sep 29, 2026$63.19$63.79$62.49$63.24819.06K
Sep 28, 2026$63.55$63.85$63.15$63.44558.3K
Sep 25, 2026$64.28$64.34$63.225$63.73771.32K
Sep 24, 2026$65.53$66.01$64.13$64.26886.06K

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Overview

Company profile and research snapshot.

Company profile

Essent Group Ltd serves the housing finance industry by providing private mortgage insurance, reinsurance, risk management products, title insurance, and settlement services to mortgage lenders, borrowers, and investors to support homeownership. It provides credit protection to lenders and mortgage investors by covering a portion of the unpaid principal balance of a mortgage and certain related expenses in the event of a default. By providing capital to mitigate mortgage credit risk, the company allows lenders to make additional mortgage financing available to prospective homeowners.

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Analyst outlook

Consensus and target data currently published for this company.

Consensus
Buy
Average target
$62.00
Implied upside
—
Analysts
14
ESNT recent ratings
DateFirmRatingTarget
Oct 12, 2026JP MorganNeutral—
Oct 5, 2026BarclaysEqual-Weight—
Aug 10, 2026RBC CapitalSector Perform—
Aug 10, 2026Roth CapitalBuy—
Aug 10, 2026Keefe, Bruyette & WoodsOutperform—
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Yahoo · Oct 16, 2026

Essent Group Ltd. Schedules Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call for November 6, 2026

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Oct. 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Essent Group Ltd. (NYSE: ESNT) today announced that it will hold a conference call on Friday, November 6, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the Company’s third quarter 2026 results, which will be announced prior to the market open on the same day. The conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet at http://ir.essentgroup.com/events-and-presentations/events/default.aspx. Participants interested in joining the call’s live qu

Yahoo · Oct 15, 2026

Essent Group (ESNT): Good Investment or Just a Cheap One?

Essent Group Ltd. (NYSE:ESNT) closed at $62.04 on October 13. The stock has returned 6.80% during the last six months, compared to a 21.5% return for the Insider Monkey Billionaire Index and 14.0% for the State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust. Essent began as a mortgage insurer and still mostly is one. It protects […]

Yahoo · Oct 14, 2026

2 Reasons to Sell ESNT and 1 Stock to Buy Instead

Since April 2026, Essent Group has been in a holding pattern, posting a small return of 1.8% while floating around $62.01. The stock also fell short of the S&P 500’s 12% gain during that period.

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