Essent Group (ESNT) Projected to Post Earnings on Friday

Essent Group (NYSE:ESNT) will likely be posting its Q3 2026 results before the market opens on Friday, November 6th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $1.85 per share and revenue of $344.17 million for the quarter. Parties can check the company’s upcoming Q3 2026 earnings report page for the latest details on the call scheduled for Friday, November 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET.

Essent Group (NYSE:ESNT) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, June 30th. The financial services provider reported $2.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The business had revenue of $362.69 million for the quarter. Essent Group had a return on equity of 11.91% and a net margin of 51.45%. On average, analysts expect Essent Group to post $7.58 EPS for the current fiscal year and $7.77 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Essent Group Stock Up 2.4%

Essent Group stock opened at $69.31 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 1.18, a quick ratio of 1.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.09. Essent Group has a 12 month low of $55.34 and a 12 month high of $70.37. The firm has a market cap of $6.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.44, a PEG ratio of 1.70 and a beta of 0.71. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $65.71 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $63.04.

Essent Group Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 10th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 31st were given a $0.35 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 31st. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.0%. Essent Group’s payout ratio is 19.53%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, SVP Vijay Bhasin sold 14,175 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $70.00, for a total value of $992,250.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 184,274 shares in the company, valued at $12,899,180. This represents a 7.14% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Douglas J. Pauls sold 2,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $69.70, for a total transaction of $174,250.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 30,154 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,101,733.80. The trade was a 7.66% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders sold 70,146 shares of company stock valued at $4,900,365. 3.60% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Essent Group from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, October 31st. BTIG Research started coverage on shares of Essent Group in a report on Tuesday, September 22nd. They set a “hold” rating for the company. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Essent Group from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b+)” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 22nd. Roth Capital increased their price objective on shares of Essent Group from $65.00 to $80.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 10th. Finally, Bank of America cut shares of Essent Group from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $78.00 to $68.00 in a report on Friday, October 30th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $70.75.

Essent Group Company Profile

Essent Group Ltd. (NYSE: ESNT) is a Bermuda-based holding company that provides private mortgage insurance and related risk-management services in the United States. Through its operating subsidiaries, the company helps protect mortgage lenders and investors against losses when borrowers default on residential mortgage loans.

Its principal business is mortgage insurance for low-down-payment conventional residential mortgages, enabling qualified borrowers to obtain home financing with less than a 20% down payment.