At the time of writing, Essent Group Ltd [ESNT] stock is trading at $52.91, up 0.25%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The ESNT shares have lost -9.15% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -4.82%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Essent Group Ltd [NYSE: ESNT] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 08, 2025, when JP Morgan upgraded its rating to a Overweight but kept the price target unchanged to $60 for it. Previously, Barclays downgraded its rating to Equal Weight on January 06, 2025, and dropped its price target to $58. On August 05, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform and revised its price target to $70 on the stock. JP Morgan downgraded its rating to a Neutral and increased its price target to $61 on April 03, 2024. UBS initiated its recommendation with a Neutral and recommended $54 as its price target on December 06, 2023. Barclays started tracking with a Overweight rating for this stock on November 15, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $60. In a note dated June 13, 2023, Keefe Bruyette downgraded an Mkt Perform rating on this stock but restated the target price of $50.
For the past year, the stock price of Essent Group Ltd fluctuated between $52.06 and $65.33. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $73.75 within the next 12 months. Essent Group Ltd [NYSE: ESNT] shares were valued at $52.91 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 39.39% based on the average ESNT price forecast.
Analyzing the ESNT fundamentals
According to Essent Group Ltd [NYSE:ESNT], the company’s sales were 1.22B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 5.49% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.86% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.39%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.69%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.59%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.1, Equity is 0.13 and Total Capital is 0.07. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.09.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 51.74 points at the first support level, and at 50.58 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 54.60, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 56.30.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Essent Group Ltd [NYSE:ESNT] has a current ratio of 3.96. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.48, the price to book ratio is 0.99 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 7.73.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved WEINSTOCK DAVID B, SVP and CFO, that happened on Sep 18 ’24 when 2000.0 shares were sold. Officer, WEINSTOCK DAVID B completed a deal on Sep 18 ’24 to buy 2000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director KASMAR ROY JAMES sold 5000.0 shares on Aug 06 ’24.
