Essent Group Ltd [ESNT] stock is trading at $61.24, up 0.23%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The ESNT shares have gain 3.73% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 5.93%, and 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.
Essent Group Ltd [ESNT] stock has fluctuated between $51.61 and $65.33 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $69 within the next 12 months. Essent Group Ltd [NYSE: ESNT] shares were valued at $61.24 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 12.67% based on the average ESNT price forecast.
Analyzing the ESNT fundamentals
Essent Group Ltd [NYSE:ESNT] reported sales of 1.24B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 8.22%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.99% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.56%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.85%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.72%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.1, Equity is 0.13 and Total Capital is 0.08.
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 60.83 points at the first support level, and at 60.41 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 61.71, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 62.17.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Essent Group Ltd’s Current Ratio is 5.08. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.99, the price to book ratio is 1.11 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 8.97.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved WEINSTOCK DAVID B, SVP and CFO, that happened on Jun 16 ’25 when 2500.0 shares were sold. Officer, WEINSTOCK DAVID B completed a deal on Jun 16 ’25 to buy 2500.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director KASMAR ROY JAMES sold 3235.0 shares on May 15 ’25.
