Essent Group Ltd [ESNT] stock is trading at $55.99, down -0.14%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The ESNT shares have lost -0.73% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -8.87%, 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 July 07, 2025, when Keefe Bruyette downgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform but kept the price target unchanged to $67 for it. Previously, JP Morgan upgraded its rating to Overweight on April 08, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $60. On January 06, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Equal Weight and revised its price target to $58 on the stock. Keefe Bruyette upgraded its rating to a Outperform and increased its price target to $70 on August 05, 2024. JP Morgan downgraded its rating to a Neutral and raised its price target to $61 on April 03, 2024. UBS started tracking with a Neutral rating for this stock on December 06, 2023, and assigned it a price target of $54. In a note dated November 15, 2023, Barclays initiated an Overweight rating and provided a target price of $60 on this stock.
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 $55.99 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 23.24% 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 55.56 points at the first support level, and at 55.12 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 56.43, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 56.86.
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 4.56, the price to book ratio is 1.01 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 8.20.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Gibbons Mary Lourdes, SVP and Chief Legal Officer, that happened on Jul 01 ’25 when 240.0 shares were sold. SVP and Chief Legal Officer, Gibbons Mary Lourdes completed a deal on Jun 23 ’25 to sell 1999.0 shares. Meanwhile, SVP and CFO WEINSTOCK DAVID B sold 2500.0 shares on Jun 16 ’25.
