At the time of writing, Essent Group Ltd [ESNT] stock is trading at $57.85, up 0.50%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The ESNT shares have gain 3.17% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -2.85%, 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.
For the past year, the stock price of Essent Group Ltd fluctuated between $51.61 and $65.33. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $69 within the next 12 months. Essent Group Ltd [NYSE: ESNT] shares were valued at $57.85 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 19.27% based on the average ESNT price forecast.
Analyzing the ESNT fundamentals
According to Essent Group Ltd [NYSE:ESNT], the company’s sales were 1.24B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 8.22% jump. 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.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Essent Group Ltd [NYSE:ESNT] has a current ratio of 5.08. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.71, the price to book ratio is 1.05 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 8.47.
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.
