Essent Group Ltd [ESNT] stock prices are up 1.11% to $59.17 at the moment. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The ESNT shares have gain 3.63% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.50%, 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.
The stock price of Essent Group Ltd [ESNT] has been fluctuating 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 $59.17 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 16.61% based on the average ESNT price forecast.
Analyzing the ESNT fundamentals
The Essent Group Ltd [NYSE:ESNT] reported sales of 1.24B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge 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.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Essent Group Ltd [NYSE:ESNT]’s Current Ratio is 5.08. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 4.82, the price to book ratio is 1.07 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 8.66.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved KASMAR ROY JAMES, Director, that happened on May 15 ’25 when 3235.0 shares were sold. Director, KASMAR ROY JAMES completed a deal on May 15 ’25 to buy 3235.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director PAULS DOUGLAS J sold 3000.0 shares on May 13 ’25.
