Essent Group (ESNT)

• Market cap: $6.45B
• 1 day: 3.04%
• 5 days: 2.89%
• 1 month: 6.37%
• 3 months: 10.83%
• 6 months: 18.73%
• Year to date: 20.19%
• 1 year: 1.87%
• 5 years: 75.97%
• 10 years: 152.62%
• Sector: Financials
• Industry: Specialty - Insurance

About: Essent Group Ltd serves the housing finance industry by providing private mortgage insurance, reinsurance, risk management products, title insurance, and settlement services to mortgage lenders, borrowers, and investors to support homeownership. It provides credit protection to lenders and mortgage investors by covering a portion of the unpaid principal balance of a mortgage and certain related expenses in the event of a default. By providing capital to mitigate mortgage credit risk, the company allows lenders to make additional mortgage financing available to prospective homeowners.

Employees: 521

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

376% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $2.14M | Put options by funds: $449K

14% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 41 | Existing positions closed: 36

1.82% more ownership

Funds ownership: 93.78% [Q1] → 95.6% (+1.82%) [Q2]

5% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $5.62B [Q1] → $5.89B (+$267M) [Q2]

0% more funds holding

Funds holding: 330 [Q1] → 331 (+1) [Q2]

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q1] → 4 (+0) [Q2]

3% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 126 | Existing positions reduced: 130

Research analyst outlook

2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $59
• Avg. target: $63
• High target: $67

2 analyst ratings

• positive: 0 0%
• neutral: 2 100%
• negative: 0 0%

Barclays Terence Malone	$59	Equal-Weight Maintained	8 Jul 2025
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Bose George	$67	Market Perform Downgraded	7 Jul 2025