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The closing price of Essent Group Ltd (NYSE: ESNT) was $62.82 for the day, up 0.02% from the previous closing price of $62.81. In other words, the price has increased by $0.02 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.72 million shares were traded. ESNT stock price reached its highest trading level at $62.89 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $62.02.
Ratios:
Our analysis of ESNT’s different ratios will help us gain a deeper understanding of the company. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.09 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.09.
On April 08, 2025, JP Morgan Upgraded its rating to Overweight which previously was Neutral but kept the price unchanged to $60.
Barclays Downgraded its Overweight to Equal Weight on January 06, 2025, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $69 to $58.
Insider Transactions:
Also, insider trades can serve as a great indicator of what management thinks about the future direction of a stock’s price. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 12 ’25 when Gibbons Mary Lourdes sold 3,760 shares for $62.00 per share. The transaction valued at 233,120 led to the insider holds 247,023 shares of the business.
SPIEGEL WILLIAM sold 6,451 shares of ESNT for $404,736 on Aug 13 ’25. The Director now owns 26,252 shares after completing the transaction at $62.74 per share. On Aug 13 ’25, another insider, William Spiegel, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 6,451 shares for $62.72 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, ESNT now has a Market Capitalization of 6254107648 and an Enterprise Value of 6009371648. As of this moment, Essent’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 9.16, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 8.53. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.18. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 4.98 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.10. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.738 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.811.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for ESNT is 0.85, which has changed by 0.030680895 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.16461086 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, ESNT has reached a high of $65.33, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $51.61. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 7.50%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 10.12%.
Shares Statistics:
ESNT traded an average of 709.85K shares per day over the past three months and 742650 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 99.56M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 95.23M. Insiders hold about 3.35% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 98.46% stake in the company. Shares short for ESNT as of 1753920000 were 1683097 with a Short Ratio of 2.37, compared to 1751241600 on 1729825. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1683097 and a Short% of Float of 2.09.
Dividends & Splits
With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 1.18, ESNT has a forward annual dividend rate of 1.18. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.018786816The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.82.
