After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
ESNT belongs to the Financial sector of the NYSE while operating in the Insurance – Specialty industry. The current market capitalization of Essent Group Ltd is $6.19B. A total of 0.6 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 705.87K shares.
In the most recent transaction, William Spiegel bought 6,451 shares of ESNT for 62.72 per share on Aug 13 ’25. In a previous transaction on Aug 12 ’25, Gibbons Mary Lourdes bought 22,370 shares at 67.97 per share.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Gibbons Mary Lourdes disposed of 240 shares on Jul 01 ’25 at a per-share price of $62.00. This resulted in the SVP and Chief Legal Officer holding 250,783 shares of ESNT after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Gibbons Mary Lourdes sold 1,999 shares at $60.00 per share on Jun 23 ’25. Company shares held by the SVP and Chief Legal Officer now total 251,023.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Essent Group Ltd pays an annual dividend of $1.18, resulting in a dividend yield of 1.88%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 9.16.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, ESNT has a high of $65.33 and a low of $51.61.
As of this writing, ESNT has an earnings estimate of $1.77 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 7.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $1.83 per share and a lower estimate of $1.66. The company reported an EPS of $1.65 in the last quarter
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. ESNT’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $5.04B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. Its Book Value Per Share was $56.98, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $4.24B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for ESNT is Buy with a score of 3.89.
