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Essent Group Ltd.
ESNT Financial Insurance Specialty
Essent Group Ltd.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.3 billion, up 1.45% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 13.6%, EPS grew 7.18%, free cash flow grew 3.88% and total debt was flat, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for five consecutive years, revenue growth for three.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 16.49 | 31.54 | 31.08 | 33.37 | 17.52 | 39.62 | 34.27 | 36.53 | 50.66 | 51.61 |
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| High | 33.94 | 47.29 | 50.08 | 55.84 | 52.99 | 54.22 | 50.17 | 53.66 | 65.33 | 67.09 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 376 | 397 | 385 | 387 | 381 | 343 | 346 | 536 | 625 | 514 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 1.22 | 1.45 | 1.87 | 2.24 | 2.51 | 3.00 | 2.89 | 2.07 | 1.99 | 2.45 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 458 | 577 | 719 | 868 | 955 | 1,029 | 1,001 | 1,110 | 1,243 | 1,261 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 68.15 | 70.03 | 77.41 | 77.14 | 52.26 | 80.76 | 100.30 | 76.88 | 71.67 | 67.77 | |||||
| EBT | 312 | 399 | 547 | 659 | 490 | 822 | 988 | 823 | 855 | 822 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 68.06 | 69.13 | 76.00 | 75.97 | 51.31 | 79.95 | 98.74 | 74.16 | 68.83 | 65.18 | |||||
| Net income | 223 | 380 | 467 | 556 | 413 | 682 | 831 | 696 | 729 | 690 | |||||
| Depreciation | 15 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 27 | 37 | 21 | 19 | 26 | 20 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 5.04 | 6.18 | 7.39 | 8.87 | 9.00 | 9.25 | 9.34 | 10.45 | 11.79 | 12.74 | ||||
| Earnings | 2.45 | 4.07 | 4.80 | 5.68 | 3.89 | 6.13 | 7.75 | 6.56 | 6.92 | 6.97 | |||||
| Cash flow | 3.02 | 3.95 | 6.42 | 6.03 | 6.86 | 6.38 | 5.49 | 7.18 | 8.17 | 8.65 | |||||
| Capex | (0.03) | (0.03) | (0.04) | (0.03) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.04) | (0.04) | (0.16) | (0.07) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 2.99 | 3.92 | 6.38 | 6.00 | 6.84 | 6.36 | 5.46 | 7.15 | 8.02 | 8.57 | |||||
| Book value | 14.78 | 20.79 | 24.29 | 30.53 | 36.41 | 38.11 | 41.62 | 48.04 | 53.17 | 58.15 | |||||
| Shares, m | 91 | 93 | 97 | 98 | 106 | 111 | 107 | 106 | 105 | 99 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 13.23 | 10.85 | 7.12 | 9.15 | 11.11 | 7.42 | 5.10 | 8.06 | 7.87 | 9.33 | ||||
| P/S | 6.43 | 7.10 | 4.63 | 5.86 | 4.80 | 4.92 | 4.23 | 5.06 | 4.62 | 5.10 | |||||
| P/B | 2.19 | 2.11 | 1.41 | 1.70 | 1.19 | 1.19 | 0.95 | 1.10 | 1.02 | 1.12 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 6.59 | 7.45 | 4.85 | 6.30 | 5.37 | 5.66 | 5.00 | 5.70 | 5.25 | 5.73 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 11.13 | 11.74 | 5.61 | 9.33 | 7.07 | 8.24 | 8.56 | 8.33 | 7.63 | 8.52 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 275 | 369 | 625 | 590 | 728 | 709 | 589 | 763 | 862 | 856 | ||||
| Capex | (3) | (3) | (4) | (3) | (2) | (2) | (4) | (4) | (17) | (7) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 271 | 366 | 621 | 586 | 725 | 707 | 585 | 759 | 845 | 849 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | (332) | (518) | (510) | (527) | (882) | (985) | (766) | (756) | (435) | (549) | ||||
| Total debt | 200 | 498 | 448 | 458 | 651 | 844 | 853 | 422 | 494 | 495 | |||||
| Net debt | 172 | 454 | 383 | 387 | 548 | 762 | 772 | 280 | 362 | 372 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 1,344 | 1,940 | 2,366 | 2,985 | 3,863 | 4,236 | 4,462 | 5,103 | 5,604 | 5,757 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 13.28 | 16.67 | 16.05 | 15.82 | 9.10 | 12.48 | 14.53 | 11.46 | 10.78 | 9.48 | ||||
| ROIC | 12.87 | 10.54 | 12.66 | 12.40 | 7.07 | 10.39 | 11.99 | 9.91 | 9.33 | 8.71 | |||||
| ROE | 18.08 | 23.13 | 21.71 | 20.77 | 12.06 | 16.84 | 19.12 | 14.56 | 13.63 | 12.15 | |||||
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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
Essent Group Ltd. vs peers in Insurance Specialty (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FNF Fidelity National Financial, Inc. | $10.6B | 14.1× | 8.8× | +11.44% (above 0%: growing) | +9.80% (above 0%: growing) | −1.24% (below 0%: shrinking) | 53.15% | 9.85% | Compare |
| RYAN Ryan Specialty Holdings Inc. | $10.2B | 52.9× | 37.4× | +7.19% (above 0%: growing) | −19.51% (below 0%: shrinking) | −17.82% (below 0%: shrinking) | 100.00% | 19.67% | Compare |
| AXS Axis Capital Holdings Limited | $7.2B | 7.0× | 7.4× | +7.35% (above 0%: growing) | +24.00% (above 0%: growing) | +137.05% (above 0%: growing) | 28.72% | 19.18% | Compare |
| FAF First American Financial Corporation | $6.5B | 9.0× | 9.9× | +14.99% (above 0%: growing) | +51.06% (above 0%: growing) | +2.71% (above 0%: growing) | 100.00% | 16.60% | Compare |
| ACT Enact Holdings, Inc. | $6.3B | 9.7× | 8.8× | +4.07% (above 0%: growing) | +11.61% (above 0%: growing) | −0.84% (below 0%: shrinking) | 73.93% | 73.26% | Compare |
| ESNT Essent Group Ltd. | $5.7B | 8.9× | 8.0× | +13.64% (above 0%: growing) | +7.18% (above 0%: growing) | +3.88% (above 0%: growing) | 65.75% | 65.75% | |
| MTG MGIC Investment Corporation | $5.7B | 8.7× | 8.3× | −2.91% (below 0%: shrinking) | +6.17% (above 0%: growing) | +0.83% (above 0%: growing) | 81.29% | 80.85% | Compare |
| RDN Radian Group Inc. | $4.5B | 8.7× | 7.8× | +92.58% (above 0%: growing) | −17.48% (below 0%: shrinking) | +147.96% (above 0%: growing) | 50.35% | 30.09% | Compare |
| AGO Assured Guaranty Ltd. | $3.1B | 9.5× | 11.8× | −30.60% (below 0%: shrinking) | −57.89% (below 0%: shrinking) | −48.72% (below 0%: shrinking) | 97.95% | 42.05% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $6.4B | 9.2× | 8.8× | +7.27% | +7.99% | 0.00% | 77.61% | 24.88% |
Essent Group Ltd. (ESNT) key facts
- Concern: Net income was $690.0 million, or $6.97 per share (basic), a net margin of 54.7%.
- Strength: Essent Group Ltd.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.3 billion, up 1.45% from fiscal 2024.
- Essent Group Ltd. (ESNT) is an Insurance Specialty company in the Financial sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- As of October 16, 2026, ESNT traded at $64.70, a market capitalization of $5.7 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 8.9× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 4.4× sales; its P/E is higher than 55% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- Essent Group Ltd. pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share, a yield of 2.10%, with a payout ratio of 19.0%.
- Return on equity was 12.2% and debt-to-equity 0.09.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 for fiscal 2025.