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ESNT

Essent Group Ltd.
NYSE· Surety Insurance· Inc. D0· CIK 0001448893 Traditional Finance
$66.32 −0.38 (−0.57%)
Oct 27 4:00 PM ET · prev $66.70
Market cap
$6.0B
Mid cap
Consensus
Buy
53% Buy or better · 15 analysts
Median target
$75.00
+13% · range $66.00–80.00
Next earnings
Nov 6
in 10 days · EPS est. $1.87
1 year
+9.8%
from $60.40 · Oct 27
30 days
+4.5%
from $63.44
52-week range
$55.84–69.63
−5% from high · low Jun 3
Avg volume 20D
845.4K
shares / day
Short interest
🔒 Subscribers only
Insider net
−$14.5M
0 buyers · 6 sellers · since May 7
New fund stakes
1
Q2 2026 13F · 1 exit
Filing reports
14
analyzed by SecBot
SecBot read BEARISH 7 reports · 90 days
Balance 2 bearish · 0 bullish · 5 neutral oldest → newest, height = score
Avg score ·High conf. 3/7 ·Next Earnings date, Nov 6, 2026
Strongest BEARISH A cluster of insider selling at Essent Group Ltd. (ESNT) shows a director and the CFO selling a combined…
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Price

Daily candles with volume. Pins mark insider trades, rating changes, 13F stakes, reports, catalysts and short-interest jumps.

  • R Apr 28 CEO Mark Casale filed a Form 144 to sell 250,000 shares (~$16.1M), a…
  • A May 22 RBC Capital initiates
  • A Jun 4 Keefe, Bruyette & Woods upgrades
  • S Jun 26 to Jul 17 7 days of insider sells: $9.6M by 3 insiders, avg $65.21
  • S Aug 7 1 insider sell $33.8K at $70.00
  • S Aug 18 to Aug 24 3 days of insider sells: $4.1M by 3 insiders, avg $70.08
  • S Sep 3 1 insider sell $55.9K at $70.01
  • S Sep 14 to Sep 15 2 days of insider sells: $709.3K by 2 insiders, avg $68.62

Signal stack

Where each data set points today.

  • InsidersBEARISH

    6 insiders sold $14.5M.

  • InstitutionsMIXED

    Q2 2026: 30 added (1 new), 24 trimmed or exited. Largest new: Balyasny Asset Management $15.3M.

  • AnalystsBULLISH

    8 of 15 rate it Buy or better. Median target $75.00 (+13%).

  • EstimatesRISING

    Current-quarter EPS estimate $1.821 → $1.870 over 90 days. 1 up, 0 down in 30 days.

  • TrendRANGE

    1% above its 50-day average.

Who's buying

13F· Q2 2026
1
new positions
1
exit
$15.3M
in new stakes
FundMoveSharesValue
FMR LLCTRIM2,915,486$187.4M
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INCADD2,645,116$170.0M
NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC.TRIM1,251,630$80.5M
Allianz Asset Management GmbHADD728,738$46.8M
Nuveen, LLCDOUBLED610,716$39.3M
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LPDOUBLED604,154$38.8M
Pictet Asset Management Holding SAADD599,779$38.6M
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.ADD443,702$28.5M

Quarterly 13F filings are due 45 days after each quarter ends.

The Street

15 analysts
Buy 53% rate it Buy or better
Strong Buy3Buy5Hold7Sell0Strong Sell0
12-month targets · 8 analysts

Price is inside the target range. Median implies +13%.Targets as of Oct 27, 2026.

Recent actions
DateFirmActionRating
Oct 12, 2026JP Morgan
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINNeutral
Oct 5, 2026Barclays
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINEqual-Weight
Aug 10, 2026Roth Capital
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINBuy
Aug 10, 2026RBC Capital
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINSector Perform
Aug 10, 2026Keefe, Bruyette & Woods
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINOutperform
Aug 10, 2026Barclays
MAINTAIN
MAINTAINEqual-Weight

Insider ledger

Form 4
$0
bought · 0 insiders
$14.5M
sold · 6 insiders
DateInsiderTypeValue
Sep 15, 2026
WEINSTOCK DAVID B
SVP and CFO
SELL$377.0K
Sep 14, 2026
KASMAR ROY JAMES
Director
SELL$160.6K
Sep 14, 2026
KASMAR ROY JAMES
Director
SELL$171.8K
Sep 14, 2026
KASMAR ROY JAMES
Director
GIFT2,625 sh
Sep 10, 2026
Benson David C
Director
AWARD13 sh
Sep 10, 2026
Bhasin Vijay
SVP and Chief Risk Officer
AWARD323 sh
Sep 10, 2026
Connor Martin P.
Director
AWARD13 sh
Sep 10, 2026
Curran Christopher G
Pres., Essent Guaranty, Inc.
AWARD467 sh

Earnings setup

Estimates
Nov 6
reports in 10 days
$1.87
EPS estimate, this quarter
+3%
estimate change, 90 days
1↑ 0↓
revisions, 30 days
Current-quarter EPS estimate
PeriodEPS est.Range30D rev.Revenue
Current Q$1.87$1.79–$1.94+0.4%$364.3M
Next Q🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only
Current FY🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only
Next FY🔒 Fresh data, subscribers only

Short side

FINRA· Oct 15, 2026
🔒 Subscribers only
shares short
Recent activity
The latest filings, insider trades, analyst actions, press and options flow — newest first.
Sep 17, 2026 SEC
A cluster of insider selling at Essent Group Ltd. (ESNT) shows a director and the CFO selling a combined $538K in…
CLUSTER — Impact 4/10
Sep 15, 2026 Insider
WEINSTOCK DAVID B sold 5,500 shares
SVP and CFO @ $68.54 ($377.0K)
Sep 15, 2026 Short interest report
Short Interest: ESNT up 21% to 2.9M shares
Settlement 2026-09-15 | Days to cover: 4.55 | ≈3.21% of shares outstanding (est.)
Sep 14, 2026 SEC
Director Roy J. Kasmar filed a Form 144 notice of intent to sell 171,550 shares of Essent Group Ltd. (ESNT), valued at…
144 — Impact 3/10
Sep 14, 2026 SEC
Director Roy James Kasmar filed a Form 144 notice of intent to sell 2,337 shares of Essent Group Ltd. common stock…
144 — Impact 2/10
Sep 14, 2026 Insider
KASMAR ROY JAMES sold 2,337 shares
Director @ $68.73 ($160.6K)
Sep 14, 2026 Insider
KASMAR ROY JAMES sold 2,500 shares
Director @ $68.70 ($171.8K)
Jun 30, 2026 Inst.
FMR LLC — TRIM
2,915,486 shares ($187.4M)
Catalysts
Scheduled dates and disclosed events: earnings, FDA and trial readouts, halts, press releases. Colored dot = impact.
Upcoming
Nov 6, 2026
Earnings date
ESNT Q3 2026 Earnings Before Market Open — 2026-11-06
Recent
Sep 15, 2026
Short interest
Short Interest: ESNT up 21% to 2.9M shares
Settlement 2026-09-15 | Days to cover: 4.55 | ≈3.21% of shares outstanding (est.)
Aug 7, 2026
Dividend
Essent Group Ltd. Announces Second Quarter 2026 Results and Declares Quarterly Dividend
Essent Group Ltd. Announces Second Quarter 2026 Results and Declares Quarterly Dividend
Aug 7, 2026
Earnings date
ESNT Q2 2026 Earnings Before Market Open — 2026-08-07
May 8, 2026
Dividend
Essent Group Ltd. Announces First Quarter 2026 Results and Declares Quarterly Dividend
Essent Group Ltd. Announces First Quarter 2026 Results and Declares Quarterly Dividend
May 8, 2026
Earnings date
ESNT Q1 2026 Earnings Before Market Open — 2026-05-08

SecBot reports

14 filings · 1 press release · 0 bullish · 4 bearish · 10 neutral
All ESNT filing & press-release reports (15)