Essent Group Ltd. (ESNT) Stock Overview
NYSE · Financial Services · Insurance - Specialty
✓ Sourced directly from Yahoo Finance · Checked for accuracy at every rebuild · Snapshot: 6 September 2026
About Essent Group Ltd.
Essent Group Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides private mortgage insurance and reinsurance, and title insurance and settlement services to mortgage lenders, borrowers, and investors in the United States. It operates through two segments, Mortgage Insurance and Reinsurance. The company's…
Source: Yahoo Finance
Sector & Industry
Essent Group Ltd. operates in the Financial Services sector, within the Insurance - Specialty industry group. It is listed on the NYSE exchange.
Essent Group Ltd. at a Glance
| Company | Essent Group Ltd. |
| Ticker | ESNT |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Currency | USD |
| Price | $69.18 |
| Market cap | $6.22B |
| P/E ratio (trailing) | 9.65 |
| EPS (trailing) | $7.17 |
| 52-week high | $70.37 |
| 52-week low | $55.34 |
| Dividend yield | 2.02% |
| Ex-dividend date | 31 Aug 2026 |
| Beta | 0.76 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 12.01% |
| Debt-to-equity | 8.76% |
| Average volume | 699,015 |
| Shares outstanding | 89.88M |
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Industry | Insurance - Specialty |
| Employees | 518 |
| Country | Bermuda |
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- Does Essent Group Ltd. pay a dividend?
- Essent Group Ltd.'s trailing annual dividend yield is 2.02%. Compare with other high-yield stocks →
- What exchange is ESNT listed on?
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