Essent Group Ltd.

NYSE:ESNT Stock Report

Market Cap: US$5.6b

Essent Group Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NYSE:ESNT Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
28 Apr 26SellUS$276,293Mary GibbonsIndividual4,250US$65.01
28 Apr 26SellUS$849,813Mark CasaleIndividual13,064US$65.05
20 Apr 26SellUS$535,576Mary GibbonsIndividual8,500US$63.01
18 Dec 25SellUS$291,584Mary GibbonsIndividual4,352US$67.00
14 Nov 25SellUS$199,680Roy KasmarIndividual3,250US$61.44
11 Nov 25SellUS$199,843Aditya DuttIndividual3,250US$61.49
18 Sep 25SellUS$260,000Mary GibbonsIndividual4,000US$65.00
18 Sep 25SellUS$746,135Vijay BhasinIndividual11,479US$65.00
15 Sep 25SellUS$158,325David WeinstockIndividual2,500US$63.33
13 Aug 25SellUS$404,736William SpiegelIndividual6,451US$62.74
12 Aug 25SellUS$233,120Mary GibbonsIndividual3,760US$62.00
01 Jul 25SellUS$14,880Mary GibbonsIndividual240US$62.00
23 Jun 25SellUS$119,940Mary GibbonsIndividual1,999US$60.00
16 Jun 25SellUS$146,975David WeinstockIndividual2,500US$58.79

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: ESNT insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of ESNT?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
State or Government39,0810.0408%
Individual Insiders3,392,9773.55%
Institutions92,238,46996.4%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 79.22% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
13.3%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
12,245,217US$744.3m2.15%0.01%
13%
BlackRock, Inc.
11,954,492US$726.6m-8.61%0.01%
5.95%
Capital Research and Management Company
5,485,817US$333.4m-21.6%0.01%
5.82%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
5,362,232US$325.9m-0.71%0.04%
5.52%
FMR LLC
5,086,475US$309.2m1.49%0.01%
4.12%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
3,797,517US$230.8m0.39%0.01%
3.01%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
2,774,300US$168.6m-9.84%0.01%
2.77%
Polar Capital Holdings Plc
2,550,000US$155.0m4.08%0.35%
2.68%
Mark Casale
2,468,480US$150.0m-0.53%no data
2.6%
Norges Bank Investment Management
2,392,188US$145.4m0%0.01%
2.28%
American Century Investment Management Inc
2,102,052US$127.8m36.2%0.05%
2.15%
Cooke & Bieler, L.P.
1,985,798US$120.7m1.73%1.34%
1.82%
Nomura Investment Management Business Trust
1,674,748US$101.8m-38.2%0.13%
1.81%
Renaissance Investment Holdings Ltd.
1,666,374US$101.3m0%19.9%
1.68%
AQR Capital Management, LLC
1,548,511US$94.1m-15.6%0.04%
1.54%
Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.
1,420,453US$86.3m1.1%0.01%
1.31%
Northern Trust Global Investments
1,209,696US$73.5m2.36%0.01%
1.27%
Victory Capital Management Inc.
1,166,594US$70.9m0.8%0.04%
1.1%
Two Sigma Investments, LP
1,012,168US$61.5m75.7%0.05%
1.05%
Invesco Capital Management LLC
965,991US$58.7m7.75%0.01%
1.03%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
944,984US$57.4m-1.02%0.01%
0.99%
Principal Global Investors, LLC
914,471US$55.6m16.8%0.02%
0.91%
Pzena Investment Management, Inc.
839,547US$51.0m0%0.07%
0.8%
Wellington Management Group LLP
737,595US$44.8m-40.8%0.01%
0.75%
Tudor Investment Corporation
693,686US$42.2m35.1%0.22%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/05/25 23:53
End of Day Share Price 2026/05/22 00:00
Earnings2026/03/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Essent Group Ltd. is covered by 18 analysts. 6 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Mark DeVriesBarclays
Terry MaBarclays
Mihir BhatiaBofA Global Research