Essent Group (ESNT)

• Market cap: $5.92B
• 1 day: -2.37%
• 5 days: -2.27%
• 1 month: -0.61%
• 3 months: 4.18%
• 6 months: -9.41%
• Year to date: 5.19%
• 1 year: -1.50%
• 5 years: 165.94%
• 10 years: 138.39%
• Sector: Financials
• Industry: Specialty - Insurance

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

642% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $2.18M | Put options by funds: $294K

58% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 131 | Existing positions reduced: 83

50% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2 [Q3] → 3 (+1) [Q4]

0.34% less ownership

Funds ownership: 92.31% [Q3] → 91.97% (-0.34%) [Q4]

6% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 51 | Existing positions closed: 54

3% less funds holding

Funds holding: 313 [Q3] → 305 (-8) [Q4]

16% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $6.3B [Q3] → $5.32B (-$987M) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $58 1% upside
• Avg. target: $65 14% upside
• High target: $71 24% upside

3 analyst ratings

• positive: 2 67%
• neutral: 1 33%
• negative: 0 0%

RBC Capital Scott Heleniak 78% 1-year accuracy 36 / 46 met price target	17% upside $67	Outperform Reiterated	18 Feb 2025
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Bose George 68% 1-year accuracy 25 / 37 met price target	24% upside $71	Outperform Maintained	18 Feb 2025
Barclays Terence Malone 40% 1-year accuracy 2 / 5 met price target	1% upside $58	Equal-Weight Downgraded	6 Jan 2025