XNYS · Insurance - Specialty
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$67.19-0.46%
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Implied upside
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Valuation methods
the methods behind the target
TickerWhale Score
60/100
Positive
Score components
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Essent Group scores 60 out of 100 overall, which we rate positive. Technical is its strongest area and Valuation its weakest.
What helps
- Technical
- Quality & growth
- Risk
What to watch
- Valuation
Quality & growth
30%77Strong
- Revenue growth 1.1%
- EPS growth 4.7%
Valuation
25%20Weak
- P/E 9.0
- EV/Sales 7.4
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#44 / 197sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 60 vs sector average 49.7 (+10.3)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 89%
Return on equity (industry)Top 78%
P/E (industry)Cheaper than 67%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
82/100Strong vs universe
Ranks 82nd of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 65/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Strong Sell
0 buy · 5 sell · 3 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates ESNT's technical setup strong — 82nd percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean sell — they read this stock on its own over days, where our score ranks it against every covered name over months, so the two often part company.
Moving averages
3 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+6.7%
- vs 50-day-0.5%
Momentum
Weak
- RSI (14)44 · neutral
- Stochasticsell
- CCIsell
- Williams %Rneutral
Trend
Mixed
- ADX (14) trend strength13· weak trend
- MACD (12,26,9)sell(histogram -0.284)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on sell — 3 buy vs 4 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 0 buy · 4 sell · 3 neutral.
Result — 0 buy vs 5 sell of 8 votes = Strong Sell. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)9.0
- P/S (TTM)6.9
- P/B1.1
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales7.4
- PEG1.93
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin—
- Net margin77.0%
- ROE12.0%
- Debt/Equity0.09
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)1.1%
- EPS growth (YoY)4.7%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $6.1B
Fundamentals history
Reported statement totals across recent periods.
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESNTCurrentEssent Group | 60 | 65 | 9.0 | — | 1.1 | 7.4 | $67.19 | -0.46% | +1.1% | ||
| WTMWhite Mountains Insurance Group | 84 | 52 | 4.5 | — | 0.9 | 1.5 | $2,061.30 | +0.14% | +55.5% | ||
| JXNJackson Financial Inc - | 83 | 74 | 158.1 | — | 0.9 | 1.0 | $132.67 | +2.54% | +15.1% | ||
| FBPFirst Bancorp PR | 80 | 69 | 11.4 | — | 2.2 | 3.1 | $27.58 | +0.22% | +2.7% | ||
| AMPAmeriprise Financial | 78 | 69 | 12.8 | — | 7.9 | 2.4 | $544.33 | -0.25% | +9.1% | ||
| SEICSEI Investments Company | 76 | 72 | 18.4 | — | 5.2 | 5.2 | $105.20 | +0.33% | +11.1% |
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