Essent Group Ltd. Common Shares (ESNT): Price and Financial Metrics
Essent Group Ltd. Common Shares (ESNT)
Today's Latest Price: $43.53 USD
Updated Oct 23 7:00pm
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Ranked of 232 in Financial Services (Enterprise)
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ESNT Stock Summary
- Of note is the ratio of Essent Group Ltd's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 87.82% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
- Equity multiplier, or assets relative to shareholders' equity, comes in at 1.33 for Essent Group Ltd; that's greater than it is for merely 17.34% of US stocks.
- With a year-over-year growth in debt of 89.56%, Essent Group Ltd's debt growth rate surpasses 86.21% of about US stocks.
- Stocks that are quantitatively similar to ESNT, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are RIBT, MGPI, MYOS, GHG, and ESP.
- ESNT's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit Essent Group Ltd's official web site, go to www.essentgroup.com.
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ESNT Price/Volume Stats
| Current price | $43.53 | 52-week high | $55.84 |
| Prev. close | $41.92 | 52-week low | $17.52 |
| Day low | $42.09 | Volume | 444,191 |
| Day high | $44.02 | Avg. volume | 1,214,718 |
| 50-day MA | $38.36 | Dividend yield | 1.47% |
| 200-day MA | $36.89 | Market Cap | 4.89B |
Essent Group Ltd. Common Shares (ESNT) Company Bio
Essent Group provides private mortgage insurance and reinsurance for mortgages secured by residential properties located in the United States. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.
ESNT Price Forecast Based on DCF Valuation
| Current Price | DCF Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $43.53 | $204.21 | 399% |
Below please find a table outlining a discounted cash flow forecast for ESNT, in which we model out valuation assuming a variety of terminal growth rates. To summarize, we found that Essent Group Ltd ranked in the 77th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. Specifically, our DCF analysis implies the stock is trading below its fair value by an estimated 401.17%. In terms of the factors that were most noteworthy in this DCF analysis for ESNT, they are:
- Interest coverage, a measure of earnings relative to interest payments, is 58.07; that's higher than 94.17% of US stocks in the Financial Services sector that have positive free cash flow.
- The business' balance sheet reveals debt to be 9% of the company's capital (with equity being the remaining amount). Approximately merely 22.05% of US stocks with free cash flow have a lower reliance on debt in their capital structure.
- ESNT's estimated cost of debt, based largely on its market capitalization and its interest coverage ratio, is 2%; for context, that number is higher than 37.79% of tickers in our DCF set.
| Terminal Growth Rate in Free Cash Flow | Return Relative to Current Share Price |
| 0% | 389% |
| 1% | 394% |
| 2% | 399% |
| 3% | 404% |
| 4% | 408% |
| 5% | 413% |
HRTG, FOCS, CPTA, DGICA, and GNW can be thought of as valuation peers to ESNT, in the sense that they are in the Financial Services sector and have a similar price forecast based on DCF valuation.
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