Shares of Essent Group Ltd. (NYSE:ESNT – Get Rating) have been assigned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the eight brokerages that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month […]
Essent Group Ltd. (NYSE:ESNT – Get Rating) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,370,000 shares, an increase of 10.5% from the April 15th total of 1,240,000 shares. Approximately 1.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on […]
California Public Employees Retirement System boosted its holdings in Essent Group Ltd. (NYSE:ESNT – Get Rating) by 3.1% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 265,519 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,104 […]
Shares of Essent Group Ltd. (NYSE:ESNT – Get Rating) have been given an average rating of “Moderate Buy” by the eight analysts that are covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and three have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price […]
Essent Group (NYSE:ESNT – Get Rating) posted its earnings results on Friday. The financial services provider reported $1.59 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.43 by $0.16, Briefing.com reports. The firm had revenue of $256.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $250.57 million. Essent Group had a […]