Essent Ownership

ESNT Stock  USD 59.00  0.35  0.60%   
Essent holds a total of 106.21 Million outstanding shares. The majority of Essent Group outstanding shares are owned by other corporate entities. These outside corporations are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to obtain positions in Essent Group to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, institutional investors are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in Essent. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of Essent Group as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. Please note that no matter how many assets the company secures, if the real value of the firm is less than the current market value, you may not be able to make money on it.
 
Shares in Circulation  
First Issued
2013-03-31
Previous Quarter
106.8 M
Current Value
106.6 M
Avarage Shares Outstanding
96 M
Quarterly Volatility
16.2 M
 
Yuan Drop
 
Covid
  
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Essent Stock Ownership Analysis

About 95.0% of the company shares are held by institutions such as insurance companies. The company has price-to-book (P/B) ratio of 1.1. Some equities with similar Price to Book (P/B) outperform the market in the long run. Essent Group has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 0.84. The entity recorded earning per share (EPS) of 6.9. The firm last dividend was issued on the 2nd of December 2024. Essent Group Ltd., through its subsidiaries, 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. Essent operates under InsuranceSpecialty classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. It employs 349 people. To learn more about Essent Group call Mark Casale at 441 297 9901 or check out https://www.essentgroup.com.
Besides selling stocks to institutional investors, Essent also allocates a substantial amount of its earnings to a pull of share-based compensation to be paid out to its employees, managers, executives, and members of the board of directors. Share-Based compensation (also sometimes called Stock-Based Compensation) is a way of paying different Essent's stakeholders with equity in the business. It is typically used as a motivation factor for employees to contribute beyond their regular compensation (salary and bonus). It is also used as a tool to align Essent's strategic interests with those of the company's shareholders. Shares issued to employees are usually subject to a vesting period before they are earned and sold.

Essent Quarterly Liabilities And Stockholders Equity

7.13 Billion

Essent Insider Trades History

Roughly 3.0% of Essent Group are currently held by insiders. Unlike Essent's institutional investors, corporate insiders most likely have a limit on the maximum percentage of share ownership. This is done to align insiders' influence against Essent's private investors even though both sides will benefit from rising prices or experience loss when the share price declines. The good rule to have in mind is that the maximum share ownership percentage of the corporate insiders should not surpass 25%. View all of Essent's insider trades
 
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Essent Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as Essent is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Essent Group backward and forwards among themselves. Essent's institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase Essent's securities or originate loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc2024-09-30
1.6 M
Bank Of New York Mellon Corp2024-09-30
1.5 M
Cooke & Bieler Lp2024-09-30
1.5 M
Ameriprise Financial Inc2024-09-30
1.5 M
Northern Trust Corp2024-09-30
1.3 M
Norges Bank2024-06-30
1.3 M
First Trust Advisors L.p.2024-09-30
1.2 M
Principal Financial Group Inc2024-09-30
1.1 M
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts2024-09-30
1.1 M
Blackrock Inc2024-09-30
13.6 M
Vanguard Group Inc2024-09-30
11.9 M
Note, although Essent's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Essent Group Insider Trading Activities

Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific Essent insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on Essent's material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases Essent insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.

Essent Outstanding Bonds

Essent issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. Essent Group uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most Essent bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when Essent Group has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

Essent Corporate Filings

F4
13th of January 2025
The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities
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10Q
5th of November 2024
Quarterly performance report mandated by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), to be filed by publicly traded corporations
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8K
1st of November 2024
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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28th of June 2024
Other Reports
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