Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Essent Group Ltd shares valued at $746,135 were sold by Bhasin Vijay on Sep 18 ’25. At $65.00 per share, Bhasin Vijay sold 11,479 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 196,922 shares worth approximately $11.86 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Gibbons Mary Lourdes sold 4,000 shares, netting a total of over 260,000 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $65.00 each, the insider now holds 243,023 shares.
Before that, Bhasin Vijay had added 11,479 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $746,135, the Officer bought Essent Group Ltd shares for $65.00 each.
As published in a research note from JP Morgan on October 07, 2025, Essent Group Ltd [ESNT] has been rated down from an Overweight to a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $65. Analysts at Keefe Bruyette downgraded the stock from ‘”an Outperform”‘ to ‘”a Mkt perform”‘ outlook in a report released in early July. As of April 08, 2025, JP Morgan has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “an Overweight” for ESNT. Earlier on January 06, 2025, Barclays downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Equal weight” for ESNT stock which previously was a “an Overweight”.
Analyzing ESNT Stock Performance
On last trading session, Essent Group Ltd [NYSE: ESNT] plunged -0.69% to $60.24. The stock’s lowest price that day was $60.15, but it reached a high of $60.99 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.06%. Over the course of the year, Essent Group Ltd shares have dropped approximately -4.95%.
Is Essent Group Ltd subject to short interest?
Stocks of Essent Group Ltd saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-09-30 dropping by -0.15 million shares to 2.03 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-08-29 was 2.18 million shares. A decline of -7.19% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.06 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.06.
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In terms of Essent Group Ltd share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 63 in the next 12 months, up nearly 3.86% from the previous closing price of $60.66. Analysts anticipate Essent Group Ltd stock to reach 69 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 60. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked Essent Group Ltd stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On August 05, 2024, Keefe Bruyette assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $70.
