In a filing, Essent Group Ltd revealed its Director KASMAR ROY JAMES unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.19 million on May 15 ’25. In the deal valued at $58.82 per share,3,235 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, KASMAR ROY JAMES now holds 23,905 shares worth roughly $1.38 million.
Then, KASMAR ROY JAMES bought 3,235 shares, generating $192,385 in total proceeds.
Before that, PAULS DOUGLAS J sold 3,000 shares. Essent Group Ltd shares valued at $179,400 were divested by the Director at a price of $59.80 per share. As a result of the transaction, PAULS DOUGLAS J now holds 27,165 shares, worth roughly $1.57 million.
JP Morgan upgraded its Essent Group Ltd [ESNT] rating to an Overweight from a a Neutral in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Barclays’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in early January from “an Overweight” to “an Equal weight”. Keefe Bruyette also remained covering ESNT and has increased its forecast on August 05, 2024 with a “an Outperform” recommendation from previously “Mkt perform” rating. JP Morgan revised its rating on April 03, 2024. It rated ESNT as “a Neutral” which previously was an “an Overweight”.
Price Performance Review of ESNT
On Tuesday, Essent Group Ltd [NYSE:ESNT] saw its stock jump 0.70% to $57.92. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -0.10%. Essent Group Ltd shares have risen nearly 6.39% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 2.01% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Essent Group Ltd?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Essent Group Ltd stocks on 2025-05-15, growing by 0.77 million shares to a total of 1.64 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-04-15 was 0.87 million shares. There was a rise of 46.79%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on December 06, 2023 when UBS began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Neutral”‘ rating along with a $54 price target.
