The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Essent Group Ltd shares valued at $291,584 were sold by Gibbons Mary Lourdes on Dec 18 ’25. At $67.00 per share, Gibbons Mary Lourdes sold 4,352 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 237,896 shares worth approximately $14.54 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Gibbons Mary Lourdes purchased 14,610 shares, netting a total of over 1,028,824 in proceeds.
Before that, KASMAR ROY JAMES had sold 3,250 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $199,680, the Director traded Essent Group Ltd shares for $61.44 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 3,250 shares, worth approximately $1.44 million.
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] rose 0.84% to $61.13. The stock’s lowest price that day was $60.62, but it reached a high of $62.17 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -5.47%. Over the course of the year, Essent Group Ltd shares have jumped approximately 8.00%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Essent Group Ltd (ESNT)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 39.54 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Essent Group Ltd subject to short interest?
Stocks of Essent Group Ltd saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -0.73 million shares to 1.35 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 2.08 million shares. A decline of -53.73% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.11 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.11.
Which companies own the most shares of Essent Group Ltd (ESNT)?
In terms of Essent Group Ltd share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 67.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 11.35% from the previous closing price of $60.62. Analysts anticipate Essent Group Ltd stock to reach 75 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 60. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked Essent Group Ltd stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On August 05, 2024, Keefe Bruyette assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $70.
