Essent Group Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides private mortgage insurance and reinsurance, and title insurance and settlement services to mortgage lenders, borrowers, and investors in the United States. It operates through two segments, Mortgage Insurance and Reinsurance. The company's mortgage insurance products include primary, pool, and master policy. It also provides information technology maintenance and development services; customer support-related services; underwriting consulting services to third-party reinsurers; and contract underwriting services, as well as credit risk management products. In addition, the company offers title insurance and settlement services; and title insurance underwriting services. It serves the originators of residential mortgage loans, such as regulated depository institutions, mortgage banks, credit unions, and other lenders. Essent Group Ltd. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.
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- Financial Services
- Industry
- Insurance - Specialty
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5 years, 6 months ago
Essent Group Ltd is currently in a long term downtrend where the price is trading 4.8% below its 200 day moving average.
From a valuation standpoint, the stock is 41.5% cheaper than other stocks from the Financial Services sector with a price to sales ratio of 5.3.
Essent Group Ltd's total revenue rose by 8.1% to $247M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Its net income has dropped by 15.9% to $124M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Finally, its free cash flow grew by 8.6% to $178M since the same quarter in the previous year.
Based on the above factors, Essent Group Ltd gets an overall score of 3/5.