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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ACT Enact	$37.12 +3.4%	$35.74	$30.79 ▼ $37.97	$5.48B	0.57	297,556 shs	275,107 shs
ESNT Essent Group	$60.23 +5.6%	$58.18	$51.61 ▼ $65.33	$6.11B	0.82	802,698 shs	1.42 million shs
MTG MGIC Investment	$27.17 +2.7%	$26.55	$21.94 ▼ $28.67	$6.26B	0.9	2.27 million shs	2.10 million shs
NMIH NMI	$38.98 +1.9%	$39.63	$31.90 ▼ $43.20	$3.02B	0.57	500,289 shs	398,162 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ACT Enact	0.00%	+5.66%	+6.73%	+2.43%	+11.61%
ESNT Essent Group	0.00%	+6.56%	+7.64%	+1.01%	+0.77%
MTG MGIC Investment	0.00%	+3.43%	+7.62%	+2.24%	+14.21%
NMIH NMI	0.00%	+4.81%	+2.85%	+2.04%	+4.22%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
ACT Enact	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ESNT Essent Group	4.3326 of 5 stars	2.3	4.0	3.3	1.8	2.1	2.5	1.9
MTG MGIC Investment	3.22 of 5 stars	0.9	3.0	3.3	0.0	2.6	2.5	1.9
NMIH NMI	2.5552 of 5 stars	1.3	5.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	2.5	2.5

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ACT Enact	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
ESNT Essent Group	2.57	Moderate Buy	$63.67	5.71% Upside
MTG MGIC Investment	1.83	Reduce	$26.67	-1.85% Downside
NMIH NMI	2.50	Moderate Buy	$42.33	8.60% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ACT, NMIH, ESNT, and MTG Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/8/2025	ESNT Essent Group	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform
8/8/2025	ESNT Essent Group	Compass Point Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy
8/8/2025	ESNT Essent Group	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform
8/8/2025	ESNT Essent Group	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$60.00
8/8/2025	ESNT Essent Group	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$60.00
7/11/2025	ACT Enact	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$37.00 ➝ $39.00
7/11/2025	NMIH NMI	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$41.00 ➝ $44.00
7/8/2025	ESNT Essent Group	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$58.00 ➝ $59.00
7/8/2025	MTG MGIC Investment	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$26.00 ➝ $27.00
7/8/2025	NMIH NMI	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$41.00 ➝ $42.00
7/7/2025	ACT Enact	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Market Perform ➝ Market Perform	$39.00 ➝ $40.00

(Data available from 8/11/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ACT Enact	$1.23B	4.47	$4.68 per share	7.94	$32.53 per share	1.14
ESNT Essent Group	$1.24B	4.91	$7.11 per share	8.47	$52.76 per share	1.14
MTG MGIC Investment	$1.21B	5.19	$3.11 per share	8.75	$20.42 per share	1.33
NMIH NMI	$650.97M	4.64	$4.78 per share	8.15	$28.02 per share	1.39

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ACT Enact	$688.07M	$4.39	8.46	8.09	2.16	55.35%	13.61%	10.42%	N/A
ESNT Essent Group	$729.40M	$6.85	8.79	8.37	8.80	56.36%	12.66%	9.98%	N/A
MTG MGIC Investment	$762.99M	$3.05	8.91	9.67	1.99	62.58%	14.73%	11.62%	N/A
NMIH NMI	$360.11M	$4.71	8.28	7.73	1.13	55.57%	16.51%	11.02%	N/A

Latest ACT, NMIH, ESNT, and MTG Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/8/2025	Q2 2025	ESNT Essent Group	$1.68	$1.93	+$0.25	$1.93	$317.46 million	$319.14 million
7/30/2025	Q2 2025	ACT Enact	$1.11	$1.15	+$0.04	$1.11	$307.54 million	$304.89 million
7/30/2025	Q2 2025	MTG MGIC Investment	$0.70	$0.82	+$0.12	$0.81	$306.25 million	$304.25 million
7/29/2025	Q2 2025	NMIH NMI	$1.16	$1.22	+$0.06	$1.21	$173.39 million	$149.07 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ACT Enact	$0.84	2.26%	N/A	19.13%	3 Years
ESNT Essent Group	$1.24	2.06%	N/A	18.10%	6 Years
MTG MGIC Investment	$0.60	2.21%	N/A	19.67%	6 Years
NMIH NMI	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest ACT, NMIH, ESNT, and MTG Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/8/2025	ESNT Essent Group	quarterly	$0.31	2.18%		8/29/2025	9/10/2025
7/30/2025	ACT Enact	quarterly	$0.21	2.44%	8/18/2025	8/18/2025	9/8/2025
7/25/2025	MTG MGIC Investment	quarterly	$0.15	2%	8/7/2025	8/7/2025	8/21/2025
5/19/2025	ACT Enact	quarterly	$0.21	2.35%	5/19/2025	5/19/2025	6/11/2025
5/12/2025	ESNT Essent Group	quarterly	$0.31	2.1%	5/30/2025	5/30/2025	6/10/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ACT Enact	0.14	1.09	1.09
ESNT Essent Group	0.09	1.24	1.32
MTG MGIC Investment	0.13	1.46	1.46
NMIH NMI	0.17	0.74	0.74

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ACT Enact	18.03%
ESNT Essent Group	93.00%
MTG MGIC Investment	95.58%
NMIH NMI	94.12%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ACT Enact	0.44%
ESNT Essent Group	3.40%
MTG MGIC Investment	1.41%
NMIH NMI	3.00%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ACT Enact	500	147.51 million	146.86 million	Not Optionable
ESNT Essent Group	350	101.40 million	97.95 million	Optionable
MTG MGIC Investment	680	230.52 million	227.27 million	Optionable
NMIH NMI	234	77.57 million	75.25 million	Optionable

ACT, NMIH, ESNT, and MTG Headlines

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August 9 at 5:17 AM | marketbeat.com

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August 7, 2025 | fool.com

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August 4, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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August 3, 2025 | theglobeandmail.com

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August 2, 2025 | americanbankingnews.com

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August 2, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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July 31, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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July 30, 2025 | fool.com

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July 30, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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July 30, 2025 | zacks.com

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July 29, 2025 | seekingalpha.com

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ACT, NMIH, ESNT, and MTG Company Descriptions

Enact NASDAQ:ACT

$37.12 +1.21 (+3.37%)

Closing price 08/8/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$37.12 0.00 (-0.01%)

As of 08/8/2025 04:41 PM Eastern

Enact Holdings, Inc. operates as a private mortgage insurance company in the United States. It engages in writing and assuming residential mortgage guaranty insurance. The company also offers private mortgage insurance products primarily insuring prime-based, individually underwritten residential mortgage loans; contract underwriting services for mortgage lenders; and mortgage-related reinsurance products. It primarily serves originators of residential mortgage loans. The company was formerly known as Genworth Mortgage Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Enact Holdings, Inc. in May 2021. Enact Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. Enact Holdings, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Genworth Holdings Inc.

Essent Group NYSE:ESNT

$60.23 +3.21 (+5.63%)

Closing price 08/8/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$60.26 +0.03 (+0.04%)

As of 08/8/2025 05:10 PM Eastern

Essent Group Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides private mortgage insurance and reinsurance for mortgages secured by residential properties located in the United States. Its mortgage insurance products include primary, pool, and master policy. The company also provides information technology maintenance and development services; customer support-related services; underwriting consulting; and contract underwriting services, as well as risk management products and title insurance and settlement 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 incorporated in 2008 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.

MGIC Investment NYSE:MTG

$27.17 +0.71 (+2.68%)

Closing price 08/8/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$27.15 -0.02 (-0.08%)

As of 04:00 AM Eastern

MGIC Investment Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides private mortgage insurance, other mortgage credit risk management solutions, and ancillary services to lenders and government sponsored entities in the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam. The company offers primary mortgage insurance that provides mortgage default protection on individual loans, as well as covers unpaid loan principal, delinquent interest, and various expenses associated with the default and subsequent foreclosure. It also provides pool insurance for secondary market mortgage transactions; and contract underwriting services, as well as reinsurance. The company serves originators of residential mortgage loans, including savings institutions, commercial banks, mortgage brokers, credit unions, mortgage bankers, and other lenders. MGIC Investment Corporation was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

NMI NASDAQ:NMIH

$38.98 +0.74 (+1.94%)

Closing price 08/8/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$38.98 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 08/8/2025 04:11 PM Eastern

NMI Holdings, Inc. provides private mortgage guaranty insurance services in the United States. The company offers mortgage insurance services, such as primary and pool insurance; and outsourced loan review services to mortgage loan originators. It serves national and regional mortgage banks, money center banks, credit unions, community banks, builder-owned mortgage lenders, internet-sourced lenders, and other non-bank lenders. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Emeryville, California.

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