Essent Group (ESNT) Competitors $53.26 +0.35 (+0.66%) (As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrends ESNT vs. PUK, PFG, CRBG, RYAN, EG, EQH, AEG, KNSL, GL, and BNREShould you be buying Essent Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Essent Group include Prudential (PUK), Principal Financial Group (PFG), Corebridge Financial (CRBG), Ryan Specialty (RYAN), Everest Group (EG), Equitable (EQH), Aegon (AEG), Kinsale Capital Group (KNSL), Globe Life (GL), and Brookfield Reinsurance (BNRE). These companies are all part of the "insurance" industry. Essent Group vs. Prudential Principal Financial Group Corebridge Financial Ryan Specialty Everest Group Equitable Aegon Kinsale Capital Group Globe Life Brookfield Reinsurance Prudential (NYSE:PUK) and Essent Group (NYSE:ESNT) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and earnings. Which has more volatility & risk, PUK or ESNT? Prudential has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Essent Group has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Is PUK or ESNT more profitable? Essent Group has a net margin of 60.15% compared to Prudential's net margin of 0.00%. Essent Group's return on equity of 13.81% beat Prudential's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets PrudentialN/A N/A N/A Essent Group 60.15%13.81%10.99% Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PUK or ESNT? Prudential received 12 more outperform votes than Essent Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.48% of users gave Essent Group an outperform vote while only 61.75% of users gave Prudential an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformPrudentialOutperform Votes45261.75% Underperform Votes28038.25% Essent GroupOutperform Votes44065.48% Underperform Votes23234.52% Which has preferable valuation & earnings, PUK or ESNT? Prudential has higher revenue and earnings than Essent Group. Essent Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prudential, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioPrudential$7.52B2.80$1.70B$2.027.80Essent Group$1.23B4.62$696.39M$6.907.72 Does the media refer more to PUK or ESNT? In the previous week, Essent Group had 4 more articles in the media than Prudential. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Essent Group and 2 mentions for Prudential. Essent Group's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat Prudential's score of 1.14 indicating that Essent Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Prudential 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Essent Group 6 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Very Positive Do analysts recommend PUK or ESNT? Essent Group has a consensus target price of $64.71, indicating a potential upside of 21.51%. Given Essent Group's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Essent Group is more favorable than Prudential.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Prudential 0 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00Essent Group 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.57 Is PUK or ESNT a better dividend stock? Prudential pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Essent Group pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Prudential pays out 13.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Essent Group pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PUK or ESNT? 1.9% of Prudential shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.0% of Essent Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Prudential shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Essent Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryEssent Group beats Prudential on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Brownstone ResearchCould This Tiny Device Help You Make an Extra $30k a Year?I believe it’s going to power Elon Musk’s next AI revolution… A revolution he believes will be worth more than $9 trillion. That’s nearly 10 times more money than the market caps of Tesla… SpaceX… PayPal… Neuralink… and X… COMBINED.Click here to see the details because I believe a lot of people will get rich. Get Essent Group News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for ESNT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart ESNT vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricEssent GroupSurety insurance IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$5.66B$3.39B$10.99B$19.18BDividend Yield2.12%2.29%9.85%3.59%P/E Ratio7.725.4128.5441.28Price / Sales4.623.2348.6117.59Price / Cash8.288.7630.3421.28Price / Book1.111.042.735.32Net Income$696.39M$354.96M$1.03B$989.88M7 Day Performance-3.50%-2.97%-2.89%-3.54%1 Month Performance-4.85%-4.20%-2.86%-3.68%1 Year Performance0.83%8.31%11.28%12.14% Essent Group Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)ESNTEssent Group4.601 of 5 stars$53.26+0.7%$64.71+21.5%+2.3%$5.66B$1.23B7.72350Positive NewsHigh Trading VolumePUKPrudential4.2353 of 5 stars$16.21-1.1%N/A-27.5%$21.63B$19.50B8.1115,030Positive NewsPFGPrincipal Financial Group3.6997 of 5 stars$78.82-0.1%$84.75+7.5%-1.4%$18.03B$13.67B-87.6819,800Analyst UpgradePositive NewsCRBGCorebridge Financial4.5777 of 5 stars$30.69flat$35.00+14.0%+37.3%$17.46B$14.89B-14.685,700Ex-DividendAnalyst ForecastRYANRyan Specialty4.0823 of 5 stars$66.54-1.6%$73.50+10.5%+52.9%$17.42B$2.08B87.794,350Insider TradePositive NewsEGEverest Group4.7318 of 5 stars$357.60-1.4%$430.00+20.2%-0.1%$15.37B$14.59B5.682,844Positive NewsEQHEquitable2.1217 of 5 stars$47.32-0.3%$50.10+5.9%+38.8%$14.83B$10.99B-43.348,500Insider TradePositive NewsAEGAegon3.6052 of 5 stars$5.96-5.5%N/A+2.7%$13.14B$30.66B6.6820,634Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeKNSLKinsale Capital Group3.0202 of 5 stars$502.65-0.8%$472.00-6.1%+38.7%$11.71B$1.53B28.89561Positive NewsGLGlobe Life4.8915 of 5 stars$106.54+1.1%$127.10+19.3%-9.7%$8.94B$5.73B8.923,636BNREBrookfield ReinsuranceN/A$58.72-0.7%N/A+41.8%$8.54B$9.35B202.484,000 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Prudential Alternatives Principal Financial Group Alternatives Corebridge Financial Alternatives Ryan Specialty Alternatives Everest Group Alternatives Equitable Alternatives Aegon Alternatives Kinsale Capital Group Alternatives Globe Life Alternatives Brookfield Reinsurance Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:ESNT) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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