Essent Group (ESNT) Competitors

Essent Group (NYSE:ESNT) and Prudential (NYSE:PUK) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and profitability.

Which has better valuation & earnings, ESNT or PUK?

Prudential has higher revenue and earnings than Essent Group.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Essent Group	$1.23B	5.05	$696.39M	$6.90	8.44
Prudential	$19.50B	1.09	$1.70B	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ESNT or PUK?

Prudential received 11 more outperform votes than Essent Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.43% of users gave Essent Group an outperform vote while only 61.75% of users gave Prudential an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Essent Group	Outperform Votes 441 65.43%	Underperform Votes 233 34.57%
Prudential	Outperform Votes 452 61.75%	Underperform Votes 280 38.25%

Is ESNT or PUK 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
Essent Group	60.15%	13.81%	10.99%
Prudential	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is ESNT or PUK a better dividend stock?

Essent Group pays an annual dividend of $1.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Prudential pays an annual dividend of $0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Essent Group pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media favor ESNT or PUK?

In the previous week, Prudential had 6 more articles in the media than Essent Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Prudential and 0 mentions for Essent Group. Prudential's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Essent Group's score of 0.50 indicating that Prudential is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Essent Group	Positive
Prudential	Positive

Do analysts prefer ESNT or PUK?

Essent Group currently has a consensus price target of $62.71, suggesting a potential upside of 7.74%. Given Essent Group's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Essent Group is more favorable than Prudential.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Essent Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Prudential	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, ESNT or PUK?

Essent Group has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prudential has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ESNT or PUK?

93.0% of Essent Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.9% of Prudential shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.2% of Essent Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Prudential shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Essent Group beats Prudential on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.