Essent Group Ltd.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Insurance
  • ISIN: BMG3198U1027
  • NYSE: ESNT
USD
65.45
-0.25 (-0.38%)
  • Price Points
  • Score
  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
Hold
Buy
Strong Buy

Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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MBIA, Inc.
Tiptree, Inc.

Why is Essent Group Ltd. ?

1
Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 14.32%
2
With ROE of 12.78%, it has a fair valuation with a 1.04 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a fair value compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 16.16%, its profits have risen by 2.2% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 1.6
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Essent Group Ltd. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Insurance should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Insurance)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Essent Group Ltd. for you?

Low Risk, Medium Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Essent Group Ltd.
1.84%
0.71
21.41%
S&P 500
15.76%
0.70
20.15%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
5.73%
EBIT Growth (5y)
0
EBIT to Interest (avg)
0
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
Negative Net Debt
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0
Tax Ratio
14.80%
Dividend Payout Ratio
17.98%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
0
ROE (avg)
14.32%
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
8
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.95
EV to EBIT
NA
EV to EBITDA
931.56
EV to Capital Employed
0.94
EV to Sales
3.95
PEG Ratio
2.01
Dividend Yield
2.43%
ROCE (Latest)
ROE (Latest)
11.99%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Mildly Bearish
OBV
Bullish
Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

6What is working for the Company
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 0

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 16.86%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 0% (YoY

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 356.13 MM

EPS(Q)

Highest at USD 2.08

-5What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 12.01%

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Lowest at 14.73

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 7.44 %

Here's what is working for Essent Group Ltd.

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 0 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Net Sales
Highest at USD 356.13 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

EPS
Highest at USD 2.08
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (USD)

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 16.86%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by 0% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Essent Group Ltd.

Interest Coverage Ratio
Lowest at 14.73
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is deteriorating

Operating Profit to Interest

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 7.44 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio

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