Essent Group Ltd. (ESNT)

Essent Group Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

According to 5 professional analysts, the 12-month price target for Essent Group stock ranges from a low of $65 to a high of $69. The average analyst price target of $66.8 forecasts a 8.00% increase in the stock price over the next year.

Price Target: $66.80 (+8.00%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$65	$66.8	$67	$69
Change	+5.09%	+8.00%	+8.33%	+11.56%

* Price targets were last updated on Oct 7, 2025.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Essent Group stock is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25
Strong Buy	2	2	2	1	1	1
Buy	2	2	2	1	1	1
Hold	3	3	3	4	4	3
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	7	7	7	6	6	5

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Richard Shane JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Buy → Hold Downgrades $66 → $65	Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$66 → $65	+5.09%	Oct 7, 2025
Terence Malone Barclays	Barclays	Hold Maintains $59 → $66	Hold	Maintains	$59 → $66	+6.71%	Oct 6, 2025
Terence Malone Barclays	Barclays	Hold Maintains $58 → $59	Hold	Maintains	$58 → $59	-4.61%	Jul 8, 2025
Bose George Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Buy → Hold Downgrades $65 → $67	Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$65 → $67	+8.33%	Jul 7, 2025
Giuliano Bologna Compass Point	Compass Point	Strong Buy Maintains $62 → $69	Strong Buy	Maintains	$62 → $69	+11.56%	May 23, 2025

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

1.29B

Increased by 3.87%

from 1.24B

Revenue Next Year

1.31B

Increased by 1.55%

from 1.29B

EPS This Year

7.14

Increased by 4.29%

from 6.85

EPS Next Year

7.47

Increased by 4.51%

from 7.14

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	955.15M	1.03B	1.00B	1.11B	1.24B	1.29B	1.31B
Revenue Growth	10.10%	7.68%	-2.69%	10.89%	12.00%	3.87%	1.55%
EPS	3.88	6.11	7.72	6.50	6.85	7.14	7.47
EPS Growth	-31.45%	57.47%	26.35%	-15.80%	5.39%	4.29%	4.51%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	8.66	8.28
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	10	10

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027
High	1.3B	1.4B
Avg	1.3B	1.3B
Low	1.2B	1.3B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	7.0%	5.2%
Avg	3.9%	1.5%
Low	-0.4%	-3.2%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027
High	7.47	8.12
Avg	7.14	7.47
Low	6.81	6.87

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027
High	9.0%	13.6%
Avg	4.3%	4.5%
Low	-0.6%	-3.8%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.