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Essent Group Ltd has a consensus price target of $62.2 based on the ratings of 10 analysts. The high is $71 issued by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods on November 24, 2025. The low is $43 issued by Barclays on January 6, 2023. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, JP Morgan, and Barclays on November 24, 2025, October 7, 2025, and October 6, 2025, respectively. With an average price target of $67.33 between Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, JP Morgan, and Barclays, there's an implied 4.32% upside for Essent Group Ltd from these most-recent analyst ratings.
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| Nov 24, 2025 | 10% | 6771 | Previous Market Perform Current Market Perform | Get Alert | |
| Oct 7, 2025 | 0.7% | 6566 | Previous Overweight Current Neutral | Get Alert | |
| Oct 6, 2025 | 2.25% | 5966 | Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight | Get Alert | |
| Jul 8, 2025 | -8.59% | 5859 | Previous Equal-Weight Current Equal-Weight | Get Alert | |
| Jul 7, 2025 | 3.8% | 6567 | Previous Outperform Current Market Perform | Get Alert | |
| May 23, 2025 | 6.9% | 6269 | Previous Buy Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| Apr 8, 2025 | 0.7% | 6571 | Previous Outperform Current Outperform | Get Alert | |
| Apr 8, 2025 | -7.04% | 6060 | Previous Neutral Current Overweight | Get Alert | |
| Feb 18, 2025 | 3.8% | 6767 | Previous Outperform Current Outperform | Get Alert | |
| Feb 18, 2025 | 10% | 7172 | Previous Outperform Current Outperform | Get Alert | |
| Jan 8, 2025 | 11.55% | 7275 | Previous Outperform Current Outperform | Get Alert | |
| Jan 6, 2025 | -10.14% | 5869 | Previous Overweight Current Equal-Weight | Get Alert | |
| Dec 10, 2024 | 16.2% | 7375 | Previous Outperform Current Outperform | Get Alert | |
| Dec 9, 2024 | -7.04% | 6067 | Previous Neutral Current Neutral | Get Alert | |
| Nov 5, 2024 | -7.04% | 6068 | Previous Neutral Current Neutral | Get Alert | |
| Nov 4, 2024 | 3.8% | 6773 | Previous Outperform Current Outperform | Get Alert | |
| Nov 4, 2024 | 3.8% | 6768 | Previous Neutral Current Neutral | Get Alert | |
| Nov 4, 2024 | 6.9% | 6972 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | Get Alert | |
| Oct 8, 2024 | 11.55% | 6472 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | Get Alert | |
| Oct 7, 2024 | 5.35% | 6368 | Previous Neutral Current Neutral | Get Alert | |
| Aug 5, 2024 | -0.84% | 6164 | Previous Buy Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| Aug 5, 2024 | 3.8% | 6167 | Previous Outperform Current Outperform | Get Alert | |
| Aug 5, 2024 | -2.39% | 6263 | Previous Neutral Current Neutral | Get Alert | |
| Aug 5, 2024 | 8.45% | 6570 | Previous Market Perform Current Outperform | Get Alert | |
| Jul 9, 2024 | -0.84% | 6364 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | Get Alert | |
| Jul 8, 2024 | -3.94% | 6162 | Previous Neutral Current Neutral | Get Alert | |
| May 22, 2024 | -10.14% | 5758 | Previous Neutral Current Neutral | Get Alert | |
| May 6, 2024 | -5.49% | 6164 | Previous Outperform Current Outperform | Get Alert | |
| Apr 4, 2024 | -0.84% | 6264 | Previous Market Perform Current Market Perform | Get Alert | |
| Apr 3, 2024 | -5.49% | 5861 | Previous Overweight Current Neutral | Get Alert | |
| Feb 12, 2024 | -10.14% | 5658 | Previous Outperform Current Outperform | Get Alert | |
| Dec 6, 2023 | -16.34% | 54 | Previous Initiates Current Neutral | Get Alert | |
| Nov 15, 2023 | -7.04% | 60 | Previous Initiates Current Overweight | Get Alert | |
| Sep 25, 2023 | -8.59% | 59 | Previous Outperform Current Outperform | Get Alert | |
| Aug 8, 2023 | -13.24% | 5056 | Previous Neutral Current Neutral | Get Alert | |
| Aug 7, 2023 | -10.14% | 5558 | Previous Overweight Current Overweight | Get Alert | |
| Aug 7, 2023 | -8.59% | 5159 | Previous Outperform Current Outperform | Get Alert | |
| Aug 4, 2023 | -14.79% | 5055 | Previous Buy Current Buy | Get Alert | |
| Jun 13, 2023 | -22.53% | 50 | Previous Outperform Current Market Perform | Get Alert | |
| May 8, 2023 | -20.99% | 4951 | Previous Current Outperform | Get Alert | |
| May 8, 2023 | -22.53% | 4850 | Previous Current Outperform | Get Alert | |
| Apr 17, 2023 | -25.63% | 4850 | Previous Current Overweight | Get Alert | |
| Feb 13, 2023 | -24.08% | 4649 | Previous Current Outperform | Get Alert | |
| Jan 6, 2023 | -33.38% | 4354 | Previous Overweight Current Equal-Weight | Get Alert | |
| Jan 5, 2023 | -31.83% | 44 | Previous Buy Current Neutral | Get Alert |
The latest price target for Essent Group (NYSE:ESNT) was reported by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods on November 24, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $71.00 expecting ESNT to rise to within 12 months (a possible 9.98% upside). 12 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
The latest analyst rating for Essent Group (NYSE:ESNT) was provided by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, and Essent Group maintained their market perform rating.
The last upgrade for Essent Group Ltd happened on April 8, 2025 when JP Morgan raised their price target to $60. JP Morgan previously had a neutral for Essent Group Ltd.
The last downgrade for Essent Group Ltd happened on October 7, 2025 when JP Morgan changed their price target from $66 to $65 for Essent Group Ltd.
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of Essent Group, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for Essent Group was filed on November 24, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around November 24, 2026.
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Essent Group (ESNT) rating was a maintained with a price target of $67.00 to $71.00. The current price Essent Group (ESNT) is trading at is $64.56, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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