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Essent Group Ltd.

Financials through Q2 FY2026, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Aug 7, 2026
$65.06+0.36 (+0.56%)

Close on Oct 19, 2026

Market cap
$5.95B
P/E (TTM)
9.1
Dividend yield
1.91%

About Essent

Surety Insurance, SIC 6351

Essent Group Ltd. offers private mortgage insurance, reinsurance, and title insurance alongside settlement services to support the housing finance industry. Through its primary Mortgage Insurance segment, the company provides mortgage credit protection on U.S. residential first-lien loans, primarily through primary insurance policies covering lenders, borrowers, and investors. It also delivers credit risk management solutions such as contract underwriting. Through its Reinsurance segment, the company reinsures mortgage credit risk and provides underwriting consulting to third-party reinsurers, while expanding to reinsure select property and casualty risks. Its title insurance segment provides title policies directly and via agents.

The company operates across the United States, with its mortgage insurance entity licensed across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and its title underwriter licensed across 45 states and the District of Columbia. Essent Re operates as a Bermuda-based insurer and participates in the Lloyd's of London market. Essent Group maintains its registered office in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Summary of the business section of Essent's latest annual report, written by StockData.

Company profile

Company

Legal name
Essent Group Ltd.
Founded
2008
Headquarters
Hamilton, D0
Address
Clarendon House, 2 Church Street HM 11
Phone
(441) 297-9901
Employees
514, Dec 31, 2025
Industry
Surety Insurance
Incorporated in
D0
Fiscal year ends
December 31
Auditor
PricewaterhouseCoopersLLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Stock & identifiers

Ticker
ESNT
Exchange
NYSE
IPO date
Nov 1, 2013
Shares outstanding
90M, Jul 31, 2026
Public float
$5.39B, Jun 30, 2025
Filer category
Large accelerated filer
SEC CIK
1448893
CUSIP
G3198U102
ISIN
USG3198U1028
LEI
254900QUO860OUT6ZF83
EIN
98-0673656

Executives and directors

Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years

NamePositionShares owned
Mark CasaleChairman, CEO and President, Director2,288,893
David B. WeinstockSVP and CFO29,994
Christopher G. CurranPres., Essent Guaranty, Inc.291,575
Mary Lourdes GibbonsSVP and Chief Legal Officer228,658
Vijay BhasinSVP and Chief Risk Officer184,274
William SpiegelDirector28,821
Angela L. HeiseDirector24,538
April Joyce GaldaDirector2,569
Anu KarnaDirector10,740
Douglas J. PaulsDirector62,808
David C. BensonDirector2,569
Martin P. ConnorDirector–
Roy James KasmarDirector47,559
Aditya DuttDirector31,291
Allan LevineDirector41,510
Robert GlanvilleDirector56,815

CEO pay and shareholder return

Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement

Fiscal yearCEO total payCEO pay actually paidOther executives (avg)Value of $100 investedPeer group
FY2025
Mark A. Casale
$10.04M$22.39M$2.24M$186$325
FY2024
Mark A. Casale
$9.78M$12.66M$2.24M$125$251
FY2023
Mark A. Casale
$8.89M$20.05M$2.44M$126$202
FY2022
Mark A. Casale
$8.91M$6.23M$2.74M$87$163
FY2021
Mark A. Casale
$9.14M$6.16M$2.56M$96$115
FY2020
Mark A. Casale
$6.78M$3.91M$1.70M$87$86

“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.

Employees

Headcount reported in annual reports

“As of December 31, 2025, we had a total of 514 employees, including 507 employees based in our Radnor, PA, Winston-Salem, NC, New York, NY, Reston, VA, Pittsburgh, PA, Columbia, MO and Charlotte, NC locations, or remotely throughout the United States, and 7 employees located in Hamilton, Bermuda.”

Corporate history

Events identified from SEC filings