Essent Group Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 6 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Essent Group stock have an average target of 68.67, with a low estimate of 63 and a high estimate of 75. The average target predicts an increase of 13.34% from the current stock price of 60.59.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$63	$68.67	$69	$75
Change	+3.98%	+13.34%	+13.88%	+23.78%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Essent Group stock from 6 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26
Strong Buy	2	1	1	1	2	2
Buy	2	1	1	1	1	0
Hold	3	4	3	3	4	4
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	7	6	5	5	7	6

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Terry Ma Barclays	Barclays	Hold Maintains $65 → $63	Hold	Maintains	$65 → $63	+3.98%	Feb 17, 2026
Richard Shane JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Hold Maintains $65 → $66	Hold	Maintains	$65 → $66	+8.93%	Jan 12, 2026
Terry Ma Barclays	Barclays	Hold Maintains $66 → $65	Hold	Maintains	$66 → $65	+7.28%	Jan 6, 2026
Harry Fong Roth Capital	Roth Capital	Strong Buy Maintains $70 → $75	Strong Buy	Maintains	$70 → $75	+23.78%	Jan 2, 2026
Bose George Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Keefe, Bruyette & Woods	Hold Maintains $71 → $73	Hold	Maintains	$71 → $73	+20.48%	Dec 18, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

1.30B

from 1.26B

3.34%

from 1.26B

Revenue Next Year

1.34B

from 1.30B

3.15%

from 1.30B

EPS This Year

7.45

from 6.90

7.92%

from 6.90

EPS Next Year

7.96

from 7.45

6.85%

from 7.45

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	1.03B	1.00B	1.11B	1.24B	1.26B	1.30B	1.34B
Revenue Growth	7.68%	-2.69%	10.89%	12.00%	1.45%	3.34%	3.15%
EPS	6.11	7.72	6.50	6.85	6.90	7.45	7.96
EPS Growth	57.47%	26.35%	-15.80%	5.39%	0.73%	7.92%	6.85%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	8.14	7.62
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	9	8

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

Revenue Forecast

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

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	9.0%	9.7%
Avg	3.3%	3.1%
Low	-4.2%	-3.5%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	8.09	8.61
Avg	7.45	7.96
Low	6.87	7.12

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	17.2%	15.6%
Avg	7.9%	6.8%
Low	-0.4%	-4.3%

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.