What is Essent Group's earnings yield?

Essent Group (ESNT) reported earnings yield of 12.5% in Q1 2026.

How has Essent Group's earnings yield changed year-over-year?

Essent Group's earnings yield increased by 3.1% year-over-year, from 12.1% to 12.5%.

What is the long-term trend for Essent Group's earnings yield?

Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Essent Group's earnings yield has grown at a 4.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 8.7% to 11%.

What does earnings yield mean?

Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by market capitalization at the quarter end — the inverse of the P/E ratio, expressed as a percentage.

Essent Group ESNT Earnings yield

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$336.1M+5.8%

Operating income$63.8M—

Net income$171.8M-2.1%

EPS (diluted)$1.82+7.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$128.3M-38.4%

Total debt$36.6M+1.2%

Total equity$5.7B+0.7%

Total assets$7.6B+5.1%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$192.0M-13.3%

CapEx$818.0K+270%

Free cash flow$191.2M-13.6%

Valuation

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Market cap$5.39B-7.9%

P/E7.9×-0.2×

P/S4.2×-0.4×

Profitability

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Net margin53.6%-3.7pp

FCF margin64%-4.5pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity12.1%-1.2pp

Debt / equity0×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Essent Group’s reported figures.

net income/market cap=12.5%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Essent Group’s 10-Q, filed May 8, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Essent Group's earnings yield?: Essent Group (ESNT) reported earnings yield of 12.5% in Q1 2026.
How has Essent Group's earnings yield changed year-over-year?: Essent Group's earnings yield increased by 3.1% year-over-year, from 12.1% to 12.5%.
What is the long-term trend for Essent Group's earnings yield?: Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Essent Group's earnings yield has grown at a 4.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 8.7% to 11%.
What does earnings yield mean?: Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by market capitalization at the quarter end — the inverse of the P/E ratio, expressed as a percentage.