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Essent Group (Essent Group) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 7.43 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-18), Essent Group's share price is $52.67. Essent Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $7.09. Hence, Essent Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 7.43.

The historical rank and industry rank for Essent Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

ESNT' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.46   Med: 8.05   Max: 16.94
Current: 7.36

During the past 13 years, Essent Group's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 16.94. The lowest was 3.46. And the median was 8.05.

ESNT's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked better than
58.36% of 341 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 8.7 vs ESNT: 7.36

Essent Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.00. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $7.09.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Essent Group was 30.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 1.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 0.60% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 9.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, Essent Group's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 39.90% per year. The lowest was -22.90% per year. And the median was 23.85% per year.


Essent Group Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Essent Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Essent Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.71 6.33 7.19 7.16 7.44

Essent Group Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.16 7.30 7.24 7.08 7.44

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Specialty subindustry, Essent Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Essent Group Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Essent Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Essent Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Essent Group Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Essent Group's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=52.67/7.086
=7.43

Essent Group's Share Price of today is $52.67.
Essent Group's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $7.09.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Essent Group  (NYSE:ESNT) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Essent Group (Essent Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2 Church Street, Clarendon House, Hamilton, BMU, HM 11
Essent Group Ltd is a private mortgage insurance company in the United States. Essent provides credit protection to lenders and mortgage investors by covering a portion of the unpaid principal balance of a mortgage and certain related expenses in the event of a default. By providing capital to mitigate mortgage credit risk, the company allows lenders to make additional mortgage financing available to prospective homeowners. Essent writes mortgage guaranty coverage in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Executives
Mary Lourdes Gibbons officer: Sr. VP, CLO & Assit. Secretary C/O ESSENT GROUP LTD., CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM 11
Vijay Bhasin officer: Sr. VP & Chief Risk Officer C/O ESSENT GROUP LTD., CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM 11
David B Weinstock officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer C/O ESSENT GROUP LTD., CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM11
Douglas J Pauls director C/O ESSENT GROUP LTD., CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM 11
Aditya Dutt director RENAISSANCE HOUSE, 12 CROW LANE, PEMBROKE D0 HM 19
Anu Karna director C/O ESSENT GROUP LTD., CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM11
Robert Glanville director C/O PINE BROOK ROAD PARTNERS LLC, 42ND STREET, 50TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10165
Mark Casale director, officer: CEO & President C/O ESSENT GROUP LTD., CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM11
Mcalee Lawrence E Jr officer: Sr. VP & CFO C/O ESSENT GROUP LTD., CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM11
William Spiegel director C/O MONTOPELIER RE HOLDINGS LTD, MINTFLOER PLACE 8 PAR LA VILLE RD, HAMILTON BERMUDA D0 HM 08
Roy James Kasmar director C/O ESSENT GROUP LTD., CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM11
Joseph Hissong officer: Senior Vice President C/O ESSENT GROUP LTD., CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM 11
Jeff Cashmer officer: SVP & Chief Business Officer C/O ESSENT GROUP LTD., CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM 11
Christopher G Curran officer: SVP, Corporate Development C/O ESSENT GROUP LTD., CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM11
Jane Chwick director C/O MARKETAXESS HOLDINGS, INC., 299 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10171