ESNTEssent Group Ltd.
−1.0% today · +11.5% over a year
10/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 95% of the instruments we score
Quality, Stability: among the best of its peers; priced lower than most peers. Dividend yield 1.60%.
Essent Group Ltd. (ESNT) dividends: trailing yield 1.60%, Dividend Safety 69/100, 5-year growth 9.4% a year.
Yield after tax (estimate)
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Next payment
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Dividend profile
- 5-year dividend growth (per year)
- +9.4%
- Years of dividend growth
- 1
- Years without a cut
- 1
- Payout ratio (earnings)
- 15%
- Payout ratio (free cash flow)
- 15%
Annual total matches the company's SEC filing
Dividends per share by year
Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.
Payment history
Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.
| Status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2026 | — | $0.35 | Regular | Single source | 1 |
| 01 Jun 2026 | — | $0.35 | Regular | Single source | 1 |
| 13 Mar 2026 | — | $0.35 | Regular | Single source | 1 |
| 30 May 2025 | — | $0.31 | Regular | Single source | 1 |
Each payment is checked against 1 data feed. Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.
What dividend safety is made of
0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, growth streak and how stretched the yield looks.
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