Essent (ESNT) Dividend Yield (2019 - 2026)
Essent (ESNT) reported Dividend Yield of 2.14% for Q2 2026, up 0.13 percentage points from 2.01% a year earlier but down 0.12 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Essent (ESNT) Dividend Yield (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Essent posted Dividend Yield of 1.97%, down 0.10 percentage points from FY2024.
- Dividend Yield has a five-year change of +0.54 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Dividend Yield came in at 2.06% in FY2024 (+0.18 pp), 1.89% in FY2023 (-0.31 pp), 2.20% in FY2022 (+0.64 pp) and 1.56% in FY2021 (+0.13 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Dividend Yield spans a low of 1.53% in Q3 2021 and a high of 2.35% in Q3 2022.
- Year over year, Dividend Yield gained in six of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +0.10 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Dividend Yield in five years was Q3 2022 (a gain of 0.82 percentage points); the low point was Q1 2024 (a drop of 0.54 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 2.26% (Q1 2026), 1.97% (Q4 2025) and 1.97% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berkshire Hathaway | 1,083.69 Bn | -333.79 Bn | 55.86 Bn |
| 2 | Chubb | 127.81 Bn | 79.86 Bn | 9.13 Bn |
| 3 | Progressive | 121.79 Bn | 97.63 Bn | 9.04 Bn |
| 4 | Marsh & Mclennan Companies | 80.80 Bn | 72.54 Bn | - |
| 5 | Travelers Companies | 75.76 Bn | 52.01 Bn | 6.23 Bn |
| 6 | Manulife Financial | 74.06 Bn | 75.27 Bn | - |
| 7 | Metlife | 61.12 Bn | -45.36 Bn | 7.82 Bn |
| 8 | Arthur J. Gallagher | 58.82 Bn | 53.25 Bn | - |
| 9 | Allstate | 57.81 Bn | 19.06 Bn | 8.73 Bn |
| 10 | Essent | 5.70 Bn | 5.70 Bn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.14% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.26% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.97% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.97% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.01% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.03% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.06% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.69% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.88% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.72% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.89% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.06% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.03% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 2.26% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.20% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.35% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.02% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.83% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.56% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.53% |
API Access
Essent Dividend Yield API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividend-yield&ticker=ESNT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividend-yield", "ticker": "ESNT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividend-yield&ticker=ESNT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();