Essent (ESNT) EBITDA Margin (2013 - 2026)

Essent (ESNT) posted EBITDA Margin of 22.78% for Q1 2026, up 100.02% sequentially from 11.39% in Q4 2025, and down 89.0% YoY from 207.11% in Q1 2025.

Essent (ESNT) EBITDA Margin (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Essent has reported EBITDA Margin for 14 years, with the latest figure at 22.78% in Q1 2026.

Quarterly EBITDA Margin fell 89.0% year-over-year to 22.78% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 17.72% (up 22.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 18.76%, up 89.0% from the prior year.
EBITDA Margin improved to 22.78% in Q1 2026 per ESNT's latest filing, from 11.39% in the prior quarter.
Over five years, EBITDA Margin peaked at 23.83% in Q2 2025 and troughed at 10.34% in Q4 2022.
A 5-year average of 17.11% and a median of 17.46% in 2024 frame the typical range for EBITDA Margin.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: EBITDA Margin jumped 4643 bps in 2022, then tumbled 562 bps in 2024.
Over 5 years, EBITDA Margin stood at 10.34% in 2022, then jumped by 65 bps to 17.01% in 2023, then tumbled by 33 bps to 11.39% in 2024, then declined by 0 bps to 11.39% in 2025, then soared by 100 bps to 22.78% in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, EBITDA Margin over the past three periods registered 22.78%, 11.39%, and 19.18% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	EBITDA Margin (Qtr)
1	Fidelity National Financial	12.71 Bn	8.14 Bn	3.59 Bn	20.02%
2	First American Financial	7.40 Bn	4.28 Bn	1.77 Bn	8.68%
3	Axis Capital Holdings	7.28 Bn	6.49 Bn	819.78 Mn	-35.20%
4	Enact Holdings	6.86 Bn	6.36 Bn	284.04 Mn	23.07%
5	Mgic Investment	6.46 Bn	6.23 Bn	284.40 Mn	20.13%
6	Essent	6.22 Bn	6.22 Bn	313.73 Mn	16.99%
7	Ryan Specialty Holdings	5.38 Bn	5.24 Bn	-	20.12%
8	Radian	4.96 Bn	4.22 Bn	380.01 Mn	13.41%
9	NMI Holdings	3.45 Bn	3.37 Bn	157.40 Mn	16.14%
10	Assured Guaranty	3.29 Bn	-503.07 Mn	156.00 Mn	50.26%

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