Essent (ESNT) FCF Margin (2013 - 2026)

Essent (ESNT) posted FCF Margin of 73.52% for Q1 2026, up 66.78% sequentially from 44.08% in Q4 2025, and down 1651.0% YoY from 4.74% in Q1 2025.

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

Essent has reported FCF Margin for 14 years, with the latest figure at 73.52% in Q1 2026.

Quarterly FCF Margin fell 1651.0% year-over-year to 73.52% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 61.34% (down 540.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 67.61%, down 171.0% from the prior year.
FCF Margin rose to 73.52% in Q1 2026 per ESNT's latest filing, from 44.08% in the prior quarter.
Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 91.87% in Q3 2024 and troughed at 25.5% in Q2 2022.
A 5-year average of 67.44% and a median of 71.21% in 2024 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: FCF Margin slumped 4432 bps in 2022, then jumped 3881 bps in 2023.
Over 5 years, FCF Margin stood at 46.75% in 2022, then jumped by 56 bps to 73.1% in 2023, then sank by 36 bps to 46.88% in 2024, then decreased by 6 bps to 44.08% in 2025, then surged by 67 bps to 73.52% in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin over the past three periods registered 73.52%, 44.08%, and 68.35% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	FCF Margin (Qtr)
1	Fidelity National Financial	12.69 Bn	8.13 Bn	3.59 Bn	45.30%
2	First American Financial	7.40 Bn	4.28 Bn	1.77 Bn	14.99%
3	Axis Capital Holdings	7.30 Bn	6.52 Bn	819.78 Mn	35.22%
4	Enact Holdings	6.89 Bn	6.40 Bn	284.04 Mn	37.35%
5	Mgic Investment	6.51 Bn	6.29 Bn	284.40 Mn	62.46%
6	Essent	6.25 Bn	6.25 Bn	313.73 Mn	54.07%
7	Ryan Specialty Holdings	5.36 Bn	5.22 Bn	-	30.09%
8	Radian	4.98 Bn	4.24 Bn	380.01 Mn	59.61%
9	NMI Holdings	3.46 Bn	3.39 Bn	157.40 Mn	74.64%
10	Assured Guaranty	3.28 Bn	-513.70 Mn	156.00 Mn	20.51%

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