Essent (ESNT) FCF Payout Ratio (2019 - 2026)

Essent (ESNT) posted FCF Payout Ratio of 0.17 for Q1 2026, up 32.34% sequentially from 0.13 in Q4 2025, and up 18.99% YoY from 0.14 in Q1 2025.

Essent (ESNT) FCF Payout Ratio (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Essent has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 8 years, with the latest figure at 0.17 in Q1 2026.

Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 18.99% year-over-year to 0.17 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.15 (up 118.5% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.14, up 4.51% from the prior year.
FCF Payout Ratio climbed to 0.17 in Q1 2026 per ESNT's latest filing, from 0.13 in the prior quarter.
Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.17 in Q1 2026 and troughed at 0.0 in Q2 2022.
A 5-year average of 0.1 and a median of 0.13 in 2025 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: FCF Payout Ratio plunged 142.31% in 2022, then soared 9130.24% in 2023.
Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.14 in 2022, then decreased by 15.48% to 0.12 in 2023, then climbed by 3.85% to 0.13 in 2024, then gained by 1.88% to 0.13 in 2025, then jumped by 32.34% to 0.17 in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.17, 0.13, and 0.14 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	FCF Cover (Qtr)
1	Fidelity National Financial	12.65 Bn	8.08 Bn	3.59 Bn	0.08
2	First American Financial	7.36 Bn	4.25 Bn	1.77 Bn	0.18
3	Axis Capital Holdings	7.25 Bn	6.47 Bn	819.78 Mn	0.05
4	Enact Holdings	6.85 Bn	6.36 Bn	284.04 Mn	0.28
5	Mgic Investment	6.47 Bn	6.25 Bn	284.40 Mn	0.17
6	Essent	6.18 Bn	6.18 Bn	313.73 Mn	0.16
7	Ryan Specialty Holdings	5.43 Bn	5.29 Bn	-	0.06
8	Radian	4.96 Bn	4.22 Bn	380.01 Mn	0.11
9	NMI Holdings	3.42 Bn	3.35 Bn	157.40 Mn	-
10	Assured Guaranty	3.29 Bn	-506.61 Mn	156.00 Mn	0.43

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