Essent (ESNT) Net Margin (2013 - 2026)

Essent (ESNT) posted Net Margin of 66.05% for Q1 2026, up 121.6% sequentially from 29.81% in Q4 2025, and down 531.0% YoY from 15.33% in Q1 2025.

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

Essent has reported Net Margin for 14 years, with the latest figure at 66.05% in Q1 2026.

Quarterly Net Margin fell 531.0% year-over-year to 66.05% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 51.19% (down 425.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 54.72%, down 397.0% from the prior year.
Net Margin grew to 66.05% in Q1 2026 per ESNT's latest filing, from 29.81% in the prior quarter.
Over five years, Net Margin peaked at 127.32% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 29.81% in Q4 2025.
A 5-year average of 66.92% and a median of 66.21% in 2023 frame the typical range for Net Margin.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Net Margin surged 6540 bps in 2022, then tumbled 4646 bps in 2023.
Over 5 years, Net Margin stood at 40.31% in 2022, then soared by 46 bps to 58.99% in 2023, then sank by 43 bps to 33.82% in 2024, then decreased by 12 bps to 29.81% in 2025, then surged by 122 bps to 66.05% in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, Net Margin over the past three periods registered 66.05%, 29.81%, and 52.66% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	Net Margin (Qtr)
1	Fidelity National Financial	12.71 Bn	8.14 Bn	3.59 Bn	6.79%
2	First American Financial	7.40 Bn	4.28 Bn	1.77 Bn	10.35%
3	Axis Capital Holdings	7.28 Bn	6.49 Bn	819.78 Mn	14.29%
4	Enact Holdings	6.86 Bn	6.36 Bn	284.04 Mn	55.10%
5	Mgic Investment	6.46 Bn	6.23 Bn	284.40 Mn	61.66%
6	Essent	6.22 Bn	6.22 Bn	313.73 Mn	52.31%
7	Ryan Specialty Holdings	5.38 Bn	5.24 Bn	-	11.82%
8	Radian	4.96 Bn	4.22 Bn	380.01 Mn	20.16%
9	NMI Holdings	3.45 Bn	3.37 Bn	157.40 Mn	56.30%
10	Assured Guaranty	3.29 Bn	-503.07 Mn	156.00 Mn	26.15%

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