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Essent (ESNT) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

Essent (ESNT) has disclosed Operating Expenses for 13 consecutive years, with $127.9 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 6.49% to $127.9 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $439.1 million through Dec 2025, up 13.33% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $439.1 million for FY2025, 13.33% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses hit $127.9 million in Q4 2025 for Essent, up from $112.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $127.9 million in Q4 2025 to a low of -$63.8 million in Q1 2022.
  • Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $68.0 million across 5 years, with a median of $80.6 million in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Expenses: plummeted 183.32% in 2022 and later skyrocketed 261.8% in 2023.
  • Year by year, Operating Expenses stood at $39.9 million in 2021, then plummeted by 178.74% to -$31.4 million in 2022, then soared by 400.24% to $94.3 million in 2023, then rose by 27.31% to $120.1 million in 2024, then grew by 6.49% to $127.9 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Expenses for ESNT at $127.9 million in Q4 2025, $112.7 million in Q3 2025, and $88.0 million in Q2 2025.