Essent (ESNT) Price to Earnings (2013 - 2026)
Essent's Price to Earnings came in at 8.49 for Q2 2026, up 0.3% from 8.46 a year earlier and up 7.1% from the prior quarter.
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Essent (ESNT) Price to Earnings (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Essent's Price to Earnings was 8.99, up 14.7% from FY2024.
- Going back by year, Price to Earnings was 7.84 in FY2024 (-2.9%), 8.07 in FY2023 (+60.3%), 5.04 in FY2022 (-31.1%) and 7.30 in FY2021 (-37.9%).
- The five-year range for quarterly Price to Earnings is 4.34 (Q3 2022) to 9.27 (Q3 2024).
- Year-over-year, Price to Earnings increased in four of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 2.8%.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Price to Earnings over five years came in Q3 2023 (growth of 74.2%), and the weakest in Q1 2022 (a decline of 59.5%).
- Business Quant data shows ESNT's Price to Earnings at 7.92 (Q1 2026), 8.99 (Q4 2025) and 8.82 (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berkshire Hathaway | 1,083.21 Bn | -334.26 Bn | 55.86 Bn |
| 2 | Chubb | 127.58 Bn | 79.64 Bn | 9.13 Bn |
| 3 | Progressive | 122.25 Bn | 98.08 Bn | 9.04 Bn |
| 4 | Marsh & Mclennan Companies | 81.29 Bn | 73.03 Bn | - |
| 5 | Travelers Companies | 75.19 Bn | 51.44 Bn | 6.23 Bn |
| 6 | Manulife Financial | 73.16 Bn | 74.37 Bn | - |
| 7 | Metlife | 60.22 Bn | -46.26 Bn | 7.82 Bn |
| 8 | Arthur J. Gallagher | 57.98 Bn | 52.41 Bn | - |
| 9 | Aon | 57.16 Bn | 50.40 Bn | - |
| 10 | Essent | 5.41 Bn | 5.41 Bn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 8.49 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 7.92 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 8.99 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 8.82 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 8.46 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 8.18 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.84 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 9.27 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 8.09 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 8.98 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 8.07 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 7.56 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 7.49 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.92 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 5.04 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 4.34 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 4.70 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.43 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 7.30 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 7.82 |
API Access
Essent Price to Earnings API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-earnings&ticker=ESNT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "price-to-earnings", "ticker": "ESNT", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=price-to-earnings&ticker=ESNT&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();