Essent (ESNT) Tax Rate (2013 - 2026)

Essent (ESNT) reported Tax Rate of 16.89% for Q1 2026, up 165.0% on a YoY basis from 6.38% in Q1 2025, and up 5.51% sequentially from 16.01% in Q4 2025.

Essent (ESNT) Tax Rate (2013 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Essent (ESNT) has 14 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 16.89% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Tax Rate rose 165.0% year-over-year to 16.89%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 16.46% (up 166.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 16.05%, up 131.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate climbed to 16.89% in Q1 2026, from 16.01% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 17.71% in Q2 2023 to a low of 13.6% in Q4 2023.
  • A 5-year average of 15.56% and a median of 15.25% in 2025 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
  • Across the five-year window, Tax Rate tumbled 282 bps in 2022 and jumped 242 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Tracing ESNT's Tax Rate over 5 years: stood at 14.82% in 2022, then slipped by 8 bps to 13.6% in 2023, then grew by 2 bps to 13.88% in 2024, then advanced by 15 bps to 16.01% in 2025, then grew by 6 bps to 16.89% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ESNT's Tax Rate at 16.89% in Q1 2026, 16.01% in Q4 2025, and 17.55% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Fidelity National Financial 13.08 Bn 10.42 Bn 3.16 Bn 35.14%
2 Axis Capital Holdings 8.50 Bn 7.97 Bn 613.18 Mn 18.11%
3 First American Financial 7.10 Bn 4.22 Bn 1.77 Bn 22.82%
4 Enact Holdings 6.51 Bn 5.96 Bn 205.69 Mn 21.37%
5 Mgic Investment 6.26 Bn 6.23 Bn 263.84 Mn 20.08%
6 Essent 6.05 Bn 6.05 Bn 211.88 Mn 16.89%
7 Radian 5.96 Bn 5.91 Bn 304.36 Mn 25.45%
8 Assured Guaranty 3.78 Bn 3.28 Bn 65.00 Mn -30.77%
9 NMI Holdings 3.17 Bn 3.10 Bn 134.15 Mn 20.50%
10 Employers Holdings 957.12 Mn 620.72 Mn 51.80 Mn 20.31%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 16.89%
Mar 31, 2026 16.89%
Mar 31, 2026 16.89%
Dec 31, 2025 16.01%
Dec 31, 2025 16.01%
Dec 31, 2025 16.01%
Sep 30, 2025 17.55%
Sep 30, 2025 17.55%
Sep 30, 2025 17.55%
Jun 30, 2025 15.50%
Jun 30, 2025 15.50%
Jun 30, 2025 15.50%
Mar 31, 2025 15.25%
Mar 31, 2025 15.25%
Mar 31, 2025 15.25%
Dec 31, 2024 13.88%
Dec 31, 2024 13.88%
Dec 31, 2024 13.88%
Sep 30, 2024 15.13%
Sep 30, 2024 15.13%