Essent (ESNT) Tax Rate (2013 - 2026)

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

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

Essent has reported Tax Rate for 14 years, with the latest figure at 16.89% in Q1 2026.

Quarterly Tax Rate rose 165.0% year-over-year to 16.89% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 16.46% (up 166.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 16.05%, up 131.0% from the prior year.
Tax Rate climbed to 16.89% in Q1 2026 per ESNT's latest filing, from 16.01% in the prior quarter.
Over five years, Tax Rate peaked at 17.71% in Q2 2023 and troughed at 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.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Tax Rate sank 282 bps in 2022, then soared 242 bps in 2025.
Over 5 years, Tax Rate stood at 14.82% in 2022, then fell by 8 bps to 13.6% in 2023, then gained by 2 bps to 13.88% in 2024, then increased by 15 bps to 16.01% in 2025, then gained by 6 bps to 16.89% in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, Tax Rate over the past three periods registered 16.89%, 16.01%, and 17.55% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	Tax Rate (Qtr)
1	Fidelity National Financial	12.71 Bn	8.14 Bn	3.59 Bn	18.64%
2	First American Financial	7.40 Bn	4.28 Bn	1.77 Bn	22.82%
3	Axis Capital Holdings	7.28 Bn	6.49 Bn	819.78 Mn	19.42%
4	Enact Holdings	6.86 Bn	6.36 Bn	284.04 Mn	20.52%
5	Mgic Investment	6.46 Bn	6.23 Bn	284.40 Mn	20.78%
6	Essent	6.22 Bn	6.22 Bn	313.73 Mn	17.63%
7	Ryan Specialty Holdings	5.38 Bn	5.24 Bn	-	17.10%
8	Radian	4.96 Bn	4.22 Bn	380.01 Mn	21.56%
9	NMI Holdings	3.45 Bn	3.37 Bn	157.40 Mn	22.75%
10	Assured Guaranty	3.29 Bn	-503.07 Mn	156.00 Mn	15.00%

Download Data