Essent ESNT Institutional Ownership

Updated Oct 11, 2026

Essent Group Ltd. (NYSE:ESNT) counted 357 institutional investors among its 13F-reported shareholders for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

• Collectively, these holders controlled 95.42% of Essent's outstanding shares in Q2 2026, up from 93.39% in Q1 2026.
• Total shares held in Essent fell 1.17% versus Q1 2026, while the number of holders rose 7.85% versus Q2 2025.
• Of the 357 holders of ESNT in Q2 2026, 173 added to their positions, 138 reduced their stakes and 46 left their positions unchanged.
• Altogether, institutional holders owned 86.59Mn ESNT shares at the end of Q2 2026, down 1.03Mn from the prior quarter and down 9.16Mn from a year earlier.
• BlackRock, Inc. led 13F holders of ESNT with 12.43Mn shares as of June 30, 2026, or 13.70% of shares outstanding.
• Among existing holders, the largest additions to Essent in Q2 2026 came from American Century Companies Inc (+543.06K shares), BlackRock, Inc. (+472.39K shares), First Trust Advisors LP (+446.23K shares), Mackenzie Financial Corp (+325.79K shares) and Nuveen, LLC (+323.42K shares).
• The biggest cuts to ESNT positions during Q2 2026 came from FMR LLC (-2.18Mn shares), Invesco Ltd. (-682.46K shares), Nomura Asset Management International Inc. (-423.12K shares), Qube Research & Technologies Ltd (-372.23K shares) and Tudor Investment Corp (-366.91K shares).
• Business Quant data shows the 10 biggest positions in Essent as of Q2 2026 were held by BlackRock, Inc. (12.43Mn shares), Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC (7.58Mn shares), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.42Mn shares), Capital World Investors (4.54Mn shares), Vanguard Capital Management LLC (3.99Mn shares), State Street Corp (3.91Mn shares), FMR LLC (2.92Mn shares), Geode Capital Management, LLC (2.85Mn shares), Norges Bank (2.65Mn shares) and American Century Companies Inc (2.65Mn shares).