Essent Group has retired 20.4% of its shares since 2020, from 112,840,615 to 89,876,493.
At $64.70 a share, a market value of $5.8B. P/E 8.5, trailing twelve months to June 2026.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2015-02-20 | 92,662,850 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-22 | 93,064,030 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-10 | 93,390,034 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-15 | 98,094,421 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-12 | 98,287,957 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-10 | 98,450,053 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-19 | 112,840,615 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-11 | 108,781,121 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-14 | 108,095,924 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-12 | 106,872,556 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-14 | 103,835,368 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-13 | 94,542,845 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Essent Group on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $64.70.
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Yes. Essent Group has 7.0% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 89,876,493 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 18.6%.
Net of every new share it issued, Essent Group has 23.0 million fewer shares than at its 2020 peak. That is 20.4% of the company.
89,876,493 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2020 peak it had 112,840,615.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Essent Group stock in 2020 owns 1.3 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Essent Group ranks No. 370 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Progyny (20.5%), Baxter International (20.4%), Pediatrix Medical Group (20.3%), Republic Services (20.3%).
Every answer is computed from Essent Group's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
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