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PagSeguro Digital, First Bancorp, Essent Group, Enact Holdings, and Bread Financial offer a mix of dividends, low valuations, and steady profits as markets turn more volatile.

Essent is exposed to the growth and employment situation negatively in terms of premium writing and loss provision, but positively in terms of duration exposure and the rate-cutting angle. But overall, the exposure is net negative to any threats to employment, which are numerous in an environment of low hiring and firing, and AI threatening jobs. With the company not having really reacted yet to the AI scare trade despite the employment rates being an important macro driver, we'd rather stay away.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Feb. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Essent Group Ltd. (NYSE: ESNT) announced today that Martin Connor has joined its Board of Directors.

Essent Group Ltd. (ESNT) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

Essent Group (ESNT) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.6 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.74 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.58 per share a year ago.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Feb. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Essent Group Ltd. (NYSE: ESNT) today reported net income for the quarter ended December 31, 2025 of $155.0 million or $1.60 per diluted share, compared to $167.9 million or $1.58 per diluted share for the quarter ended December 31, 2024. For the full year 2025, net income was $690.0 million or $6.90 per diluted share, compared to $729.4 million or $6.85 per diluted share for 2024.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Jan. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Essent Group Ltd. (NYSE: ESNT) today announced that it will hold a conference call on Friday, February 13, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.