Both in Insurance

Enact Holdings vs Essent Group

Over the past year ACT returned +32.3% and ESNT returned +11.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.79.

ACT +32.3% ESNT +11.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricACTESNT
Price$47.50$67.71
Market cap$6.53B$6.09B
Today−1.35%−0.78%
1 month+3.6%+10.8%
6 months+12.3%+12.5%
Year to date+19.8%+4.2%
1 year+33.0%+11.8%
Revenue growth (YoY)+4.1%+11.2%
Gross margin73.9%100.0%
Net margin55.1%68.5%
P/E (TTM)9.6×8.9×
Price / sales5.2×6.9×
Net cash-$296.8M$5.62B
Dividend yield2.02%2.07%
Volatility (60d)23.6%26.4%
Short % of float11.7%4.5%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).