Both in Insurance

First American Financial vs Essent Group

Over the past year FAF returned +10.0% and ESNT returned +14.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.48.

FAF +10.0% ESNT +14.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricFAFESNT
Price$68.34$69.44
Market cap$6.98B$6.24B
Today+5.19%+2.56%
1 month+9.7%+12.2%
6 months−2.3%+13.1%
Year to date+11.2%+6.8%
1 year+10.0%+14.0%
Revenue growth (YoY)+5.3%+11.2%
Gross margin64.4%100.0%
Net margin8.5%68.5%
P/E (TTM)9.5×9.2×
Price / sales0.9×7.1×
Net cash$10.11B$5.62B
Dividend yield3.57%2.02%
Volatility (60d)30.4%26.9%
Short % of float6.4%4.5%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).