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Essent Group Ltd.

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Surety Insurance
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0001448893

In the last 90 days, Essent Group Ltd. insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 8 sales; 363 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $5.60B in total; no superinvestor holds it.

Four kinds of short-selling data, each measuring something different:

  • Short interest: shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of a settlement date. FINRA publishes it twice a month, about eight business days after the settlement date.
  • Daily short volume: shares sold short each day in off-exchange trades reported to FINRA. It counts trades, not open positions, and is published the next day.
  • Fails-to-deliver: shares not delivered by the settlement date. The SEC publishes them twice a month, about two weeks late.
  • ATS (dark pool) volume: weekly volume on alternative trading systems and other off-exchange venues. FINRA publishes it two to four weeks after the week.

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Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet bought back, from FINRA, on every settlement date in the last two years.

Short interest
3.48M
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
−367.6K
−9.6% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
4.14
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
840.0K
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 1,084,683 sharesNov 15, 2024: 1,481,597 sharesNov 29, 2024: 1,647,983 sharesDec 13, 2024: 1,684,316 sharesDec 31, 2024: 1,498,858 sharesJan 15, 2025: 1,838,772 sharesJan 31, 2025: 1,813,800 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 1,481,782 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 1,365,274 sharesMar 14, 2025: 1,803,362 sharesMar 31, 2025: 1,108,468 sharesApr 15, 2025: 871,704 sharesApr 30, 2025: 1,413,273 sharesMay 15, 2025: 1,638,214 sharesMay 30, 2025: 1,936,041 sharesJun 13, 2025: 2,145,005 sharesJun 30, 2025: 1,729,825 sharesJul 15, 2025: 1,697,402 sharesJul 31, 2025: 1,683,097 sharesAug 15, 2025: 1,526,540 sharesAug 29, 2025: 2,177,405 sharesSep 15, 2025: 2,081,215 sharesSep 30, 2025: 2,031,408 sharesOct 15, 2025: 1,947,205 sharesOct 31, 2025: 1,818,547 sharesNov 14, 2025: 1,948,587 sharesNov 28, 2025: 2,080,580 sharesDec 15, 2025: 1,811,967 sharesDec 31, 2025: 1,353,395 sharesJan 15, 2026: 1,950,331 sharesJan 30, 2026: 1,691,860 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 1,841,180 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 1,637,552 sharesMar 13, 2026: 1,729,732 sharesMar 31, 2026: 1,770,080 sharesApr 15, 2026: 1,877,406 sharesApr 30, 2026: 1,986,207 sharesMay 15, 2026: 2,312,271 sharesMay 29, 2026: 2,243,498 sharesJun 15, 2026: 2,508,287 sharesJun 30, 2026: 2,681,790 sharesJul 15, 2026: 2,605,286 sharesJul 31, 2026: 2,618,210 sharesAug 14, 2026: 2,468,888 sharesAug 31, 2026: 2,395,624 sharesSep 15, 2026: 2,887,815 sharesSep 30, 2026: 3,350,195 sharesOct 15, 2026: 3,842,827 sharesOct 30, 2026: 3,475,247 shares
Short interest in ESNT by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 20263.48M−367.6K−9.6%840.0K4.14
Oct 15, 20263.84M+492.6K+14.7%798.5K4.81
Sep 30, 20263.35M+462.4K+16.0%1.02M3.29
Sep 15, 20262.89M+492.2K+20.6%634.9K4.55
Aug 31, 20262.40M−73.3K−3.0%574.2K4.17
Aug 14, 20262.47M−149.3K−5.7%579.1K4.26
Jul 31, 20262.62M+12.9K+0.5%475.4K5.51
Jul 15, 20262.61M−76.5K−2.9%649.5K4.01
Jun 30, 20262.68M+173.5K+6.9%1.32M2.03
Jun 15, 20262.51M+264.8K+11.8%917.1K2.73
May 29, 20262.24M−68.8K−3.0%608.1K3.69
May 15, 20262.31M+326.1K+16.4%798.3K2.90
Apr 30, 20261.99M+108.8K+5.8%641.8K3.09
Apr 15, 20261.88M+107.3K+6.1%510.3K3.68
Mar 31, 20261.77M+40.3K+2.3%786.5K2.25
Mar 13, 20261.73M+92.2K+5.6%718.7K2.41
Feb 27, 20261.64M−203.6K−11.1%971.1K1.69
Feb 13, 20261.84M+149.3K+8.8%667.6K2.76
Jan 30, 20261.69M−258.5K−13.3%740.6K2.28
Jan 15, 20261.95M+596.9K+44.1%716.1K2.72
Dec 31, 20251.35M−458.6K−25.3%676.0K2.00
Dec 15, 20251.81M−268.6K−12.9%608.7K2.98
Nov 28, 20252.08M+132.0K+6.8%576.9K3.61
Nov 14, 20251.95M+130.0K+7.2%616.3K3.16
Oct 31, 20251.82M−128.7K−6.6%566.8K3.21
Oct 15, 20251.95M−84.2K−4.2%744.7K2.61
Sep 30, 20252.03M−49.8K−2.4%807.9K2.51
Sep 15, 20252.08M−96.2K−4.4%506.9K4.11
Aug 29, 20252.18M+650.9K+42.6%451.2K4.83
Aug 15, 20251.53M−156.6K−9.3%726.2K2.10
Jul 31, 20251.68M−14.3K−0.8%804.6K2.09
Jul 15, 20251.70M−32.4K−1.9%766.2K2.22
Jun 30, 20251.73M−415.2K−19.4%856.3K2.02
Jun 13, 20252.15M+209.0K+10.8%530.4K4.04
May 30, 20251.94M+297.8K+18.2%583.6K3.32
May 15, 20251.64M+224.9K+15.9%573.7K2.86
Apr 30, 20251.41M+541.6K+62.1%639.7K2.21
Apr 15, 2025871.7K−236.8K−21.4%861.5K1.01
Mar 31, 20251.11M−694.9K−38.5%904.3K1.23
Mar 14, 20251.80M+438.1K+32.1%802.7K2.25
Feb 28, 20251.37M−116.5K−7.9%959.2K1.42
Feb 14, 20251.48M−332.0K−18.3%744.2K1.99
Jan 31, 20251.81M−25.0K−1.4%715.0K2.54
Jan 15, 20251.84M+339.9K+22.7%898.6K2.05
Dec 31, 20241.50M−185.5K−11.0%740.1K2.03
Dec 13, 20241.68M+36.3K+2.2%633.1K2.66
Nov 29, 20241.65M+166.4K+11.2%638.6K2.58
Nov 15, 20241.48M+396.9K+36.6%1.13M1.31
Oct 31, 20241.08M+274.4K+33.9%533.8K2.03

Fails-to-deliver

Shares that weren't delivered by the settlement date, from the SEC, for the last 30 dates with fails. The price is the previous day's closing price published by the SEC.

Fails-to-deliver in ESNT by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 14, 202628$62.04$1.74K
Oct 13, 202632$61.68$1.97K
Oct 9, 202617,806$63.59$1.13M
Oct 2, 202628$58.86$1.65K
Sep 21, 20269,721$67.19$653.2K
Aug 31, 202630$68.90$2.07K
Aug 27, 20266,289$69.59$437.7K
Aug 3, 20261,107$65.96$73.0K
Jul 20, 20261,314$66.71$87.7K
Jul 17, 202648$66.28$3.18K
Jul 1, 202652$64.28$3.34K
Jun 30, 20263,545$64.83$229.8K
Jun 22, 202673$58.45$4.27K
May 20, 202624$60.84$1.46K
May 19, 202624$62.07$1.49K
May 14, 20262$59.94$119.88
Apr 30, 20263$63.96$191.88
Apr 23, 20264$63.15$252.6
Apr 20, 202624$62.05$1.49K
Mar 30, 2026486$57.74$28.1K
Mar 26, 2026209$57.95$12.1K
Mar 25, 202629$57.41$1.66K
Mar 23, 202629$57.16$1.66K
Mar 17, 202610,679$57.94$618.7K
Feb 9, 2026963$65.28$62.9K
Feb 4, 20269$63.05$567.45
Feb 2, 202657$62.92$3.59K
Jan 8, 20262$63.94$127.88
Dec 12, 202525$64.48$1.61K
Nov 12, 202517,037$62.06$1.06M

Daily short volume

Off-exchange short-sale volume, not short interest: shares sold short each day in trades reported to FINRA, for the last 30 trading days.

The short volume ratio isn't a sentiment gauge: market makers sell short to fill buy orders and to hedge, so short sales are usually about half of off-exchange volume.

Off-exchange short volume in ESNT by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 10, 2026119,043232169,45970.2%
Nov 9, 2026236,5331,148323,57073.1%
Nov 6, 2026220,362189377,49458.4%
Nov 5, 2026156,74523,669369,29742.4%
Nov 4, 2026134,2862,501198,06767.8%
Nov 3, 202694,5830138,89868.1%
Nov 2, 2026145,559430233,28762.4%
Oct 30, 2026233,4590351,76966.4%
Oct 29, 2026187,1560224,42683.4%
Oct 28, 2026152,2620214,50871.0%
Oct 27, 2026103,39230157,69165.6%
Oct 26, 202677,72618169,24945.9%
Oct 23, 2026239,798131771,84131.1%
Oct 22, 2026248,7930405,01261.4%
Oct 21, 2026282,28914403,75169.9%
Oct 20, 2026102,4630281,90336.3%
Oct 19, 2026139,162677197,32070.5%
Oct 16, 202662,0460111,64655.6%
Oct 15, 202699,400612173,51457.3%
Oct 14, 2026184,8960245,12375.4%
Oct 13, 202689,796303130,88668.6%
Oct 12, 202684,0983125,75566.9%
Oct 9, 202696,2880156,90261.4%
Oct 8, 2026178,7092242,71073.6%
Oct 7, 2026109,61645219,79949.9%
Oct 6, 202687,515306178,11949.1%
Oct 5, 2026186,8857291,73164.1%
Oct 2, 2026224,027192324,43169.1%
Oct 1, 2026317,9990450,75670.5%
Sep 30, 2026456,3240566,33080.6%

ATS (dark pool) volume

Weekly volume on alternative trading systems (ATS) and other off-exchange (OTC) venues, from FINRA, for the last 12 weeks. ATS share is ATS volume ÷ (ATS + OTC volume), not a share of all trading.

Weekly ATS and OTC volume in ESNT
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 5, 2026T2897,76530,062519,1524,34063.4%
Sep 28, 2026T21,345,39132,421700,6706,91665.8%
Sep 21, 2026T2836,41128,626831,9894,89450.1%
Sep 14, 2026T2750,83424,8931,343,8635,67235.8%
Sep 7, 2026T2406,93024,791264,8593,33860.6%
Aug 31, 2026T2573,88321,985893,9855,23439.1%
Aug 24, 2026T2647,62524,333288,1415,06169.2%
Aug 17, 2026T2777,33530,109319,5064,01270.9%
Aug 10, 2026T2975,27736,801216,0554,58981.9%
Aug 3, 2026T2662,73926,988239,0584,14373.5%
Jul 27, 2026T2573,63322,305299,7693,99865.7%
Jul 20, 2026T2415,86622,939217,9693,18365.6%