Essent Group Ltd. (ESNT)

Essent Group Ltd. is trading at $68.97, up 1.29% on the session. The 50 day average sits at $66.35 and the 200 day at $62.57, which puts the stock in a uptrend. RSI is at 52, which reads as neutral, and MACD is bearish crossover. Volume is below average.

The nearest support is around $67.89 with resistance near $68.62, so that band frames the current range. Average daily movement is roughly $1.32, or about 1.9% of the share price, which is what any stop placement has to allow for. The overall health score of 75 out of 100 combines a trend score of 100, momentum of 44 and a risk score of 77.

Essent Group Ltd., through its subsidiaries, provides private mortgage insurance and reinsurance, and title insurance and settlement services to mortgage lenders, borrowers, and investors in the United States. It operates through two segments, Mortgage Insurance and Reinsurance. The company's mortgage insurance products include primary, pool, and master policy. It also provides information technology maintenance and development services; customer support-related services; underwriting consulting services to third-party reinsurers; and contract underwriting services, as well as credit risk management products. In addition, the company offers title insurance and settlement services; and title insurance underwriting services. It serves the originators of residential mortgage loans, such as regulated depository institutions, mortgage banks, credit unions, and other lenders. Essent Group Ltd. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda.