Seasonality
ESNT seasonality — Essent Group Ltd.
Over the last 11 years, ESNT's strongest month on average has been January (+4.4%) and its weakest March (-3.2%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +4.43% | +5.69% | 70% | +16.3% | -4.6% | 10 |
| Feb | -2.02% | -2.67% | 20% | +8.5% | -12.0% | 10 |
| Mar | -3.16% | -1.89% | 50% | +15.2% | -39.6% | 10 |
| Apr | -0.10% | +2.94% | 60% | +10.7% | -22.6% | 10 |
| May | +2.71% | +2.94% | 60% | +21.0% | -9.0% | 10 |
| Jun | +2.23% | +3.42% | 70% | +11.0% | -9.1% | 10 |
| Jul | +2.81% | +3.03% | 70% | +11.8% | -7.8% | 10 |
| Aug | +3.74% | +2.37% | 80% | +12.9% | -4.2% | 10 |
| Sep | -3.05% | -0.86% | 40% | +3.7% | -14.3% | 10 |
| Oct | +3.81% | +6.45% | 60% | +15.7% | -10.9% | 10 |
| Nov | +0.75% | +2.33% | 67% | +10.1% | -13.4% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.02% | -1.69% | 40% | +9.5% | -11.4% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — ESNT
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -3.2 | -3.3 | -3.9 | 3.6 | -4.3 | 11.0 | 2.6 | 2.4 | -14.3 | 15.7 | -5.4 | -2.5% | |
| 2025 | 7.0 | -1.1 | 0.2 | -1.4 | 1.9 | 4.7 | -7.8 | 12.1 | 1.3 | -4.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | +19.4% |
| 2024 | 4.6 | -2.9 | 11.1 | -11.0 | 7.0 | -0.9 | 11.8 | 2.3 | 0.0 | -6.7 | -3.7 | -5.8 | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 13.2 | -2.5 | -6.8 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.2 | -5.8 | -0.1 | 2.3 | 9.1 | +35.6% |
| 2022 | 0.2 | -3.2 | -6.7 | -1.6 | 5.6 | -9.1 | 7.3 | -4.2 | -12.8 | 13.5 | 1.3 | -3.0 | -14.6% |
| 2021 | -3.2 | -1.4 | 15.2 | 10.7 | -9.0 | -6.0 | 0.5 | 4.2 | -6.5 | 9.1 | -13.4 | 9.5 | +5.4% |
| 2020 | -4.6 | -12.0 | -39.6 | 3.7 | 21.0 | 9.7 | -1.2 | -0.4 | 3.7 | 7.7 | 10.1 | -1.5 | -16.9% |
| 2019 | 16.3 | 8.5 | 0.7 | 9.2 | -1.1 | 0.1 | -1.8 | 5.1 | -1.7 | 9.3 | 4.9 | -4.9 | +52.1% |
| 2018 | 7.1 | -3.1 | -5.6 | -22.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 7.2 | 12.9 | 2.0 | -10.9 | -2.2 | -11.4 | -21.3% |
| 2017 | 6.8 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 2.3 | -2.0 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 3.8 | -1.9 | +34.1% |
| 2016 | 6.1 |