Insider trade

Director sold ~$174K of ESNT shares in the open market

Traded Aug 24, 2026 · Filed Aug 25, 2026

Why it stands out

A board member of Essent sold $174K of Essent shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

DirectorIndirect holding$100K–$500K

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$174,250

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

17 days after results of Aug 7, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	−0.9%	−0.1%	−0.8%
30 days	−8.4%	+0.7%	−9.1%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Record ID: 0001221213-26-000005
Filed / recorded: Aug 25, 2026, 8:09 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 6, 2026, 7:37 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v2
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: Essent Group Ltd.
Issuer CIK: 1448893
Ticker: ESNT
Reporting person: Douglas J Pauls
Relationship: Director
Security: Common shares, par value $0.015
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 24, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 2,500
Price per share: $69.70
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 30,154
Ownership form: Indirect — By Douglas J. Pauls Revocable Trust U/A Dated Jan 30 2013
Amendment: No

Automatic sale3w ago

3w ago

Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.

3w ago

Compensation award — excluded from discretionary-purchase analysis.