Essent Group vs Walker & Dunlop
Essent Group reported revenue of $1.3 billion in fiscal 2025, about the same as Walker & Dunlop's $1.2 billion in fiscal 2025. Essent Group's revenue grew 1.4% in its latest year, and Walker & Dunlop's grew 9.0%. Free cash flow was $849 million at Essent Group and −$680 million at Walker & Dunlop.
Side by side
| Essent Group | Walker & Dunlop | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 |
| Revenue | $1.3B | $1.2B |
| Revenue growth | 1.4% | 9.0% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Operating margin | — | — |
| Net margin | 54.7% | 4.6% |
| Free cash flow | $849M | −$680M |
| Free cash flow margin | 67.3% | −55.1% |
| Return on capital | — | — |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $710M | $102M |
| Change in diluted share count | −6.1% | 0.6% |
| Last close | $63.41 | $39.05 |
| P/E at the last close | 8.7× | — |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | sold $16.8 million | bought $789,910, sold $0 |
| Piotroski F-score | — | — |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
Ten years
Revenue
US$ billions, fiscal years
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Operating margin
Percent of revenue
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Free cash flow
US$ billions. Cash from operations minus capital expenditure.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Essent Group and Walker & Dunlop pages.