[Form 4] Essent Group Ltd. Insider Trading Activity
Essent Group Ltd. (ESNT) director April Joyce Galda received 13 dividend equivalent units tied to unvested restricted stock awards on 09/10/2025, which vest proportionately with those awards. Each dividend equivalent unit represents the economic equivalent of one common share. Following the transaction, Ms. Galda directly beneficially owned 27 common shares. The report shows a price of $0 for the units and was filed via attorney-in-fact David B. Weinstock on 09/12/2025.
- Increase in direct ownership: 13 dividend equivalent units added, raising direct beneficial ownership to 27 shares.
- Administrative clarity: Form 4 discloses the nature of the units and confirms they vest with the underlying awards.
- None.
Insights
TL;DR: Director received dividend equivalent units that increase her direct ownership modestly, tied to existing unvested equity awards.
The Form 4 documents a routine accrual and vesting of dividend equivalent rights on unvested restricted stock awards for a director. These units are administrative adjustments that mirror dividends on unvested awards and do not reflect an open-market purchase or sale. The increase to 27 directly owned shares is small in absolute terms and consistent with typical equity compensation mechanics for insiders.
TL;DR: Transaction is non-cash, administrative; it marginally raises insider holdings but is not materially market-moving.
The reported acquisition of 13 dividend equivalent units (price $0) simply consolidates economic equivalents of dividends into vested units. As the report indicates direct ownership of 27 shares post-transaction, the change is immaterial relative to typical outstanding share counts. No option exercise, open-market trade, or cash consideration is recorded here.