Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for ACT in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Gekko Brief
AI summaryThis week's news for Enact centers on BTIG assuming coverage with a Neutral rating, citing concerns that return on equity could normalize down to around 12% from the current 13% as credit costs normalize, with the firm viewing current valuation as premium and seeing limited upside. Beyond that, filings show routine dividend reinvestment activity adding deferred and restricted stock units for several directors and the CFO, along with a Form 4 insider transaction report.
Enact closed at $46.94, down 0.1%, with the stock sitting between its 50-day average of $48.46 and 200-day average of $43.57. The GekkoIndex reads 67.6, placing the stock in the Accumulation zone. Shares trade 4.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $49.16, within the 52-week range of $34.64 to $50.56. One-month return stands at -4.3%, while six-month and one-year returns are 16.9% and 21.3% respectively.
The next earnings date falls on 4 November 2026, 36 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day holding window. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the respective 90-day and 30-day windows. Seasonality over the next 20 trading days has averaged a 1% return across 5 years, with gains in 2 of those years. Analyst consensus from 4 firms rates the stock Hold, with a consensus target of $50.20 implying 6.9% upside.
Written by AI and checked automatically against the figures on this page. Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.
Enact price vs fair value
Close $46.94200-day averageGekko Fair Value $49.16
Enact quick facts
- Market cap
- $6.55B
- P/E ratio
- 9.9
- Forward P/E
- 9.2
- EPS, TTM
- $4.74
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.25B
- Profit margin
- 54.5%
- Dividend yield
- 1.84%
- Beta
- 0.46
- Volume
- 286,161 avg 427,752
- 1-year return
- +21.3%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.2%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.3%
- 50-day average
- $48.46
- 200-day average
- $43.57
- Next earnings
- Nov 4
- Shares outstanding
- 137.5M
Enact swing-trade checklist
Enact scores 2 supportive, 3 mixed and 0 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
2 supportive3 mixed0 headwinds
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $46.94 sits between the 50-day ($48.46) and 200-day ($43.57) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexsupportive
67.6, Accumulation
Reading 67.6 is in the Accumulation zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
4.5% below
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (4.5% below).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings risksupportive
Reports in 36 days
Next report Nov 4, 2026, 36 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitymixed
+1.0% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +1% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
See seasonality
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Enact stock chart and price history
Enact closed at $46.94 on Sep 28, 2026, +21.3% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $34.64 to $50.56.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −4.3%
- 3 months
- +3.1%
- 6 months
- +16.9%
- 1 year
- +21.3%
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About Enact
Enact provides mortgage insurance to lenders across the United States, covering residential home loans against borrower default. Its coverage centers on private mortgage insurance for prime-quality, individually underwritten loans, and it is recognized for this core guaranty insurance business alongside pool insurance policies that cover groups of loans.
Beyond writing and assuming mortgage guaranty insurance, Enact provides contract underwriting support and reinsurance products tied to mortgage risk. Its customer base spans large money center banks, non-bank lenders, mortgage bankers working at both national and local levels, community banks, and credit unions, reflecting a reach across different scales of mortgage lending.
Enact was established in 1981 and operates out of Raleigh, North Carolina. Its shares trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker ACT.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Multi-line insurance
- Website
- enactmi.com
Enact GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Enact’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 67.6, in the Accumulation zone, up 2.7 points over five sessions.
67.6Accumulation
Up 2.7 points over five sessions.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 19 | +1.2% | +5.3% |
| Accumulation (current zone) | 141 | +0.8% | +5.3% |
| Neutral | 467 | +0.4% | +1.0% |
| Distribution | 34 | −0.6% | −0.7% |
| Selling | 11 | +0.2% | −4.5% |
Average ACT share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Accumulation readings averaged +2.3% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Accumulation zone: Institutional interest building. About the five zones →
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Is Enact stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Enact trades 4.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $49.16, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Enact shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$49.16
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 29, 2026
4.5% below fair value · About fair value
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Enact insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Enact, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in ACT were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Enact has been buying back its own shares.
- Latest authorization
- $500.0M, Feb 3, 2026
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $93.34M
- As a share of market cap
- 1.42%
- Trailing four quarters
- $419.1M
From company filings.
Enact earnings: next date and track record
Enact reports on Nov 4, 2026 (36 days away).
Next earnings report
Nov 4, 2026
36 days away
- EPS estimate
- $1.21
- Revenue estimate
- $318.0M
Enact stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Enact is $50.20, +6.9% from the last close, from 4 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$50.20consensus 12-month target, +6.9% from the last close
Now $46.94Avg $50.20
Low $46High $50
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 4 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | KBW | — | — |
| Sep 25 | BTIG | — | — |
| Sep 24 | BTIG | — | — |
| Sep 22 | BTIG | $48.05 | +2.4% |
| Aug 10 | KBW | $49 | +4.4% |
+5.3%average 20-day move after past Accumulation readings
+1.0%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.2%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Enact seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, Enact averaged +1.0% across the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | −0.5% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −1.1% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +1.2% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +1.0% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +2.2% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, ACT’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 4.3%.
Enact market cap and key statistics
Enact’s market cap is $6.55B, with a P/E ratio of 9.9 and revenue of $1.25B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $6.55B
- P/E ratio
- 9.9
- Forward P/E
- 9.2
- EPS, TTM
- $4.74
- Gekko Fair Value
- $49.16
Trading
- Volume
- 286,161
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 427,752
- 52-week high
- $50.56
- 52-week low
- $34.64
- Shares outstanding
- 137.5M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $1.25B
- Profit margin
- 54.5%
- Return on equity
- 12.9%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +12.6%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.46
- Typical daily move
- ±2.2%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.3%
- Dividend yield
- 1.84%
Enact stock news this week
Coverage of Enact this week reads neutral: 1 positive, 5 neutral and 1 negative headlines.
- Form 4 Enact Holdings Inc For: 27 September By Investing.comInvesting.com Nigeria, Sep 27
- Enact Holdings, Inc. (ACT) Stock Price, News, Quote & HistoryYahoo! Finance Canada, Sep 24
- BTIG assumes Enact Holdings stock with neutral on ROE concernsInvesting.com, Sep 23
- Dividend reinvestment grants Enact (ACT) CFO 149 stock unitsStock Titan, Sep 22
- Dividend reinvestment adds 50 units for Enact (ACT) directorStock Titan, Sep 22
- Enact Holdings (NASDAQ: ACT) director now holds 35,023 deferred stock unitsStock Titan, Sep 22
Enact peers
Enact’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| PGRProgressive | Accumulation | 5.2% below |
| MFCManulife Financial | Neutral | 8.8% above |
| METMetLife | Neutral | 4.2% below |
| ALLAllstate | Buying | 13.8% below |
| AFLAFLAC | Accumulation | 4.8% below |
| SLFSun Life Financial | Neutral | 7.1% above |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Enact stock FAQ
What is Enact’s market cap?
Enact’s market cap is $6.55B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $46.94, with 137.5M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 9.9.
What is the Enact stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Enact is $50.20, +6.9% from the last close. Of the 4 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 0 rate it a buy, 4 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Enact stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Enact is about fair value: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $46.94 is 4.5% below Gekko Fair Value of $49.16. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Enact report earnings next?
Enact is expected to report on Nov 4, 2026 (36 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.21 per share on revenue of $318.0M.
What is Enact’s 52-week high and low?
Enact’s 52-week high is $50.56 and its 52-week low is $34.64; it closed at $46.94 on Sep 28, 2026, +21.3% over the past year.
Is Enact stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 2 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (gekkoindex and earnings risk), 3 as mixed (trend, fair value and seasonality). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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