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Enact Holdings (ACT) stock

Mortgage insurance , market cap $6.6B

$48.22
+2.20%

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Quality Score
9
Average
In its industry
#10of 17

ACT's Quality Score rose 1 point on Mon, Nov 2, to 9.

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Why is ACT up?

Its price rose 33% in a year while the S&P 500's rose 11%.

  • Its share count fell 7.0% in a year, so each share is a larger slice of the company.

Sources: Price history, Oct 30, 2026; Quarterly reports, Jun 30, 2026

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Key facts on ACT

Key facts on ACT
The chartAbove every average
Latest filing8-K, Oct 30 Reported a change of officers or directors

ACT in the news

ReportReports Wednesday, after the close. Every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. It rose after 4 of its last 4 reports, +3.8% on average. Past reports ›

What's next

Thu Nov 5: Q3 2026 Earnings Conference CallDate confirmed.

ACT catalysts

Coming up

After its last 4 reports it closed +3.8% on average, higher 4 of 4 times.

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Why ACT scores 9

Averagefor quality, not price, 4 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means

  • +4Chart checks 4 of 14 firing right now, one point each
  • +4Long-term trend above a rising 200-⁠day average, near its 52-⁠week high, at a multi-⁠year high
  • Profit addsRead on the last four quarters against the four before, or the last full year where no quarters are filed.

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ACT has 4 of 14 chart checks firing

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ACT RSI today: 57.1, above its 50-day and 200-day averages

Not scored

Not in the Quality Score: over 20 years of tests, 2006 to 2026, they added no edge.

  • RSI 1457.1

    Above 50, below 70.

  • MACD (12, 26, 9)Above signal

    Crossed above its signal line 12 sessions ago.

  • The price is 1.5% above it.

  • The price is 8.7% above it.

  • 50/200 crossGolden cross

    The 50-day crossed above the 200-day on May 2, 2025.

  • ADX 1415.6

    Under 25, with +DI below -DI.

  • Support$48.15

    Swing low from Aug 31, 0.1% below the price.

  • Swing high from Oct 26, 0.9% above the price.

  • From Aug 18, 4.9% above the price.

  • From Oct 31, 2025, 26.9% below the price.

  • Chart patternRising channel

    Lines over the Oct 8 and Oct 26 highs and under the Sep 30 and Oct 14 lows.

  • The bands run from $44.45 to $48.83.

  • Volume0.7x

    Against its 20-day average, for the time of day.

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How ACT ranks in Insurance Brokers

ACT is #10 of 17 by Quality Score among Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service.

How ACT ranks in Insurance Brokers
10Enact Holdings (ACT) logoACTEnact9

Sales over four quarters against a year before: ACT +2.5%, NP +33%.

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When does ACT report earnings, and what happens after?

Reports Wed Nov 4, after the close (in 2 days). Confirmed.

What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.

What ACT reported on Aug 5, 2026

The quarter

The figures are not read from the release yet.

“Net investment income was $73 million, up from $71 million in the first quarter of 2026 and up from $66 million in the second quarter of 2025, driven by a higher portfolio book yield and higher average invested assets.”

The filing on EDGAR

Where the sales came from

ACT's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.

The outlook

The outlook the company gave, by period
MeasureFigure
Full year 2026
Total capital return$550M to $600Mraised

Figures as filed (SEC filing, Aug 5)

In the company's words

  • “The sequential increase in expenses was partially driven by these reorganization costs.”

From its results filing (SEC filing · Aug 5)

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The numbers

Market value
$6.6B
today
Sales
$1.3B
up 2.5% on the year

Sales grew 2.2% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.

Pays $0.96 a share a year.

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ReportedGapReaction5
sessions
Aug 5, 2026After close+0.5%+1.8%+3.2%
May 5, 2026After close+0.6%+1.8%+1.2%
Feb 3, 2026After close+4.7%+9.3%+5.4%

ACT closed higher after 4 of its last 4 reports.

All 4 reports, and ACT's Quality Score going into each

Everyone reporting earnings this week

ACT sales and profit by year

Sales and profit by year

Sales grew in five of the last six years, to $1.2B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the six years.

Insiders trading ACT

ACT insider trades

4 insiders sold $148M across 7 filings in the last 6 months. No open-⁠market buys on record. The newest:

SellGenworth Holdings, INC.$37.1M10% ownerat $48.65 on Sep 30, filed Oct 1
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ACT's officers and directors

Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.

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Which ETFs hold ACT?

In ETFs: ACT is under 0.1% of VYM and under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Jul 31, 2026.

About Enact Holdings

Enact Holdings Inc is a private mortgage insurance company serving the United States housing finance market. The company operates in a single reportable segment namely Mortgage Insurance The principal mortgage insurance customers are originators of residential mortgage loans that determines the mortgage insurer or insurers to be used for the placement of mortgage insurance written on loans originated. The company is engaged in writing and assuming residential mortgage guaranty insurance.

419 employeesRaleigh, NCenactmi.com

What Enact Holdings says it competes with

“Our principal sources of competition are government (federal, state and local) agencies, such as the FHA and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) and other private mortgage insurers.”

From its annual report, SEC filing · Feb 27, 2026

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ACT's score card

Enact Holdings (ACT): Quality Score 9, Average, #10 of 17 in Insurance Brokers, with its price, on Breakaway
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BreakawayOct 1Genworth Holdings, INC. sold ACT$37.1M at $48.65, filed Oct 1

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Straight Answers

As of Nov 2, 2026: ACT's Quality Score is 9 (Average), #10 of 17 in Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service. Insiders sold $148M in the last 6 months (Form 4).

Is ACT a good stock to buy? What its Quality Score says

ACT scores 9 today, which Breakaway calls Average. It is #10 of 17 in Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service by Quality Score, with 4 of 14 chart checks firing. Its price rose 33% in a year while the S&P 500's rose 11%. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.

What is ACT's Quality Score?

ACT scores 9 today, which Breakaway calls Average (6 to 10). That is #10 of 17 in Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind ACT's 9.

Are insiders buying ACT?

4 insiders sold $148M across 7 filings in the last 6 months. No open-⁠market buys on record. The newest is Genworth Holdings, INC., 10% owner, who sold $37.1M on Sep 30. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.

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