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The Ensign Group, Inc. (ENSG)

Healthcare | Medical Care Facilities | San Juan Capistrano, United States | NasdaqGS
201.51 USD +3.79 (1.915%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 1:07 p.m. EDT)
Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 4:02 p.m. EDT

ENSG has shown mixed momentum in the short term, with recent price dips and rallies. While the stock has a solid fundamental base with strong revenue growth and earnings growth, the recent price action suggests caution. The dividend yield is low, and the payout ratio is minimal, which may not appeal to income-focused investors. The options activity indicates a potential for short-term volatility, with bearish sentiment at lower strikes. For short-term traders, the recent dip might present a buying opportunity, but long-term investors should consider the stock's fundamentals and growth potential, making it a moderate buy for the long term.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.154407
AutoTheta0.157067
MSTL0.157224
AutoARIMA0.159742

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 56%
H-stat 0.94
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.000
Excess Kurtosis 1.97
Attribute Value
Sector Healthcare
Ex Dividend Date 2026-03-30
Last Dividend Date 2026-03-30
Debt to Equity Ratio 98.701
Revenue per Share 88.26
Market Cap 11,770,829,824
Trailing P/E 34.56
Forward P/E 24.46
Beta 0.82
Profit Margins 6.80%
Website https://ensigngroup.net

As of April 11, 2026, 4:02 p.m. EDT: Options speculators are showing mixed signals. Calls are heavily weighted towards the downside with significant open interest and volume at strikes below the current price, suggesting some bearish sentiment. However, there are also calls at the current price level (ATM) and some calls above, indicating potential for a rebound. Puts show similar patterns, with higher open interest and volume at strikes below the current price, indicating a possible short-term bearish bias. The low IV on some expirations suggests limited volatility expectations, but the presence of significant OI at lower strikes indicates possible short-term downside risk.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.03% 0.15% 0.19% 0.22%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-03-31 0.065000 0.032258
2025-12-31 0.065000 0.037326
2025-09-30 0.063000 0.036490
2025-06-30 0.063000 0.040883
2025-03-31 0.063000 0.048758
2024-12-31 0.063000 0.047511
2024-09-30 0.060000 0.041821
2024-06-28 0.060000 0.048647
2024-03-27 0.060000 0.047923
2023-12-28 0.060000 0.052964
2023-09-28 0.058000 0.061991
2023-06-29 0.058000 0.061133
2023-03-30 0.058000 0.062709
2022-12-29 0.058000 0.061158
2022-09-29 0.055000 0.068411
2022-06-29 0.055000 0.073321
2022-03-30 0.055000 0.062068
2021-12-30 0.055000 0.066290
2021-09-29 0.053000 0.071174
2021-06-29 0.053000 0.060758
2021-03-30 0.053000 0.057828
2020-12-30 0.053000 0.073528
2020-09-29 0.050000 0.090345
2020-06-29 0.050000 0.125139
2020-03-30 0.050000 0.132190
2019-12-30 0.050000 0.114123
2019-09-27 0.044902 0.104381
2019-06-27 0.044902 0.086830
2019-03-28 0.044902 0.098372
2018-12-28 0.044902 0.127562
2018-09-27 0.042095 0.122547
2018-06-28 0.042095 0.126785
2018-03-28 0.042095 0.172405
2017-12-28 0.042095 0.207860
2017-09-28 0.040225 0.195945
2017-06-28 0.040225 0.200507
2017-03-29 0.040225 0.242667
2016-12-28 0.040225 0.200287
2016-09-28 0.037418 0.199421
2016-06-28 0.037418 0.208850
2016-03-29 0.037418 0.181601
2015-12-29 0.037418 0.178805
2015-09-28 0.035080 0.181650
2015-06-26 0.035080 0.150595
2015-03-27 0.035080 0.165631
2014-12-29 0.035080 0.173671
2014-09-26 0.032741 0.213136
2014-06-26 0.032741 0.240162
2014-03-27 0.017862 0.170753
2013-12-27 0.017862 0.163872
2013-09-26 0.016586 0.165848
2013-06-26 0.016586 0.196021
2013-03-26 0.016586 0.208231
2012-12-13 0.016586 0.257992
2012-09-26 0.015310 0.213697
2012-06-27 0.015310 0.228792
2012-03-28 0.015310 0.237767
2011-12-28 0.015310 0.265729
2011-09-28 0.014034 0.259473
2011-06-28 0.014034 0.185100
2011-03-29 0.014034 0.190650
2010-12-29 0.014034 0.248045
2010-09-28 0.012759 0.311236
2010-06-28 0.012759 0.313207
2010-03-29 0.012759 0.313731
2009-12-29 0.012759 0.350727
2009-09-28 0.011483 0.347150
2009-06-26 0.011483 0.340585
2009-03-27 0.011483 0.320520
2008-12-29 0.011483 0.288197
2008-09-26 0.010207 0.262333
2008-06-26 0.010207 0.403923
2008-03-27 0.010207 0.510415
2007-12-27 0.010207 0.321696
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.26
dividendYield 0.13
exDividendDate 2026-03-31
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.253
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0012795873
lastDividendValue 0.065
lastDividendDate 2026-03-31
dividendDate 2026-04-30

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.64862835
Address1 29,222 Rancho Viejo Road
Address2 Suite 127
All Time High 218.0
All Time Low 1.913776
Ask 256.44
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 7
Average Analyst Rating 1.6 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 269,650
Average Daily Volume3 Month 382,434
Average Volume 382,434
Average Volume10Days 269,650
Beta 0.816
Bid 145.2
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 5
Book Value 38.712
City San Juan Capistrano
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 7
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 201.5071
Current Ratio 1.423
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 201.6
Day Low 198.38
Debt To Equity 98.701
Display Name The Ensign
Dividend Date 1,777,507,200
Dividend Rate 0.26
Dividend Yield 0.13
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,770,188,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,770,188,400
Earnings Growth 0.184
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.198
Earnings Timestamp 1,770,238,800
Earnings Timestamp End 1,777,406,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,777,406,400
Ebitda 528,672,992
Ebitda Margins 0.10453
Enterprise To Ebitda 24.666
Enterprise To Revenue 2.578
Enterprise Value 13,040,350,208
Eps Current Year 7.51704
Eps Forward 8.23869
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 5.83
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,774,915,200
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 205.1156
Fifty Day Average Change -3.6085052
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.017592544
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 64.86284
Fifty Two Week High 218.0
Fifty Two Week High Change -16.492905
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.07565553
Fifty Two Week Low 118.73
Fifty Two Week Low Change 82.77709
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.69718766
Fifty Two Week Range 118.73 - 218.0
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,194,618,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.21
Float Shares 55,591,188
Forward Eps 8.23869
Forward P E 24.458632
Free Cashflow 281,247,744
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 46,000
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.16337
Gross Profits 826,281,024
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.03529
Held Percent Institutions 0.9539
Implied Shares Outstanding 58,413,971
Industry Medical Care Facilities
Industry Disp Medical Care Facilities
Industry Key medical-care-facilities
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,774,915,200
Last Dividend Value 0.065
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,569,888,000
Last Split Factor 1,069:1000
Long Business Summary The Ensign Group, Inc. provides skilled nursing, senior living, and rehabilitative services. It operates through two segments: Skilled Services and Standard Bearer. The Skilled Services segment provides short and long-term nursing care services for patients with chronic conditions, prolonged illness, and the elderly; specialty care, such as on-site dialysis, ventilator care, cardiac, and pulmonary management; and standard services, such as room and board, special nutritional programs, social services, recreational activities, entertainment, and other services. The Standard Bearer segment leases post-acute care properties to healthcare operators. In addition, the company operates senior living units; and provides ancillary services consisting of digital x-ray, ultrasound, electrocardiograms, sub-acute services, dialysis, respiratory, and long-term care pharmacy and patient transportation to people in their homes or at long-term care facilities, as well as mobile diagnostics. The company operates healthcare facilities in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Oregon, Nebraska, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is based in San Juan Capistrano, California.
Long Name The Ensign Group, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 11,770,829,824
Market State REGULAR
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_4295645
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 343,971,008
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 11,549,610,346
Number Of Analyst Opinions 5
Open 198.71
Operating Cashflow 564,270,016
Operating Margins 0.091000006
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 0.0432
Phone 949 487 9500
Previous Close 197.72
Price Eps Current Year 26.80671
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 5.2052875
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.3272438
Profit Margins 0.06801
Quick Ratio 1.352
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.6
Region US
Regular Market Change 3.787094
Regular Market Change Percent 1.9153824
Regular Market Day High 201.6
Regular Market Day Low 198.38
Regular Market Day Range 198.38 - 201.6
Regular Market Open 198.71
Regular Market Previous Close 197.72
Regular Market Price 201.5071
Regular Market Time 1,776,445,632
Regular Market Volume 83,276
Return On Assets 0.052470002
Return On Equity 0.16895
Revenue Growth 0.202
Revenue Per Share 88.26
Sand P52 Week Change 0.36506534
Sector Healthcare
Sector Disp Healthcare
Sector Key healthcare
Share Holder Rights Risk 2
Shares Outstanding 58,413,971
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0247
Shares Short 1,444,484
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 1,239,378
Short Name The Ensign Group, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0293
Short Ratio 4.15
Source Interval 15
State CA
Symbol ENSG
Target High Price 230.0
Target Low Price 210.0
Target Mean Price 220.4
Target Median Price 222.0
Total Cash 572,387,008
Total Cash Per Share 9.924
Total Debt 2,205,785,088
Total Revenue 5,057,841,152
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.253
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0012795873
Trailing Eps 5.83
Trailing P E 34.563824
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.7587
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 179.14105
Two Hundred Day Average Change 22.366043
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.12485158
Type Disp Equity
Volume 83,276
Website https://ensigngroup.net
Zip 92,675