NASDAQ:ENSG - The Ensign Group Stock Price, Price Target & More

The Ensign Group trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "ENSG."

The Ensign Group announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 20th. Investors of record on Saturday, March 31st will be given a dividend of $0.045 per share on Monday, April 30th. This represents a $0.18 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 28th. View The Ensign Group's Dividend History.

Shares of The Ensign Group split on Thursday, December 24th 2015. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, December 9th 2015. The newly issued shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Wednesday, December 23rd 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of The Ensign Group stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

The Ensign Group declared that its board has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, April 12th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $30,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to purchase up to 3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

The Ensign Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENSG) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The company reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.45. The company earned $492.13 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $485.20 million. The Ensign Group had a net margin of 3.20% and a return on equity of 14.77%. The Ensign Group's revenue for the quarter was up 11.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.34 earnings per share. View The Ensign Group's Earnings History.

The Ensign Group is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August, 2nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for The Ensign Group.

6 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for The Ensign Group's stock. Their predictions range from $26.00 to $39.00. On average, they anticipate The Ensign Group's stock price to reach $32.50 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for The Ensign Group.

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Press coverage about ENSG stock has been trending somewhat positive on Monday, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. The Ensign Group earned a coverage optimism score of 0.17 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company an impact score of 43.87 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

The Ensign Group's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Wasatch Advisors Inc. (12.55%), BlackRock Inc. (12.16%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.41%), LSV Asset Management (2.50%), Copeland Capital Management LLC (2.03%) and Denver Investment Advisors LLC (1.79%). Company insiders that own The Ensign Group stock include Antoinette T Hubenette, Barry Port, Beverly B Wittekind, Chad Keetch, Christopher R Christensen, John G Nackel and Suzanne D Snapper. View Institutional Ownership Trends for The Ensign Group.

ENSG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Keeley Teton Advisors LLC, Heartland Advisors Inc., Hawk Ridge Capital Management LP, Citadel Advisors LLC, Denver Investment Advisors LLC, Opus Capital Group LLC, Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. and Envestnet Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold The Ensign Group company stock in the last year include Antoinette T Hubenette, Barry Port, Beverly B Wittekind, Chad Keetch, John G Nackel and Suzanne D Snapper. View Insider Buying and Selling for The Ensign Group.

ENSG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, Wasatch Advisors Inc., BlackRock Inc., Intrinsic Edge Capital Management LLC, Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC, GSA Capital Partners LLP, Nuveen Asset Management LLC and Wells Fargo & Company MN. View Insider Buying and Selling for The Ensign Group.

Shares of ENSG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of ENSG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $38.55.

The Ensign Group has a market capitalization of $1.96 billion and generates $1.85 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $40.47 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.20 on an earnings per share basis. The Ensign Group employs 21,301 workers across the globe.

The Ensign Group's mailing address is 27101 PUERTA REAL SUITE 450, MISSION VIEJO CA, 92691. The company can be reached via phone at 949-487-9500 or via email at [email protected]