The Ensign Group - ENSG Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for The Ensign Group in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" ENSG shares.
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3 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for The Ensign Group's shares. Their ENSG share price forecasts range from $95.00 to $96.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $95.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.0% from the stock's current price.
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The Ensign Group's stock was trading at $83.96 at the start of the year. Since then, ENSG shares have increased by 2.3% and is now trading at $85.89.
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The Ensign Group is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 26th 2022.
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The Ensign Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENSG) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August, 1st. The company reported $1.01 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.00 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $732.49 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $729.44 million. The Ensign Group had a net margin of 7.27% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.51%. The firm's revenue was up 14.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.83 EPS.

The Ensign Group declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 17th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 30th will be given a dividend of $0.055 per share on Friday, July 29th. This represents a $0.22 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.26%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 29th.
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The Ensign Group (NASDAQ:ENSG) pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.26%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 15 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 6.13%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, ENSG will have a dividend payout ratio of 5.14% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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The Ensign Group shares split before market open 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 market closes on Wednesday, December 23rd 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

The Ensign Group updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Tuesday, August, 2nd. The company provided EPS guidance of $4.05-$4.15 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $4.09. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.96 billion-$3.00 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.96 billion.

104 employees have rated The Ensign Group Chief Executive Officer Christopher R. Christensen on Glassdoor.com. Christopher R. Christensen has an approval rating of 67% among the company's employees.

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

The Ensign Group's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Riverbridge Partners LLC (3.14%), Crewe Advisors LLC (2.21%), Copeland Capital Management LLC (1.66%), Van Berkom & Associates Inc. (1.63%), Loomis Sayles & Co. L P (0.97%) and Paradigm Capital Management Inc. NY (0.70%). Insiders that own company stock include Ann Scott Blouin, Barry Port, Beverly B Wittekind, Chad Keetch, Christopher R Christensen, Daren Shaw, John G Nackel, Lee A Daniels, Spencer Burton and Suzanne D Snapper.
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One share of ENSG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $85.89.

The Ensign Group (NASDAQ:ENSG) has a market capitalization of $4.75 billion and generates $2.63 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $194.65 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.59 on an earnings per share basis.

The Ensign Group employs 25,900 workers across the globe.

The Ensign Group was founded in 1999.

The Ensign Group's mailing address is 29222 RANCHO VIEJO RD. SUITE 127, SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO CA, 92675. The official website for the company is www.ensigngroup.net. The company can be reached via phone at (949) 487-9500, via email at ir@ensigngroup.net, or via fax at 949-540-3007.