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ENSG vs. ALC, THC, UHS, EHC, ACHC, BKD, SEM, USPH, WOOF, and CYH

Should you be buying The Ensign Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Ensign Group include Alcon (ALC), Tenet Healthcare (THC), Universal Health Services (UHS), Encompass Health (EHC), Acadia Healthcare (ACHC), Brookdale Senior Living (BKD), Select Medical (SEM), U.S. Physical Therapy (USPH), Petco Health and Wellness (WOOF), and Community Health Systems (CYH). These companies are all part of the "health care facilities" industry.

The Ensign Group vs. Its Competitors

Alcon (NYSE:ALC) and The Ensign Group (NASDAQ:ENSG) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Alcon presently has a consensus target price of $91.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.87%. The Ensign Group has a consensus target price of $176.83, suggesting a potential downside of 4.61%. Given Alcon's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alcon is more favorable than The Ensign Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alcon
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61
The Ensign Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86

Alcon has higher revenue and earnings than The Ensign Group. The Ensign Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alcon, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alcon$9.91B3.80$1.02B$2.1535.50
The Ensign Group$4.26B2.51$297.97M$5.5133.64

53.9% of Alcon shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of The Ensign Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Alcon shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.9% of The Ensign Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Alcon has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Ensign Group has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Alcon has a net margin of 10.70% compared to The Ensign Group's net margin of 6.99%. The Ensign Group's return on equity of 16.92% beat Alcon's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alcon10.70% 6.92% 4.89%
The Ensign Group 6.99%16.92%6.72%

In the previous week, Alcon had 2 more articles in the media than The Ensign Group. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Alcon and 10 mentions for The Ensign Group. The Ensign Group's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Alcon's score of 0.41 indicating that The Ensign Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alcon
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
The Ensign Group
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Alcon beats The Ensign Group on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ENSG vs. The Competition

MetricThe Ensign GroupMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$10.66B$3.66B$6.19B$10.60B
Dividend Yield0.14%1.11%5.72%4.86%
P/E Ratio33.6412.9621.1124.06
Price / Sales2.511.26577.46128.87
Price / Cash28.0817.6436.5560.64
Price / Book5.773.9812.076.53
Net Income$297.97M$38.94M$3.32B$276.75M
7 Day Performance3.29%-2.23%-0.16%0.20%
1 Month Performance11.16%0.64%5.76%1.67%
1 Year Performance23.60%10.08%65.71%32.73%

The Ensign Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ENSG
The Ensign Group
4.3208 of 5 stars
$185.37
+0.3%
$176.83
-4.6%
+24.2%$10.66B$4.26B33.6439,300Positive News
ALC
Alcon
3.8413 of 5 stars
$75.46
+0.5%
$93.41
+23.8%
-19.3%$37.05B$9.91B35.1025,599Analyst Forecast
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.7501 of 5 stars
$201.83
+0.9%
$209.25
+3.7%
+30.4%$17.67B$20.67B12.9298,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.8962 of 5 stars
$207.23
+1.3%
$218.69
+5.5%
-9.7%$13.02B$15.83B10.9199,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
EHC
Encompass Health
4.7592 of 5 stars
$125.17
+0.5%
$139.86
+11.7%
+32.3%$12.55B$5.37B24.5040,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.4187 of 5 stars
$23.96
-0.9%
$35.09
+46.5%
-54.6%$2.23B$3.15B15.8725,500Positive News
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
2.074 of 5 stars
$8.76
+0.9%
$8.33
-4.8%
+40.7%$2.03B$3.13B-8.3436,000
SEM
Select Medical
4.9965 of 5 stars
$13.79
+3.0%
$19.40
+40.7%
-56.6%$1.66B$5.19B13.0144,100News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
3.6586 of 5 stars
$89.57
+0.7%
$110.25
+23.1%
+8.5%$1.35B$671.34M39.117,028News Coverage
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
2.3476 of 5 stars
$3.68
+4.2%
$3.95
+7.4%
-21.3%$1.12B$6.12B-36.8029,000Positive News
CYH
Community Health Systems
3.6915 of 5 stars
$3.17
+2.8%
$3.66
+15.6%
-41.7%$431.57M$12.63B-2.1260,000News Coverage
Earnings Report
Gap Up
High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:ENSG) was last updated on 10/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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