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The Ensign Group (ENSG) Competitors

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

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

The Ensign Group vs. Its Competitors

The Ensign Group (NASDAQ:ENSG) and Tenet Healthcare (NYSE:THC) are both medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

96.1% of The Ensign Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of Tenet Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 3.9% of The Ensign Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Tenet Healthcare shares are held by 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.

In the previous week, The Ensign Group had 6 more articles in the media than Tenet Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for The Ensign Group and 7 mentions for Tenet Healthcare. Tenet Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat The Ensign Group's score of 0.90 indicating that Tenet Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
The Ensign Group
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Tenet Healthcare
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

The Ensign Group presently has a consensus price target of $163.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.12%. Tenet Healthcare has a consensus price target of $183.94, indicating a potential upside of 6.63%. Given The Ensign Group's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe The Ensign Group is more favorable than Tenet Healthcare.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
The Ensign Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Tenet Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
The Ensign Group$4.42B1.90$297.97M$5.2927.57
Tenet Healthcare$20.67B0.78$3.20B$15.1211.41

Tenet Healthcare has a net margin of 7.09% compared to The Ensign Group's net margin of 6.99%. Tenet Healthcare's return on equity of 22.58% beat The Ensign Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
The Ensign Group6.99% 16.90% 6.56%
Tenet Healthcare 7.09%22.58%4.29%

The Ensign Group has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tenet Healthcare has a beta of 1.64, suggesting that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Tenet Healthcare 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ENSG vs. The Competition

MetricThe Ensign GroupMED IndustryMedical SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$8.38B$2.91B$5.46B$8.92B
Dividend Yield0.17%1.27%5.24%4.04%
P/E Ratio27.5710.6327.0120.12
Price / Sales1.901.03380.1493.35
Price / Cash22.8214.5626.2128.59
Price / Book4.543.207.995.57
Net Income$297.97M$38.94M$3.16B$248.40M
7 Day Performance-3.29%-0.84%3.69%6.04%
1 Month Performance-4.30%-4.97%2.91%7.69%
1 Year Performance16.65%-8.24%34.30%20.97%

The Ensign Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ENSG
The Ensign Group
4.7974 of 5 stars
$145.83
-1.2%
$163.50
+12.1%
+16.6%$8.38B$4.42B27.5739,300
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.6009 of 5 stars
$176.12
+1.4%
$183.94
+4.4%
+31.2%$16.13B$20.67B13.3198,000Positive News
EHC
Encompass Health
4.848 of 5 stars
$122.60
+0.3%
$127.00
+3.6%
+39.8%$12.32B$5.37B26.1140,000Positive News
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.9916 of 5 stars
$181.50
+1.9%
$224.77
+23.8%
+0.2%$11.58B$15.83B10.0299,000Positive News
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.8511 of 5 stars
$22.69
+3.6%
$47.94
+111.3%
-64.6%$2.02B$3.15B7.6625,500High Trading Volume
SEM
Select Medical
5 of 5 stars
$15.19
-0.5%
$26.00
+71.2%
-58.9%$1.96B$5.19B8.8844,100Positive News
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
3.6905 of 5 stars
$6.95
+0.7%
$7.70
+10.8%
-8.5%$1.62B$3.13B0.0036,000News Coverage
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
3.5968 of 5 stars
$78.31
-0.9%
$109.00
+39.2%
-14.1%$1.20B$671.34M30.997,028News Coverage
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
2.2303 of 5 stars
$2.83
flat
$3.75
+32.4%
-10.6%$891.81M$6.12B0.0029,000Trending News
CYH
Community Health Systems
2.8967 of 5 stars
$3.41
+0.6%
$4.17
+22.2%
+0.9%$475.64M$12.63B0.0060,000
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.8145 of 5 stars
$383.21
+1.0%
$395.71
+3.3%
+18.2%$91.25B$70.60B16.33316,000Analyst Upgrade

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This page (NASDAQ:ENSG) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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