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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

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

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
Tenet Healthcare$20.67B0.79$3.20B$15.1211.57
The Ensign Group$4.26B1.85$297.97M$5.2925.86

95.4% of Tenet Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of The Ensign Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Tenet Healthcare 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

In the previous week, Tenet Healthcare had 8 more articles in the media than The Ensign Group. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Tenet Healthcare and 8 mentions for The Ensign Group. The Ensign Group's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Tenet Healthcare's score of 0.95 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
Tenet Healthcare
9 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
The Ensign Group
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
Tenet Healthcare7.09% 22.58% 4.29%
The Ensign Group 6.99%16.90%6.56%

Tenet Healthcare presently has a consensus target price of $185.41, suggesting a potential upside of 5.97%. The Ensign Group has a consensus target price of $163.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.52%. Given The Ensign Group's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe The Ensign Group is more favorable than Tenet Healthcare.

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

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$7.98B$2.80B$5.52B$9.41B
Dividend Yield0.18%1.40%3.80%4.04%
P/E Ratio25.869.9928.0419.84
Price / Sales1.851.00429.5399.59
Price / Cash21.1014.0135.8457.94
Price / Book4.263.278.125.65
Net Income$297.97M$38.94M$3.25B$258.00M
7 Day Performance-4.99%-4.68%0.97%2.09%
1 Month Performance-12.51%-4.27%7.36%11.13%
1 Year Performance0.11%-10.82%31.31%18.40%

The Ensign Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ENSG
The Ensign Group
4.9334 of 5 stars
$136.80
-1.5%
$163.50
+19.5%
+0.2%$7.98B$4.26B25.8639,300Upcoming Earnings
THC
Tenet Healthcare
4.7097 of 5 stars
$172.98
+0.9%
$183.94
+6.3%
+31.3%$15.93B$20.67B13.1598,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
EHC
Encompass Health
4.9297 of 5 stars
$119.22
+0.2%
$127.00
+6.5%
+27.0%$12.00B$5.37B25.4440,000News Coverage
UHS
Universal Health Services
4.9903 of 5 stars
$181.26
-1.8%
$224.77
+24.0%
-7.0%$11.99B$15.83B10.3899,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
ACHC
Acadia Healthcare
4.4081 of 5 stars
$23.32
-0.2%
$47.94
+105.6%
-66.1%$2.15B$3.15B8.1725,500News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
SEM
Select Medical
5 of 5 stars
$14.83
-2.0%
$26.00
+75.3%
-62.3%$1.95B$5.19B8.8044,100News Coverage
BKD
Brookdale Senior Living
2.1922 of 5 stars
$6.67
-2.5%
$7.70
+15.4%
-0.3%$1.60B$3.13B0.0036,000
USPH
U.S. Physical Therapy
4.0545 of 5 stars
$79.23
-3.5%
$109.00
+37.6%
-23.2%$1.25B$671.34M36.347,028High Trading Volume
WOOF
Petco Health and Wellness
3.211 of 5 stars
$3.11
+1.0%
$3.75
+20.5%
-20.4%$970.59M$6.12B0.0029,000
CYH
Community Health Systems
2.9933 of 5 stars
$3.34
-2.1%
$4.17
+24.8%
-7.1%$478.45M$12.63B0.0060,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.9649 of 5 stars
$378.51
+0.5%
$395.71
+4.5%
+12.3%$90.60B$70.60B16.22316,000Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:ENSG) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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