Ensign Group Inc [ENSG] stock is trading at $148.86, up 2.40%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The ENSG shares have gain 5.89% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 12.35%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Ensign Group Inc [NASDAQ: ENSG] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on November 21, 2024, when UBS initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $175. Previously, Macquarie started tracking the stock with Outperform rating on June 28, 2024, and set its price target to $134. On September 28, 2023, Berenberg initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $110 on the stock. Stephens upgraded its rating to a Overweight. Stifel upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on October 31, 2019, and downed its price target to $51.
Ensign Group Inc [ENSG] stock has fluctuated between $113.27 and $158.45 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $167.33 within the next 12 months. Ensign Group Inc [NASDAQ: ENSG] shares were valued at $148.86 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 12.41% based on the average ENSG price forecast.
Analyzing the ENSG fundamentals
Ensign Group Inc [NASDAQ:ENSG] reported sales of 4.07B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 16.26%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.16% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.08%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.09%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.07%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.06, Equity is 0.17 and Total Capital is 0.08. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.0.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 146.16 points at the first support level, and at 143.45 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 150.44, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 152.01.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Ensign Group Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.56. As well, the Quick Ratio is 1.56, while the Cash Ratio is 0.62. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.09, the price to book ratio is 4.88 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 36.03.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved SMITH BARRY M, Director, that happened on Feb 03 ’25 when 700.0 shares were sold. Executive Chairman, Christensen Christopher R. completed a deal on Feb 05 ’25 to sell 39086.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Christensen Christopher R. bought 39086.0 shares on Feb 05 ’25.
