Ensign Group Inc [ENSG] stock is trading at $124.63, down -3.63%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The ENSG shares have lost -3.69% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -4.37%, and not 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 $168.5 within the next 12 months. Ensign Group Inc [NASDAQ: ENSG] shares were valued at $124.63 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 35.2% based on the average ENSG price forecast.
Analyzing the ENSG fundamentals
Ensign Group Inc [NASDAQ:ENSG] reported sales of 4.23B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 16.64%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.14% 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 1.07.
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 121.99 points at the first support level, and at 119.34 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 128.86, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 133.08.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Ensign Group Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.56. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.56, while the Cash Ratio is 0.62. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.69, the price to book ratio is 3.90 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 24.25.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved SMITH BARRY M, Director, that happened on Apr 01 ’25 when 700.0 shares were sold. Director, SMITH BARRY M completed a deal on Apr 01 ’25 to buy 700.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director SMITH BARRY M sold 700.0 shares on Mar 03 ’25.
