ENSIGN GROUP, INC
At today's price, ENSIGN GROUP, INC (ENSG) is priced for +9.3% growth. boothcheck doesn't publish a fair value or a price target; it shows what the price assumes, so you can judge whether that bar is too high. Built from SEC EDGAR filings.
- Ensign's defining feature is its capital allocation: a decentralized operating model that buys underperforming skilled-nursing facilities and turns them around. It added 46 operations in 2025 and 22 more in the first quarter of 2026, funding it all with a net-cash balance sheet and interest coverage near 57 times. - The first quarter validated the engine: revenue of $1.39 billion rose 18.4 percent, adjusted EPS of $1.85 grew about 22 percent and beat the $1.78 estimate, and management raised f
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551 institutional managers reported holding ENSG in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 89% of the company; the top 10 hold 51%. 63 opened new positions that quarter. Held by BlackRock, Vanguard Group, Baillie Gifford, among others. On the short side, 2.7M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 5% of shares outstanding (2.6 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
ENSG's share count grew 6.1% over the past five years even with $60.00M spent on repurchases. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (16 and counting), raised 12 years straight; the current rate is $0.25 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $38.33M in dividends and $20.00M in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at ENSG over the trailing three years: 2024: 1 buy totaling $0k. 13 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
ENSG's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-28 | +1.4% | -0.1% |
| 2023-10-26 | -1.4% | +19.3% |
| 2024-02-02 | +6.7% | -0.9% |
| 2024-05-02 | -1.5% | +8.5% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
ENSG's latest 8-K filings: 2026-06-15 (items 8.01, 9.01); 2026-06-10 (items 8.01); 2026-05-18 (items 5.07); 2026-04-30 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-02-04 (items 2.02, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Nothing here is investment advice.
Last analyzed: June 27, 2026
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