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ENSG

The Ensign Group Inc. Common Stock

Health Care · ·

$181.66

$3.01 (+1.7%)

Market Cap

$10.59B

Day Range

$179.05 - $181.83

52-Week Range

$141.58 - $218.00

Beta

Next Earnings

02.11.2026

ENSG is a stock from the Healthcare sectorPharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices, and health insurance — less sensitive to economic cycles, but exposed to regulation and FDA approvals.

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Investor Score
62/ 100C+
🟡 Moderate

This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer

📈59CTechnical
💰60C+Fundamental
🚀65B-Growth
💎50C-Valuation
📰100A+News
🏦47D+Quality
⚠️56CRisk

Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%

🔍 Cross-Check

Overall Score

🟡 Mixed

Technical Trend

🟡 Mixed

Insiders

🔴 Bearish

✅ Why is the score relatively high?

  • 🟢 Debt/equity: 0.06
  • 🟢 Price is above the 50-day average
  • 🟢 MACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
  • 🟢 RSI 59.8 — healthy positive momentum
  • 🟢 Revenue growth (last year): 18.7%

⚠️ What's concerning?

  • 🔴 Operating margin is eroding over time
  • 🔴 Price is below the 200-day average
  • 🔴 -3.2% over the last 3 months relative to the index
  • 🔴 CMF 20 days: -0.07
  • 🔴 Operating margin: 8.4% — weak

🚦 Quality & Risk Checks

🔴 Operating margin stability🟢 Conservative leverage🟡 Daily volatility (ATR)🟢 Leverage risk🟡 Liquidity risk

📰 News Trend

Based on real financial news (Finnhub)
🟢 Positive

Everyone's writing about The Ensign Group Inc. Common Stock. News trend score: 100. Reason: 12 of the last 20 articles are positive, versus 3 negative.

News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer

📈 Technical Analysis

Based on the last 251 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.

🟡 Indicators are mixed — no clear bias (6 bullish · 4 bearish · 2 neutral)

Conclusions

  • 🟢Price vs. SMA 50Price is above the 50-day average
  • 🔴Price vs. SMA 200Price is below the 200-day average
  • 🟢MACDMACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
  • 🟢RSIRSI 59.8 — healthy positive momentum
  • 🟡Stochastic%K 61.6 — neutral range
  • 🟡ADX (trend strength)ADX 20.4 — weak trend/choppy
  • 🔴Volume trendVolume is falling despite the price advance — possible weakening
  • 🔴Relative strength vs. S&P 500-3.2% over the last 3 months relative to the index
  • 🟢Bollinger BandsPrice is in the upper third of the Bollinger Bands (76%B) — strong momentum (risk of a pullback)
  • 🟢ROC (rate of change)ROC 12 days: 3.8%
  • 🟢Parabolic SARPrice is above the SAR point — uptrend
  • 🔴CMF (money flow)CMF 20 days: -0.07

Wyckoff Method Analysis

A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.

Markup

The stock is in a clear uptrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.

Low confidence

Evidence Behind This Read

  • 🟢Rising price trendA 3.6% change over the last 50 days, with no defined trading range.
  • 🔴Divergence between price and cumulative money flow (A/D Line)Price and the cumulative Accumulation/Distribution Line are moving in opposite directions — a classic Wyckoff sign that the move isn't backed by real money, and may be less stable than it looks.

The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.

🎯 Trade Planning (M.A.E.E Framework)

Based on a mechanical trading method: market structure → value zone → ATR-based exit point. Not investment advice — a calculation tool only.

1️⃣ Market Structure

🔴 Downtrend

The price is below the 200-day average — an environment that mainly favors looking for selling (Short) opportunities, not buying.

2️⃣ Value Zone

🟡 Price far from value zone

The price is currently far from the 50-day average — the method recommends waiting for a "pullback" before entering, rather than chasing prices.

3️⃣ Suggested Exit Point (ATR-based)

Method formula: Stop-loss = resistance plusone ATR margin — this way the stop adapts to the stock's actual volatility, rather than an arbitrary number.

Entry

$178.65

Stop-Loss

$191.25

Risk per Share

$12.60

Direction

Short

Profit Targets by Risk/Reward Ratio (R)

1:2 R

$153.46

1:3 R

$140.86

1:5 R

$115.67

💰 Position Size Calculator

A core principle of the method: never risk a fixed dollar amount — risk a fixed percentage of equity, and let the position size vary according to the risk per share.

Suggested Position Size

7 sh.

💰 Financial Health

Profitability

Gross Margin

20.5%

Operating Margin

8.4%

Net Margin

6.8%

EBITDA Margin

10.5%

Efficiency

ROE

15.4%

ROA

6.3%

ROIC

EPS

$6.00

Balance Sheet

Cash

$503.88M

Total Debt

$141.76M

Current Ratio

1.42

Debt/Equity

0.06

Conclusions

  • 🟡Gross marginGross margin: 20.5% — reasonable
  • 🔴Operating marginOperating margin: 8.4% — weak
  • 🟡Net marginNet margin: 6.8% — reasonable
  • 🟡Return on equity (ROE)Return on equity (ROE): 15.4% — reasonable
  • 🟡Return on assets (ROA)Return on assets (ROA): 6.3% — reasonable
  • 🟡Current ratio (liquidity)Current ratio: 1.42
  • 🟢Debt-to-equityDebt/equity: 0.06

🚀 Growth

Revenue

Earnings per Share (EPS)

Net Income

Free Cash Flow (FCF)

אין נתונים היסטוריים זמינים.

Conclusions

  • 🟢Revenue growth (last year)Revenue growth (last year): 18.7%
  • 🟢Earnings per share (EPS) growthEarnings per share (EPS) growth: 14.1%
  • 🟢Net income growthNet income growth: 15.4%

💵 Dividends

Total dividend per share paid each year, over the last 5 years.

Annual Dividend per Share

Ex-Dividend DateAmount per Share
30.6.2026$0.065
31.3.2026$0.065
31.12.2025$0.065
30.9.2025$0.063
30.6.2025$0.063
31.3.2025$0.063
31.12.2024$0.063
30.9.2024$0.060
28.6.2024$0.060
27.3.2024$0.060
28.12.2023$0.060
28.9.2023$0.058

💎 Fair Value (Valuation)

Not enough cash-flow data to calculate a DCF model for this stock.

Book Value per Share

$37.91

Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)

$36.13

Conclusions

  • 🟡Tangible Net Asset Value (NAV)NAV per share: $36.13
  • 🟡P/EP/E: 30.6

🕴️ Insider Trading

Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 0 purchases and 3 sales out of the last 25 filings.

NameTransaction TypeDateSharesChangePrice
Agwunobi John OOpen Market Sale20.7.20269,503-392$171.06
Parkinson Mark VincentOpen Market Sale16.7.20263,900-100$168.12
SMITH BARRY MGrant/Award from Employer15.7.202621,952+600
Shaw DarenGrant/Award from Employer15.7.202624,926+600
Agwunobi John OGrant/Award from Employer15.7.20269,895+600
Abbott Swati BargotraGrant/Award from Employer15.7.202620,832+600
Blouin Ann ScottGrant/Award from Employer15.7.202624,052+600
Parkinson Mark VincentGrant/Award from Employer15.7.20264,000+600
SMITH BARRY MOpen Market Sale2.6.202621,352-700$164.28
Port BarryTax Withholding in Shares27.5.202680,784-509$171.97
Snapper Suzanne D.Tax Withholding in Shares27.5.2026292,467-458$171.97
Wittekind Beverly B.Tax Withholding in Shares27.5.202633,135-102$171.97
Keetch ChadTax Withholding in Shares27.5.2026109,735-306$171.97
Burton SpencerTax Withholding in Shares27.5.202668,470-264$171.97
Port BarryTax Withholding in Shares26.5.202681,293-509$172.42
Snapper Suzanne D.Tax Withholding in Shares26.5.2026292,925-458$172.42
Wittekind Beverly B.Tax Withholding in Shares26.5.202633,237-123$172.42
Keetch ChadTax Withholding in Shares26.5.2026110,041-326$172.42
Burton SpencerTax Withholding in Shares26.5.202668,734-281$172.42
Port BarryTax Withholding in Shares18.5.202681,802-550$176.66
Snapper Suzanne D.Tax Withholding in Shares18.5.2026293,383-489$176.66
Wittekind Beverly B.Tax Withholding in Shares18.5.202633,462-102$176.66
Wittekind Beverly B.Tax Withholding in Shares18.5.202633,360-102$176.66
Keetch ChadTax Withholding in Shares18.5.2026110,367-387$176.66
Burton SpencerTax Withholding in Shares18.5.202669,015-351$176.66

📉 Short Interest

Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.

Monthly Trend — Open Short Interest

+4.7%

2,165,942 shares short as of 2026-07-15 · vs. 2,068,313 on 2026-06-30

Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.

Weekly Trend — Daily Short-Sale Activity

-0.9%

54.1% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 54.5% the prior week

Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.

📰 News & Sentiment

Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 12 positive, 5 neutral, 3 negative out of the last 20 articles.