Company Analysis

The Ensign Group, Inc. (ENSG)

Nasdaq: ENSG · Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities · San Juan Capistrano, CA · filing with the SEC since 2007
Grade6.2
◀ Past 5.9● Present 6.4▶ Future 6.1

The grade of The Ensign Group, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.2/10
◀ Past5.930% of the headline
● Present6.440% of the headline
▶ Future6.130% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.9/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 22 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

The Ensign Group, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.6/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+13.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The Ensign Group, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.7 billion in fiscal 2016 to $5.0 billion in fiscal 2025, up 13.2% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 3% from fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2017; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span13.2%top 25% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 41% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 25% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak3.4%bottom 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
4.3/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 1.2% a year. 5% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 46 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, The Ensign Group, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 1.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 5% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 46 sales (46 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-10 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 48% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.4/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
4.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 15%: 15¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 59%: owes 59¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 49th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, The Ensign Group, Inc. earned about 15 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 19 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 59 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 1.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 25% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 47% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 25% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 48% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 33% of 22 in its family; net margin 6.8%.

weight 45% of this tense · 67th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The Ensign Group, Inc.'s standing among 22 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $5.0 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 43% by size; a net margin of 6.8% ranks in the top 43%; revenue growth of 18.5% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 11% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$5.03Btop 43% of its family
  • net margin6.8%top 43% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth18.5%top 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
8.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 19% of 19 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2019.

weight 22% of this tense · 81st percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

The Ensign Group, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Port, Barry (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2019-05-31, 7.5 years (top 34% of its family); the 12 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 10.1 years (top 8%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 12 people in charge now (top 16%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge3 in three years among 12 peopletop 16% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed10.1 yearstop 8% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record7.5 yearstop 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.1/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
7.4/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 26% of 22 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 74th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

The Ensign Group, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $504 million against debt of $138 million leaves 6.7% of its assets as net cash, top 7% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 11.2% of revenue (top 16%); a gross margin of 20.1% (bottom 45%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets6.7%top 7% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue11.2%top 16% of its family
  • gross margin20.1%bottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 37% of 22 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

The Ensign Group, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 18.5% a year over the last three filed years against 13.2% over all 10, speeding up (top 20% of its family); the newest year grew 18.8% (top 25%); capital spending grew 2.9% a year (bottom 34%) (its annual reports). The Ensign Group, Inc. reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Skilled Services at $4.8 billion, Standard Bearer at $0 thousand. 1 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 100% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+5.3 points a yeartop 20% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth18.8%top 25% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending2.9%bottom 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.9/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 49% of 22 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 49th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

The Ensign Group, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $5.0 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 0.4% above the $5.0 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 39% of its family); net income of $344 million against a prior three-year average of $244 million (bottom 48%); a net margin of 6.8% against 6.7% before (bottom 39%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace0.4%top 39% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+41%bottom 48% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.1 pointsbottom 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton ENSG · research, not advice