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The Ensign Group Inc (ENSG) — chart, structure and Closelook read

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Company snapshot — The Ensign Group Inc

ENSG in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Ensign Group runs skilled nursing and senior living facilities and pairs that with rehabilitative and ancillary health services. Its Skilled Services arm handles nursing and specialty care, while Standard Bearer leases post-acute care properties to other operators. The company also offers home-based diagnostics, dialysis, pharmacy and transport services to patients outside its facilities. It is based in San Juan Capistrano, California, and runs sites across a spread of US states.
Where it sits in the stack
Ensign holds no seat in Rubin, our index for the AI build-out; it sits instead in Closelook's healthcare services sleeve, alongside other operators of nursing and long-term care facilities.
Who it is priced against
Closelook has not set a peer group for Ensign; the market commonly compares it with other skilled-nursing operators such as Genesis Healthcare.
Why Closelook tracks it
Ensign carries a Closelook score, with momentum the module the diary watches most closely for this name; it holds no index seat and has not yet appeared in any edition.
What the diary watches
Whether the balance between direct nursing operations and the Standard Bearer leasing arm shifts, since that split shapes how much of Ensign's growth comes from care delivery versus property income.

The Ensign Group Inc (ENSG) trades on US exchanges, classified under Healthcare.

The Closelook company score reads 47/100 composite (momentum 36, quality 35, valuation 43) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for ENSG, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Medical Care Facilities · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Medical Care Facilities

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against ENSG on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 21 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What ENSG pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2025 21 m USD 0.2% of today's market value
  • Share count +1.1% in FY2025 48 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 21 m USD · 6% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta 0.24 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How ENSG has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.24 — barely reacts to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), The Ensign Group Inc moved 0.24% on average · correlation 0.08 · higher than 24% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −0.09 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.16% on average against −0.76% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.49% TLT −1.58% that day 2026-09-23

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 65/100 · S&P 500 fund at 68, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-23
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +9.3% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-23
  • Sector × region Health care in US: +1.0% week · −3.0% month · +10.5% quarter · +10.8% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLV.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-23
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.60 · up 0.32 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-23

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-24

Quick answers

What is The Ensign Group Inc (ENSG)?

The Ensign Group Inc trades as ENSG on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Healthcare in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-24.

Is ENSG in a Closelook index?

Not currently — The Ensign Group Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-24.

What is The Ensign Group Inc's Closelook composite score?

47 out of 100, with momentum 36, quality 35 and valuation 43 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-24. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does ENSG trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -0.4% vs the 50-day and -3.5% vs the 200-day average, 19.5% below the 52-week high and +24% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 74 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-23 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does The Ensign Group Inc do?

Ensign Group runs skilled nursing and senior living facilities and pairs that with rehabilitative and ancillary health services. Its Skilled Services arm handles nursing and specialty care, while Standard Bearer leases post-acute care properties to other operators. The company also offers home-based diagnostics, dialysis, pharmacy and transport services to patients outside its facilities. Closelook has not set a peer group for Ensign; the market commonly compares it with other skilled-nursing operators such as Genesis Healthcare.

Where does The Ensign Group Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Ensign holds no seat in Rubin, our index for the AI build-out; it sits instead in Closelook's healthcare services sleeve, alongside other operators of nursing and long-term care facilities. Ensign carries a Closelook score, with momentum the module the diary watches most closely for this name; it holds no index seat and has not yet appeared in any edition.

Does The Ensign Group Inc pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in The Ensign Group Inc’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2025 the company bought back 21 m USD of its own shares, 6% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 1.1% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does The Ensign Group Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year The Ensign Group Inc had a beta of 0.24 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it barely reacts to bond moves, higher than 24% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.16% on average, against −0.76% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for ENSG, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Medical Care Facilities, then Healthcare. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.