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

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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.

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Signals for this name

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

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 45/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-03
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 76th percentile of the window, -20.6% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-02
  • Sector × region Health care in US: +2.7% week · +9.9% month · +12.5% quarter · +24.7% 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 → 2026-11-03
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.63 · down 2.22 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-11-02
How it trades on rate days beta 0.30 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with 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 0.30 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), The Ensign Group Inc moved 0.30% on average · correlation 0.10 · higher than 22% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.23 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.49% on average against −0.74% 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 −1.24% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

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.

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

Peer group

Medical Care Facilities · US

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

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

Company snapshot — The Ensign Group Inc

ENSG in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet's healthcare services sleeve, alongside other operators of nursing and long-term care facilities.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet has not set a peer group for Ensign; the market commonly compares it with other skilled-nursing operators such as Genesis Healthcare.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
Ensign carries a Closelooknet 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 Closelooknet company score reads 49/100 composite (momentum 55, quality 36, valuation 43) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’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.

The Street on this name 3 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Oppenheimer, 2026-10-29

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for ENSG from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Oppenheimer — target 215 from 210 Target raised to $215 from $210 (+16.4% to spot) 2026-10-29
  • Price target UBS — target 240 from 230 Target raised to $240 from $230 (+30% to spot) 2026-10-29
  • Price target Truist Securities — target 210 Target set to $210 (+14.1% to spot) 2026-10-29

3 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 3 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

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.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-04

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 Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-04.

Is ENSG in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — The Ensign Group Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-04.

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

49 out of 100, with momentum 55, quality 36 and valuation 43 sub-scores, as of 2026-11-04. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does ENSG trade against its moving averages?

The Ensign Group Inc trades 4.2% above its 50-day and 0.4% above its 200-day moving average (3.3% above its 20-day). As of 2026-11-03 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does The Ensign Group Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Medical Care Facilities · US), The Ensign Group Inc (ENSG) sits 16.4% below its 52-week high, 4.2% above its 50-day average; PACS Group, Inc. (PACS) is 7.3% below, Fresenius Medical Care Corporation (FMS) is 17.8% below, Surgery Partners Inc (SGRY) is 1.0% below, as of 2026-11-03. Put any of them next to ENSG in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

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

Over the past year The Ensign Group Inc had a beta of 0.30 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 22% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.49% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-11-03; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

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. Closelooknet has not set a peer group for Ensign; the market commonly compares it with other skilled-nursing operators such as Genesis Healthcare. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

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 Closelooknet's healthcare services sleeve, alongside other operators of nursing and long-term care facilities. Ensign carries a Closelooknet 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. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

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. As of 2026-11-03; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on The Ensign Group Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on The Ensign Group Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Oppenheimer on 2026-10-29 (target 215 from 210). 3 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 3 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

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