Ensign (ENSG)

Healthcare · Medical Care Facilities
$172.06 -0.48% on the day Market cap $10.1B 52-week range $141.58 to $218.00 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
9% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $10.1B, Ensign's free cash flow of $371M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 9% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Ensign's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price9.0% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years52.7% a year
Revenue, same period13.2% a year
Price to free cash flow27.2x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from ENSG's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation5
Profitability5
Growth7
Financial health3
Cash efficiency4

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)28.1x
P/E (forward)22.5x
Price / free cash flow27.2x
EV / EBITDA18.6x
Price / sales1.84x
Price / book4.20x
Revenue growth+17.3%
Operating margin8.6%
Net margin6.9%
Return on equity15.5%
Dividend yield0.14%
Debt / equity1.35x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Ensign's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$2.6B$3.0B$3.7B$4.2B$5.0B
Net income$195M$225M$209M$298M$344M
Free cash flow$206M$185M$270M$189M$371M
EPS (diluted)$3.42$3.95$3.65$5.12$5.84
Operating margin9.9%9.8%6.9%8.5%8.5%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Skilled Services$4.8B97%
Standard Bearer$127M3%

Superinvestors who own ENSG

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 4 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $21M0.01%Q2 2026
Jean-Marie Eveillard
First Eagle Investment Management
Added $10M0.02%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
New position $2M0.00%Q2 2026
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Trimmed $1M0.01%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Ensign's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

No open-market insider purchases of ENSG in the last 12 months. Most insider activity is selling and option exercises, which aren't shown here.

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Ensign's stock price imply?

At a market value of $10.1B, Ensign would need its free cash flow to grow about 9% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 53% a year.

Are Ensign insiders buying the stock?

No open-market insider purchases of ENSG in the last 12 months, according to SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Ensign?

4 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold ENSG in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Jean-Marie Eveillard, Joel Greenblatt.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.