The Ensign Group Stock Hits New 52-Week High (ENSG)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The Ensign Group (Nasdaq:ENSG) hit a new 52-week high Thursday as it traded at $28.91 compared with its previous 52-Week high of $26.97. The Ensign Group is changing hands at $28.66 with 8,338 shares traded as of 9:30 a.m. ET. Average volume has been 100,000 shares over the past 30 days. The Ensign Group has a market cap of $537.6 million and is part of the health care sector and health services industry. Shares are up 7% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.

The Ensign Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides nursing and rehabilitative care services in California, Arizona, Texas, Washington, Utah, Colorado, and Idaho. The company has a P/E ratio of 14.5, equal to the average health services industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 23.3.

TheStreet Ratings rates The Ensign Group as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, good cash flow from operations, solid stock price performance and impressive record of earnings per share growth. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity. You can view the full The Ensign Group Ratings Report.

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