Ensign Group
What analysts say:
- Buy, sell, or hold?: Analysts strongly back Ensign Group, with four of six rating it a buy and the remainder rating it a hold. Analysts don't like Ensign Group as much as competitor Sunrise Senior Living overall. Ensign Group's rating hasn't changed over the past three months.
- Revenue Forecasts: On average, analysts predict $199.2 million in revenue this quarter. That would represent a rise of 21% from the year-ago quarter.
- Wall Street Earnings Expectations: The average analyst estimate is earnings of $0.61 per share. Estimates range from $0.60 to $0.65.
What our community says:
CAPS All-Stars are solidly behind the stock with 97.5% assigning it an "outperform" rating. The community at large concurs with the All-Stars with 96.7% giving it a rating of "outperform." Fools are bullish on Ensign Group and haven't been shy with their opinions lately, logging 112 posts in the past 30 days. Ensign Group has a bullish CAPS rating of five out of five stars that is about on par with the Fool community assessment.
Management:
Ensign Group's profit has risen year over year by an average of 33.5% over the past five quarters.
Quarter | Q2 | Q1 | Q4 | Q3 |
Gross Margin | 20.0% | 19.8% | 19.0% | 18.0% |
Operating Margin | 12.9% | 13.0% | 12.3% | 11.3% |
Net Margin | 7.0% | 7.0% | 6.8% | 6.0% |
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