# The Ensign Group, Inc. (ENSG) — Stock CV

The Ensign Group, Inc. is a $10.0B healthcare company. Revenue grew 18.9% over the last year, it keeps 7¢ of every dollar of sales as profit, and its net debt equals ~2.7 years of free cash flow. It trades at 26.4× earnings — around the middle of its own history.

> Ensign Group Inc provides post-acute healthcare services in the United States. Its regional subsidiaries oversee skilled nursing, assisted living, home health and hospice, mobile ancillary, and urgent care operations.

## Identity

- **Ticker**: ENSG
- **Sector**: Healthcare
- **Industry**: Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities
- **Headquarters**: SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA
- **Employees**: 46 000
- **Website**: https://www.ensigngroup.net
- **Market cap**: $10.0B
- **Last price**: $171.80
- **Financial profile**: Solid

## Vitals (TTM)

- **Revenue**: $5.49B
- **Net income**: $379M
- **Free cash flow**: $608M
- **Net debt**: $1.63B
- **P/E**: 26.4
- **Revenue growth (YoY)**: 18.9%

## Skills (profile scores, 0–100)

| Pillar | Score |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 69 |
| Growth | 80 |
| Profitability | 57 |
| Health | 74 |
| Quality | 65 |
| Moat | 49 |

## Qualifications (beginner checklist) — 11 of 11 passed

- [x] Revenue growing — +18.9% YoY
- [x] Profitable — $379M TTM
- [x] Profit growing — +13.9% YoY
- [x] Generates cash — $608M TTM
- [x] Debt under control — ~2.7y of cash flow to repay
- [x] Established company — $10.0B market cap
- [x] Not printing shares — +5.5% shares over ~5y
- [x] Proven track record — 10/10 profitable years
- [x] Financially stable — Altman Z 3.0 — safe
- [x] Pays a dividend — yield 0.15%
- [x] Valuation not extreme — P/E 26.4

## Experience (career milestones)

- **FY2025** — Best year on record: $344M net income
- **FY2016** — Profitable every year on record: 10 consecutive profitable years in our data
- **FY2016** — Revenue already above $1B: $1.65B in first reported year
- **FY2016** — Positive free cash flow every year since: 10-year streak
- **1985** — The group represented 8,000 veterans nationwide. (After Ensign's death, the Citizen Soldier website went…

## Strengths

- Revenue growing 18.9% year over year
- Interest covered 34.7× by operating earnings
- Altman Z-Score 3.00 — low bankruptcy-risk zone

## Watch-outs

- None stand out in the data.

## Track record

| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | $2.63B | $195M | $108M |
| FY2022 | $3.03B | $225M | $185M |
| FY2023 | $3.73B | $209M | $270M |
| FY2024 | $4.26B | $298M | $189M |
| FY2025 | $5.06B | $344M | $371M |

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Source: https://stockcv.com/ENSG — derived from company filings; may be delayed or incomplete. Information, not investment advice.