Ensign Group (NASDAQ:ENSG) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 19th, American Banking News reports. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.065 per share on Thursday, October 31st. This represents a $0.26 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.63%.
ENSG has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Analysts at Oppenheimer reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Ensign Group (NASDAQ:ENSG) in a research note to investors on Thursday, September 12th. They now have a $46.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $44.00. On the ratings front, analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald raised their price target on shares of Ensign Group (NASDAQ:ENSG) from $40.00 to $45.00 in a research note to investors on Tuesday, August 13th. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the stock. Ensign Group presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $41.75.
Ensign Group (NASDAQ:ENSG) opened at 40.99 on Thursday. Ensign Group has a 52-week low of $24.97 and a 52-week high of $41.42. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $38.9 and its 200-day moving average is $36.05. The company has a market cap of $899.1 million and a P/E ratio of 58.72.
Ensign Group (NASDAQ:ENSG) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 7th. The company reported $0.61 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $220.09 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $227.70 million. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.67 earnings per share. Ensign Group’s revenue was up 7.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts expect that Ensign Group will post $2.69 EPS for the current fiscal year.
The Ensign Group, Inc, is a holding company. The Company is a provider of skilled nursing and rehabilitative care services through the operation of 103 facilities, five home health and three hospice operations located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Washington.