The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Ensign Group Inc shares valued at $842,700 were sold by Port Barry on Aug 29 ’24. At $150.00 per share, Port Barry sold 5,618 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 53,716 shares worth approximately $8.05 million following the completion of this transaction.
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Also, Port Barry purchased 5,618 shares, netting a total of over 842,700 in proceeds.
Before that, Port Barry had sold 3,500 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $507,500, the Chief Executive Officer traded Ensign Group Inc shares for $145.00 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 3,500 shares, worth approximately $8.05 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Macquarie on June 28, 2024, Ensign Group Inc [ENSG] has been an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $134. Analysts at Berenberg started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late September. Earlier on November 11, 2020, Stephens upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Overweight” for ENSG stock which previously was a “an Equal-weight”.
Analyzing ENSG Stock Performance
During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.13%. Over the course of the year, Ensign Group Inc shares have jumped approximately 33.53%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $151.74 on 08/30/24 and a 52-week low of $110.71 on 02/02/24. A 50-day SMA is recorded $137.89, while a 200-day SMA reached $122.62. Nevertheless, trading volume fell to 0.28 million shares from 0.46 million shares the previous day.
Support And Resistance Levels for Ensign Group Inc (ENSG)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 148.31, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 146.78. In the upper region, resistance lies at 150.81. The next price resistance is at 151.78. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 64.84 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment. Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) is at 3.29, which suggests the price will increase in the coming days. Percent R is at 16.83%, indicating bullish price movement. Stochastics %K at selling indicates that the stock is to be held.
