Ensign Group Inc’s filing revealed that its Director SMITH BARRY M unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.1 million on Aug 01 ’25. In the deal valued at $150.00 per share,700 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, SMITH BARRY M now holds 27,752 shares worth roughly $4.38 million.
Then, Blouin Ann Scott sold 425 shares, generating $63,423 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $149.23, the Director now owns 22,027 shares.
Before that, SMITH BARRY M bought 700 shares. Ensign Group Inc shares valued at $105,000 were divested by the Director at a price of $150.00 per share.
UBS initiated its Ensign Group Inc [ENSG] rating to a Buy in a research note published on November 21, 2024; the price target was $175. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Macquarie’s analysts, who began to cover the stock in late June with a ‘”an Outperform”‘ rating. Berenberg began covering ENSG with “Buy” recommendation on September 28, 2023.
Price Performance Review of ENSG
On Tuesday, Ensign Group Inc [NASDAQ:ENSG] saw its stock jump 1.92% to $157.92. Over the last five days, the stock has gained 4.58%. Ensign Group Inc shares have risen nearly 13.17% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 18.86% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Ensign Group Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Ensign Group Inc stocks on 2025-07-15, dropping by -0.5 million shares to a total of 1.87 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-06-13 was 2.37 million shares. There was a decline of -27.06%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
