Ensign Group Inc’s recent filing unveils that its Director SMITH BARRY M unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.12 million on Sep 02 ’25. In the deal valued at $172.06 per share,700 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, SMITH BARRY M now holds 27,052 shares worth roughly $4.44 million.
Then, SMITH BARRY M bought 700 shares, generating $120,442 in total proceeds.
Before that, Shaw Daren sold 1,000 shares. Ensign Group Inc shares valued at $166,170 were divested by the Director at a price of $166.17 per share. As a result of the transaction, Shaw Daren now holds 24,526 shares, worth roughly $4.03 million.
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 Friday, Ensign Group Inc [NASDAQ:ENSG] saw its stock fall -1.66% to $164.29. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -2.20%. Ensign Group Inc shares have risen nearly 8.06% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 23.66% 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 2025-08-29, growing by 97629.0 shares to a total of 1.83 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-07-31 was 1.73 million shares. There was a rise of 5.34%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
