Ensign Group (ENSG) stock, explained like you're 5

Is Ensign Group a small, medium or large cap company?

Yes. Ensign Group is a large cap stock. Its market cap, which is the total value of all its shares, is about 10 billion dollars.

Here is how you can tell. Multiply the share price by the number of shares to get the market cap, then compare it to the usual sizes. Micro cap is under 300 million dollars, small cap is 300 million to 2 billion, mid cap is 2 to 10 billion, large cap is 10 billion and up, and mega cap is over 200 billion. Market caps move every day with the share price, so treat the number as a recent snapshot.

How Ensign Group makes money

• Selling medicines, medical devices or healthcare services.
• Insurance premiums or hospital and clinic fees.
• Research and licensing deals.

What moves ENSG stock

• Results from clinical trials and approvals from regulators.
• Drug prices, insurance rules and government policy.
• Patents running out and new competing treatments.

In the news lately

• The Ensign Group, Inc. (ENSG) Stock Forecasts (Yahoo! Finance Canada)
• How Class Action Lawsuit At Ensign Group Stock Has Changed Its Investment Story (Simply Wall Street)
• Shareholders who lost money in shares of acquired The Ensign Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENSG) should contact Wolf Haldenstein Immediately (Morningstar)
• A 100 share sale worth $18K is proposed by Ensign Group (ENSG) director Mark Parkinson. (Stock Titan)
• ENSG Stock Alert: Ensign Group Neglect Issues and Subsequent 8% Stock Drop Trigger Securities Fraud Class Action for Investors (TradingView)

Key terms to know before you follow ENSG

• Market cap
• P/E ratio
• EPS (earnings per share)
• Earnings report
• Volatility