Both in Skilled Nursing Facilities

National Healthcare vs The Ensign Group

Over the past year NHC returned +73.9% and ENSG returned +2.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.35.

NHC +73.9% ENSG +2.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricNHCENSG
Price$212.40$188.31
Market cap$3.33B$10.99B
Today+3.19%+3.35%
1 month−7.0%+9.4%
6 months+25.4%+7.0%
Year to date+54.9%+8.1%
1 year+75.5%+2.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+8.8%+14.5%
Gross margin100.0%16.9%
Net margin9.9%7.0%
P/E (TTM)23.7×27.5×
Price / sales2.1×1.9×
Net cash$210.2M$193.0M
Dividend yield1.26%0.14%
Volatility (60d)33.6%28.3%
Short % of float6.1%2.5%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).