19 July, 2017
Mason Street Advisors LLC now owns 11,188 shares of the company's stock valued at $210,000 after buying an additional 786 shares in the last quarter. Ensign Group Inc/The now has $1.10 billion valuation. (NASDAQ:ENSG) has declined 7.08% since July 14, 2016 and is downtrending. Wittekind now owns $771,595 of the stock according to the SEC filing. Snapper Suzanne D. sold $3,665 worth of stock or 181 shares. The stock rose 0.26% or $0.15 reaching $57.56.
Shares of the company are trading at $21.33 just a bit higher than the 50 day moving average which is $19.83 and a tad above the 200 day moving average of $19.67. It has underperformed by 48.86% the S&P500. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. Therefore 100% are positive. KemPharm had 10 analyst reports since August 14, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $22.50. On Thursday, October 6 the stock rating was maintained by Barclays Capital with "Equal-Weight". (NYSE:LVLT) on Tuesday, December 13 with "Hold" rating. The rating was maintained by Deutsche Bank with "Buy" on Thursday, October 8. The rating was maintained by UBS on Thursday, October 8 with "Buy". The firm has "Neutral" rating by Atlantic Securities given on Friday, May 27. (NYSE:LVLT) on Friday, October 14 with "Buy" rating. The shares were purchased at an average price of $18.92.
Investors sentiment decreased to 0.85 in 2016 Q4. Its down 0.50, from 1.46 in 2016Q3. It dived, as 66 investors sold LVLT shares while 164 reduced holdings. 88 funds opened positions while 132 raised stakes. 361.70 million shares or 2.02% less from 369.18 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Nuance Invests Llc has 93,642 shares.
Since February 1, 2017, it had 0 buys, and 13 sales for $9.69 million activity. Thrivent Financial For Lutherans holds 153,416 shares or 0.02% of its portfolio. (NASDAQ:ENSG). Blackrock Inc owns 4,488 shares or 0% of their USA portfolio. Charter Trust reported 10,575 shares. Greenwich Wealth Mngmt Ltd Liability Corporation holds 0.07% or 25,974 shares. Bank Of Montreal /can/ now holds 424,350 shares worth $9,238,000. Telos Cap Mgmt reported 2,347 shares. British Columbia owns 195,248 shares for 0.18% of their portfolio. Gluskin Sheff & Associates Inc reported 3.12% stake. Bremer Tru National Association reported 0.09% of its portfolio in Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON). Keetch Chad sold 240 shares worth $4,860. (NASDAQ:ENSG) on Tuesday, June 13. Preete Kerry J also sold $1.33M worth of Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON) shares. (NYSE:LVLT) shares. Another trade for 4,908 shares valued at $287,849 was sold by Ryan John Michael. It also upped Monster Beverage Corp stake by 223,039 shares and now owns 225,000 shares. BidaskClub upgraded shares of The Ensign Group from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, June 17th. Therefore 60% are positive.
07/07/2015 - The Ensign Group, Inc. had its " rating reiterated by analysts at SunTrust. JMP Securities downgraded the stock to "Mkt Underperform" rating in Wednesday, January 4 report. The Ensign Group, Inc. has a 12-month low of $16.50 and a 12-month high of $23.18.
The Ensign Group, Inc. was downgraded to " by analysts at Wells Fargo.
Here is the rundown on market activity for The Ensign Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENSG) on Thursday, May 12 with "Outperform" rating. On Thursday, May 12 the stock rating was maintained by RBC Capital Markets with "Outperform". The rating was maintained by Oppenheimer with "Outperform" on Wednesday, August 5. The rating was maintained by RBC Capital Markets on Friday, February 12 with "Outperform". On average, analysts forecast that The Ensign Group will post $1.49 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. (NASDAQ:ENSG) to report earnings on August, 7. Analysts expect next quarter's EPS will be $0.37 with next year's EPS projected to be $1.60. LVLT's profit will be $138.42M for 36.90 P/E if the $0.39 EPS becomes a reality. JPMorgan Chase & Co. owned approximately 0.47% of The Ensign Group worth $4,507,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $17.55 per share, with a total value of $60,758.10. On Wednesday, April 5 Nackel John G. bought $24,333 worth of The Ensign Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENSG) or 1,352 shares. Finally, Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of The Ensign Group from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 6th. (NASDAQ:ENSG) for 4,446 shares. Texas Permanent School Fund stated it has 0.01% of its portfolio in The Ensign Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENSG). VP Beverly B. Wittekind sold 222 shares at an average price of $18.92 on Wednesday the 17th. $3,665 worth of The Ensign Group, Inc.
Investors sentiment increased to 1.4 in Q4 2016. Its up 0.26, from 1.14 in 2016Q3. 29 funds opened positions while 55 raised stakes. Teachers Retirement Of The State Of Kentucky stated it has 0.01% in The Ensign Group, Inc. Trading volume for The Ensign Group, Inc. was 97K in the last trading session. (NASDAQ:ENSG). Royal Bankshares Of Canada accumulated 4,163 shares or 0% of the stock. More interesting news about The Ensign Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENSG) for 34,720 shares.
12/04/2014 - The Ensign Group, Inc. had its " rating reiterated by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald. Teacher Retirement Of Texas has invested 0.15% in Level 3 Communications, Inc. Hsbc Public reported 16,784 shares. Creative Planning expanded its ownership by buying 39,480 shares an increase of 18,448.6% as of 06/30/2017. Blackrock Group Limited has invested 0% in The Ensign Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENSG). California State Teachers Retirement System, California-based fund reported 98,427 shares. Short interest fell 11,167 over that period. It also upped Core Laboratories N.V. (NYSE:CLB) stake by 5,675 shares and now owns 72,680 shares.
