ENSG vs SBRA vs BKD Stock Comparison

Ensign, Sabra Health Care REIT and Brookdale Senior Living Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ENSG Ensign Group, Inc
$182.39 +6.0% 1M -4.0% 1Y
Market cap
$10.44B
P/E
26.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.67B
Div. yield
–
Home Health and Senior Care Healthcare
7 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Ensign leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Ensign 7, Sabra Health Care REIT 3, Brookdale Senior Living 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionENSGSBRABKDLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $10.44B $5.34B $2.16B ENSG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 26.2x 74.7x -15.6x ENSG
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 21.5x 51.0x 360.3x ENSG
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +17.5% +23.4% -4.4% SBRA
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 7.0% 7.8% -4.5% SBRA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 14.3% 4.4% 2.5% ENSG
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.3x 2.9x 8.9x ENSG
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -4.0% +14.8% +16.6% BKD
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +17.0%/yr +7.0%/yr +7.4%/yr ENSG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 29.6% 24.9% 40.1% SBRA
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 64/100 49/100 38/100 ENSG

Percentile Scorecard

ENSGSBRABKD

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisENSGSBRABKD
Valuation 71 #28 of 95 34 #97 of 146 56 #42 of 95
Growth 63 #33 of 88 51 #71 of 145 36 #57 of 88
Profitability 76 #22 of 87 51 #69 of 141 51 #43 of 87
Financial Health 71 #30 of 100 83 #26 of 146 10 #90 of 100
Shareholder Returns 41 #36 of 60 27 #100 of 136 –
Overall 64 49 38
  • ENSG ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • SBRA ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • BKD ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodENSGSBRABKDSPY
1 month +6.0%+9.3%-0.8% -5.9%
3 months +0.4%-0.1%-24.7% -4.6%
6 months +4.6%+1.5%-20.3% +0.2%
Year to date +4.7%+10.3%+0.2% +7.5%
1 year -4.0%+14.8%+16.6% +8.2%
3 years +79.2%+49.5%+162.4% +68.3%
3 years, per year +21.5%+14.4%+38.0% +19.0%
5 years +119.4%+39.9%+42.8% +56.5%
5 years, per year +17.0%+7.0%+7.4% +9.4%
10 years +989.5%+1.9%-13.5% +251.5%
10 years, per year +27.0%+0.2%-1.4% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureENSGSBRABKDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 29.6%24.9%40.1% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 25.5%22.5%39.3% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.07-0.160.41 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.130.590.41 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -31.8%-38.7%-68.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -15.5%-6.7%-35.5% -5.9%
52-week high $215.83$22.39$16.77 $779.14
52-week low $147.13$17.67$9.11 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleENSGSBRABKD
P/E now vs peer median 26.4xmedian 24.8x 74.7xmedian 26.5x -18.7xmedian 24.8x
P/S now vs peer median 1.9xmedian 1.6x 6.0xmedian 4.2x 0.8xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 16.6xmedian 15.9x 16.0xmedian 14.4x 14.8xmedian 15.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 20.9xmedian 20.9x -16.8xmedian 21.7x 10,668xmedian 20.9x
P/B now vs peer median 4.2xmedian 3.3x 1.9xmedian 1.3x -89.1xmedian 3.3x
PEG now vs peer median 1.67median 0.88 1.89median 1.78 2.51median 0.88

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsENSGSBRABKD
Revenue $5.67B $919.09M $3.05B
Gross profit $1.20B – $2.93B
Operating income $509.16M – $106.04M
Net income $399.32M $71.46M -$138.35M
Free cash flow $509.91M -$325.53M $242.00K
EPS (diluted) $6.73 $0.28 $-0.57
Cash & equivalents $337.59M $36.24M $370.39M
Total debt $198.72M $1.24B $4.27B
Shares (diluted) 59.30M 259.82M 243.89M
Enterprise value $8.56B $4.89B $967.57M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricENSGSBRABKD
P/E 26.4x 74.7x -18.7x
P/FCF 20.9x -16.8x 10,668x
P/Operating cash flow 15.3x 13.7x 11.5x
P/S 1.9x 6.0x 0.8x
P/B 4.2x 1.9x -89.1x
P/Tangible book 4.2x 2.0x -89.1x
EV/EBITDA 16.6x 16.0x 14.8x
EV/EBIT 20.5x 36.8x 61.0x
EV/Revenue 1.8x 7.3x 2.1x
EV/FCF 20.5x -20.5x 26,710x
EV/Operating cash flow 15.0x 16.7x 28.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.67 1.89 2.51

Growth

14 metrics
MetricENSGSBRABKD
Revenue growth (1Y) 17.5% 23.4% -4.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 16.8% 12.3% 1.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 21.7% – -3.9%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 16.3% – 1.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) 26.6% – 101.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 18.3% – 4.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 21.6% -59.2% 43.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 17.2% 41.1% -10.3%
EPS growth (1Y) 20.9% -61.7% 45.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 15.9% 39.6% -7.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 44.5% 17.4% 2.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 26.8% 11.4% 29.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 76.1% -1,239% 100.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 29.2% -59.7% 26.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricENSGSBRABKD
Gross margin 21.2% – 96.1%
EBITDA margin 11.1% 45.3% 14.3%
Operating margin 9.0% – 3.5%
Pretax margin 9.4% 7.1% -4.4%
Net margin 7.0% 7.8% -4.5%
FCF margin 9.0% -35.4% 0.0%
Operating cash flow margin 12.3% 43.6% 7.3%
Return on equity 16.0% 2.5% –
Return on assets 6.8% 1.3% -2.3%
Return on invested capital 14.3% 4.4% 2.5%
Return on capital employed 10.4% – 2.0%
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.2x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.7x 5.6x -1.6x
Stock comp / revenue 1.1% 1.5% 0.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricENSGSBRABKD
Debt / assets 3.3% 22.8% 72.4%
Debt / equity 0.1x 0.4x -147.5x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.3x 2.9x 8.9x
Debt / FCF 0.4x -3.8x 17,655x
Liabilities / assets 57.3% 47.7% 100.5%
Equity / assets 42.7% 52.3% -0.5%
Interest coverage 62.8x 1.6x –
Current ratio 1.2x – 1.1x
Quick ratio 1.1x – 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.4x – 0.7x
Altman Z-score 3.60 – -0.16

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricENSGSBRABKD
Dividend yield 0.2% 5.7% –
Net buyback yield 0.2% -3.7% –
Shareholder yield 0.3% 2.0% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusENSGSBRABKD
Forward P/E 21.5xFY2026 51.0xFY2026 360.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $8.47FY2026 $0.41FY2026 $0.03FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +28.9%FY2026 -35.9%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after -1.9% +90.2% +433.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.77BFY2026 $876.78MFY2026 $2.80BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +14.1%FY2026 +13.2%FY2026 -12.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +18.3% +13.0% +3.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersENSGSBRABKD
Held by institutions 89.8% 100.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding 549 464 293
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.2% +0.7% +5.6%
Institutions buying 250 229 165
Institutions selling 215 147 92
Buyers to sellers 1.16 1.56 1.79

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ENSGSBRABKD
ENSG 1.00 0.40 0.37
SBRA 0.40 1.00 0.37
BKD 0.37 0.37 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ENSG, SBRA and BKD?

Ensign (ENSG) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ensign (ENSG) $10.44B, Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA) $5.34B, Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) $2.16B.

Which stock is cheaper, ENSG, SBRA and BKD?

Ensign (ENSG) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ensign (ENSG) 26.2x, Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA) 74.7x, Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) -15.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Ensign (ENSG) is cheapest (Ensign (ENSG) 21.5x, Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA) 51.0x, Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) 360.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ensign (ENSG) +17.5%, Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA) +23.4%, Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) -4.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA) has the highest net margin (Ensign (ENSG) 7.0%, Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA) 7.8%, Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) -4.5%). On return on invested capital, Ensign (ENSG) leads (Ensign (ENSG) 14.3%, Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA) 4.4%, Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) 2.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) returned the most: Ensign (ENSG) -4.0%, Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA) +14.8%, Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) +16.6%. Over five years, Ensign (ENSG) compounded fastest (Ensign (ENSG) +17.0%/yr, Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA) +7.0%/yr, Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) +7.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA) has been the steadiest (Ensign (ENSG) 29.6%, Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA) 24.9%, Brookdale Senior Living (BKD) 40.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ENSG, SBRA and BKD?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Ensign (ENSG) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.