Ensign (ENSG) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026)

Ensign (ENSG) posted quarterly Return on Capital Employed of 9.57% for Q1 2026, up 16.0% YoY from 8.25% in Q1 2025, and little changed sequentially from 9.56% in Q4 2025.

Ensign (ENSG) Return on Capital Employed (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Ensign has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 9.57% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Capital Employed rose 16.0% year-over-year to 9.57%; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 9.57% (up 16.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 10.19%, up 46.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed was little changed at 9.57% in Q1 2026, from 9.56% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for ENSG reached as high as 10.94% in Q2 2022 and fell as low as 7.44% in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 9.46% (2025), against an average of 9.32%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Return on Capital Employed plunged 317 bps — and 2025, when it soared 223 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 10.69% in 2022, then retreated by 30 bps to 7.52% in 2023, then advanced by 22 bps to 9.17% in 2024, then grew by 4 bps to 9.56% in 2025, then increased by 0 bps to 9.57% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Capital Employed over the past three periods registered 9.57%, 9.56%, and 9.46% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 87.94 Bn 90.32 Bn 16.26 Bn -18.08%
2 Chemed 18.08 Bn 18.07 Bn 215.76 Mn 26.99%
3 Tenet Healthcare 16.59 Bn 15.76 Bn 4.41 Bn 15.90%
4 Davita 15.37 Bn 16.23 Bn 1.07 Bn 14.27%
5 Encompass Health 10.07 Bn 10.70 Bn 1.34 Bn -2.33%
6 Ensign 9.52 Bn 8.93 Bn 293.37 Mn 9.57%
7 Universal Health Services 9.19 Bn 9.15 Bn 3.21 Bn 16.52%
8 Pacs 6.96 Bn 6.72 Bn 345.96 Mn 8.38%
9 Ww International 6.14 Bn 5.98 Bn -149.29 Mn -0.28%
10 Brookdale Senior Living 3.76 Bn 3.50 Bn 727.83 Mn 0.66%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 9.57%
Dec 31, 2025 9.56%
Sep 30, 2025 9.46%
Jun 30, 2025 9.67%
Mar 31, 2025 9.41%
Dec 31, 2024 9.17%
Sep 30, 2024 7.45%
Jun 30, 2024 7.44%
Mar 31, 2024 7.44%
Dec 31, 2023 7.52%
Sep 30, 2023 9.20%
Jun 30, 2023 9.19%
Mar 31, 2023 9.85%
Dec 31, 2022 10.69%
Sep 30, 2022 10.93%
Jun 30, 2022 10.94%
Mar 31, 2022 10.92%
Dec 31, 2021 11.28%
Sep 30, 2021 11.15%
Jun 30, 2021 11.30%