Ensign Group Inc/The — The Vanguard Group filed an amendment on a Schedule 13G/A reporting it beneficially owns 0 shares of Ensign Group common stock following an internal realignment. The filing states the change occurred January 12, 2026 and cites "SEC Release No. 34-39538 (January 12, 1998)" as the basis for disaggregated reporting. The filing is signed by Vanguard's Head of Global Fund Administration on March 26, 2026.
ENSIGN GROUP, INC reported that VP and Chief Legal Officer Beverly B. Wittekind received new equity awards. On February 26, 2026, she was granted stock options for 2,500 shares at an exercise price of $0.00 per share and 1,000 shares of common stock, both as awards rather than open-market purchases. The common stock holding after these awards was 33,666 shares. The granted common shares and options each vest in five equal annual installments beginning on February 26, 2027, tying the awards to multi‑year service and performance.
Ensign Group director and CFO Suzanne D. Snapper reported equity awards dated February 26, 2026. She received a grant of 22,500 employee stock options with an exercise right to buy shares and a separate award of 9,000 shares of common stock, each at a stated price of $0.00 per share as compensation. The options and granted shares vest in five equal annual installments beginning on February 26, 2027. After the awards, she directly owns 293,872 shares of common stock and 22,500 options, while an additional 56,340 shares are held indirectly by the Eric and Suzanne Snapper Family Trust.
Ensign Group, Inc. President and COO Burton Spencer reported equity awards on February 26, 2026. He received an employee stock option for 21,250 shares at an exercise price of $0.00, and a separate grant of 8,500 shares of common stock at no cost.
The common stock grant vests in five equal annual installments beginning February 26, 2027. The option also vests in five equal annual installments beginning February 26, 2027. Following the common stock award, Spencer directly holds 69,366 shares of Ensign Group common stock, and directly holds 21,250 stock options from this grant.
ENSIGN GROUP, INC executive Chad Keetch, the CIO, EVP and Secretary, reported awards of both stock options and common shares. He received 20,000 Employee Stock Options with a right to buy shares at an exercise price of $0.0000 per share and 8,000 shares of Common Stock, both described as grant or award acquisitions rather than market purchases.
The options and shares vest in five equal annual installments beginning on February 26, 2027, spreading the benefit over a five-year period. Following the stock grant, Keetch directly owned 110,754 shares of Common Stock, and he held 20,000 stock options after the option grant.
Ensign Group CEO Barry Port reported equity awards tied to his compensation. On February 26, 2026, he received an employee stock option for 30,000 shares at an exercise price of $0.00 per share and a grant of 12,000 shares of common stock, both held directly.
According to the footnotes, the 30,000-share option and the 12,000-share stock award each vest in five equal annual installments beginning on February 26, 2027. After these awards, he directly owns 82,352 common shares, and a trust for which Barry and Michelle Port serve as trustees holds 150,480 additional shares indirectly.
Ensign Group director Barry M. Smith reported an open-market sale of 700 shares of the company’s common stock at an average price of $213.02 per share. The sale was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and he now directly holds 22,852 shares.
Barry M. Smith reported sales of Common stock. The filing shows a sale of 700 shares on 01/02/2026 and a sale of 700 shares on 02/02/2026. The record also lists restricted stock vesting entries of 308, 100, and 292 shares dated in 01/2024 and 01/2025 as compensation items.
Ensign Group, Inc. director Marivic Uychiat Pison reported open-market sales of company common stock under preset trading plans. On February 19, 2026, she sold 83 shares at an average price of $211.016 per share. On February 20, 2026, she sold an additional 67 shares at an average price of $204.921 per share. The filing states both transactions were executed pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 trading plans and that the shares were sold to cover taxes on restricted stock awards granted in February 2021 and February 2022. Following these sales, she reported owning 14,340 common shares directly.
Ensign Group, Inc. executive Beverly B. Wittekind exercised employee stock options for 500 shares on February 19, 2026, converting them into common stock at $83.64 per share. The same day, 500 common shares were sold at $210.23 under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan and 113 shares were withheld to cover taxes, leaving 32,666 shares held directly.