Co-Founder and Former Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board · The Ensign Group, Inc. (ENSG)

Christopher Christensen

A named executive officer of Ensign in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2016 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$2,565,229

FY2024: $4,649,566

5th of 5 named executive officers at Ensign by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for Ensign, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 2, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Christopher Christensen compensation by year

Ensign Summary Compensation Table · all 9 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Ensign reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$476,197$490,483$505,198$522,892$538,579$554,736$588,519$606,175$469,620
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$2,070,000
Stock awards$70,460$59,001$2,521,548$1,719,859$482,788$740,592$830,640$662,742$0
Option awards$31,716$96,756$0$383,166$85,142$211,094$289,004$882,590$0
Non-equity incentive$1,000,000$1,164,999$2,667,852$3,658,133$1,706,892$2,241,291$2,294,364$2,450,966—
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$33,787$27,421$35,261$27,662$36,837$40,155$43,665$47,093$25,609
Total$1,612,160$1,838,660$5,729,859$6,311,712$2,850,238$3,787,868$4,046,192$4,649,566$2,565,229

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: The Ensign Group, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 2, 2026, accession 0001125376-26-000014, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the The Ensign Group, Inc. filed document, accession 0001125376-26-000014. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 2, 2026.

$1.6M
$1.8M
$5.7M
$6.3M
$2.9M
$3.8M
$4.0M
$4.6M
$2.6M
FY16
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2024 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU2,240$297,606—
RSU1,680$223,205—
RSU1,000$132,860—
RSU400$53,144—
Option1,000—$44.84
Option2,500—$82.20
Option4,200—$80.60
Option5,600—$90.85
Option13,500—$143.00

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in The Ensign Group, Inc.'s FY2024 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Ensign’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Barry PortChief Executive Officer and Chairman of Board$13,804,700
Suzanne SnapperChief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Director$11,891,115
Spencer BurtonPresident and Chief Operations Officer, Ensign Services, Inc.$9,621,854
Chad KeetchChief Investment Officer and Executive Vice President and Secretary$8,377,038
Christopher Christensen · this pageCo-Founder and Former Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board$2,565,229

Board service

Ensign board · FY2023–FY2024

How this board is paid

Company policy: Ensign pays directors a $30,000 cash retainer. As stated in Ensign's FY2024 proxy.

Committees

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