MOH vs. HUM, CNC, BNTX, BAX, STE, ARGX, ILMN, PHG, ALGN, and GMAB
Should you be buying Molina Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Molina Healthcare include Humana (HUM), Centene (CNC), BioNTech (BNTX), Baxter International (BAX), STERIS (STE), argenx (ARGX), Illumina (ILMN), Koninklijke Philips (PHG), Align Technology (ALGN), and Genmab A/S (GMAB). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Humana (NYSE:HUM) and Molina Healthcare (NYSE:MOH) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.
92.4% of Humana shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Molina Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Humana shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Molina Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Humana has higher revenue and earnings than Molina Healthcare. Molina Healthcare is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Humana, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Humana had 33 more articles in the media than Molina Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 69 mentions for Humana and 36 mentions for Molina Healthcare. Humana's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Molina Healthcare's score of 0.32 indicating that Molina Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Humana received 358 more outperform votes than Molina Healthcare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.15% of users gave Humana an outperform vote while only 56.93% of users gave Molina Healthcare an outperform vote.
Molina Healthcare has a net margin of 2.99% compared to Molina Healthcare's net margin of 1.82%. Humana's return on equity of 29.86% beat Molina Healthcare's return on equity.
Humana currently has a consensus target price of $424.50, suggesting a potential upside of 39.60%. Molina Healthcare has a consensus target price of $400.70, suggesting a potential upside of 15.77%. Given Molina Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Humana is more favorable than Molina Healthcare.
Humana has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molina Healthcare has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Humana and Molina Healthcare tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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