HUM vs. CNC, MOH, CI, ELV, ALC, IDXX, HLN, IQV, GEHC, and TAK
Should you be buying Humana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Humana include Centene (CNC), Molina Healthcare (MOH), The Cigna Group (CI), Elevance Health (ELV), Alcon (ALC), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), Haleon (HLN), IQVIA (IQV), GE HealthCare Technologies (GEHC), and Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.
Humana (NYSE:HUM) and Centene (NYSE:CNC) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.
Humana currently has a consensus price target of $424.50, suggesting a potential upside of 30.96%. Centene has a consensus price target of $85.23, suggesting a potential upside of 12.35%. Given Humana's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Humana is more favorable than Centene.
In the previous week, Humana had 1 more articles in the media than Centene. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Humana and 19 mentions for Centene. Centene's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Humana's score of 0.34 indicating that Centene is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
92.4% of Humana shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Centene shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Humana shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Centene shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Centene received 129 more outperform votes than Humana when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.25% of users gave Centene an outperform vote while only 64.15% of users gave Humana an outperform vote.
Humana has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centene has a beta of 0.41, suggesting that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Centene has higher revenue and earnings than Humana. Centene is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Humana, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Humana has a net margin of 1.82% compared to Centene's net margin of 1.76%. Humana's return on equity of 17.76% beat Centene's return on equity.
Summary
Humana beats Centene on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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