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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Aflac Incorporated stock logo
AFL
Aflac
$88.37
+1.4%
$84.18
$64.10
$88.41
$50.21B0.912.25 million shs2.26 million shs
Centene Co. stock logo
CNC
Centene
$78.06
+1.2%
$75.40
$60.83
$81.42
$41.66B0.413.19 million shs2.64 million shs
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
$355.78
+0.2%
$322.15
$298.61
$530.54
$42.87B0.51.96 million shs1.44 million shs
Principal Financial Group, Inc. stock logo
PFG
Principal Financial Group
$85.13
+1.0%
$82.46
$65.17
$86.79
$19.95B1.241.10 million shs601,070 shs
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Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Aflac Incorporated stock logo
AFL
Aflac
+1.41%+2.64%+10.10%+11.33%+33.51%
Centene Co. stock logo
CNC
Centene
+1.17%+0.35%+8.45%-0.86%+16.16%
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
+0.17%+6.02%+9.99%-3.04%-31.62%
Principal Financial Group, Inc. stock logo
PFG
Principal Financial Group
+1.01%+1.39%+8.47%+6.36%+22.68%

MarketRank™

CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Aflac Incorporated stock logo
AFL
Aflac
4.4953 of 5 stars
2.02.04.23.83.12.51.9
Centene Co. stock logo
CNC
Centene
4.5899 of 5 stars
2.34.00.03.92.72.53.1
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
4.9804 of 5 stars
3.24.03.33.91.83.33.1
Principal Financial Group, Inc. stock logo
PFG
Principal Financial Group
4.108 of 5 stars
1.90.04.20.03.81.73.8

Analyst Ratings

CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Aflac Incorporated stock logo
AFL
Aflac
2.08
Hold$82.38-6.77% Downside
Centene Co. stock logo
CNC
Centene
2.50
Moderate Buy$85.239.19% Upside
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
2.47
Hold$424.5019.32% Upside
Principal Financial Group, Inc. stock logo
PFG
Principal Financial Group
1.80
Reduce$80.30-5.67% Downside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest AFL, CNC, HUM, and PFG Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
5/10/2024
Aflac Incorporated stock logo
AFL
Aflac
Wells Fargo & Company
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Boost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$81.00 ➝ $82.00
5/3/2024
Aflac Incorporated stock logo
AFL
Aflac
Truist Financial
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Boost Price TargetHold ➝ Hold$80.00 ➝ $82.00
5/2/2024
Centene Co. stock logo
CNC
Centene
Barclays
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Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$101.00 ➝ $104.00
4/30/2024
Centene Co. stock logo
CNC
Centene
Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft
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Boost Price TargetHold ➝ Hold$81.00 ➝ $82.00
4/29/2024
Centene Co. stock logo
CNC
Centene
Oppenheimer
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Reiterated RatingOutperform ➝ Outperform$110.00 ➝ $110.00
4/29/2024
Principal Financial Group, Inc. stock logo
PFG
Principal Financial Group
Wells Fargo & Company
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Lower Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$91.00 ➝ $85.00
4/25/2024
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
Royal Bank of Canada
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Lower Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$415.00 ➝ $353.00
4/25/2024
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
Cantor Fitzgerald
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$391.00 ➝ $360.00
4/25/2024
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
UBS Group
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Lower Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$334.00 ➝ $326.00
4/25/2024
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
Oppenheimer
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Lower Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$415.00 ➝ $370.00
4/22/2024
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
Jefferies Financial Group
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$411.00 ➝ $381.00
(Data available from 5/18/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Aflac Incorporated stock logo
AFL
Aflac
$18.70B2.69$7.86 per share11.24$41.42 per share2.13
Centene Co. stock logo
CNC
Centene
$154.00B0.27$9.24 per share8.45$50.68 per share1.54
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
$106.37B0.40$35.12 per share10.13$134.32 per share2.65
Principal Financial Group, Inc. stock logo
PFG
Principal Financial Group
$13.67B1.46$7.97 per share10.68$47.92 per share1.78

Profitability & Earnings

CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Aflac Incorporated stock logo
AFL
Aflac
$4.66B$9.069.7512.812.3827.67%16.88%2.95%8/6/2024 (Estimated)
Centene Co. stock logo
CNC
Centene
$2.70B$5.0315.5210.341.011.76%14.19%4.42%7/26/2024 (Estimated)
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
$2.49B$16.0622.1517.372.021.82%17.76%5.63%8/7/2024 (Estimated)
Principal Financial Group, Inc. stock logo
PFG
Principal Financial Group
$623.20M$5.2416.2510.060.918.70%15.06%0.54%7/25/2024 (Estimated)

Latest AFL, CNC, HUM, and PFG Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
5/6/2024Q1 2024
Aflac Incorporated stock logo
AFL
Aflac
$1.58$1.66+$0.08$0.07$4.09 billion$5.44 billion      
4/26/2024Q1 24
Centene Co. stock logo
CNC
Centene
$2.09$2.26+$0.17$2.36$36.43 billion$40.41 billion    
4/25/2024Q1 2024
Principal Financial Group, Inc. stock logo
PFG
Principal Financial Group
$1.74$1.65-$0.09$1.08$3.68 billion$4.05 billion    
4/24/2024Q1 24
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
$6.12$7.23+$1.11$8.35$28.52 billion$29.61 billion      

Dividends

CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Aflac Incorporated stock logo
AFL
Aflac
$2.002.26%+14.47%22.08%43 Years
Centene Co. stock logo
CNC
Centene
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
$3.540.99%+12.29%22.04%7 Years
Principal Financial Group, Inc. stock logo
PFG
Principal Financial Group
$2.763.24%+5.09%52.67%16 Years

Latest AFL, CNC, HUM, and PFG Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
4/18/2024
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
quarterly$0.88501.09%6/28/20246/28/20247/26/2024
4/24/2024
Principal Financial Group, Inc. stock logo
PFG
Principal Financial Group
quarterly$0.713.5%6/3/20246/3/20246/27/2024
5/1/2024
Aflac Incorporated stock logo
AFL
Aflac
quarterly$0.502.36%5/21/20245/22/20246/3/2024
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Aflac Incorporated stock logo
AFL
Aflac
0.34
0.08
0.08
Centene Co. stock logo
CNC
Centene
0.66
1.17
1.17
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
0.77
1.67
1.67
Principal Financial Group, Inc. stock logo
PFG
Principal Financial Group
0.35
0.29
0.29

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Aflac Incorporated stock logo
AFL
Aflac
67.44%
Centene Co. stock logo
CNC
Centene
93.63%
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
92.38%
Principal Financial Group, Inc. stock logo
PFG
Principal Financial Group
75.08%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Aflac Incorporated stock logo
AFL
Aflac
0.90%
Centene Co. stock logo
CNC
Centene
0.33%
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
0.32%
Principal Financial Group, Inc. stock logo
PFG
Principal Financial Group
1.06%

Miscellaneous

CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Aflac Incorporated stock logo
AFL
Aflac
12,785568.22 million563.11 millionOptionable
Centene Co. stock logo
CNC
Centene
67,700533.66 million531.90 millionOptionable
Humana Inc. stock logo
HUM
Humana
67,600120.50 million120.12 millionOptionable
Principal Financial Group, Inc. stock logo
PFG
Principal Financial Group
19,800234.38 million231.90 millionOptionable

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Company Descriptions

Aflac logo

Aflac

NYSE:AFL
Aflac Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, provides supplemental health and life insurance products. The company operates through Aflac Japan and Aflac U.S. segments. The Aflac Japan segment offers cancer, medical, nursing care, work leave, GIFT, and whole and term life insurance products, as well as WAYS and child endowment plans under saving type insurance products in Japan. The Aflac U.S. segment provides cancer, accident, short-term disability, critical illness, hospital indemnity, dental, vision, long-term care and disability, and term and whole life insurance products in the United States. It sells its products through sales associates, brokers, independent corporate agencies, individual agencies, and affiliated corporate agencies. Aflac Incorporated was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Columbus, Georgia.
Centene logo

Centene

NYSE:CNC
Centene Corporation operates as a healthcare enterprise that provides programs and services to under-insured and uninsured families, commercial organizations, and military families in the United States. The company operates through Medicaid, Medicare, Commercial, and Other segments. The Medicaid segment offers health plan coverage, including medicaid expansion, aged, blind, disabled, children's health insurance program, foster care, medicare-medicaid plans, long-term services and support. This segment also provides healthcare products. The Medicare segment offers special needs and medicare supplement, and prescription drug plans. The Commercial segment provides health insurance marketplace product for individual, small, and large group commercials. It also operates clinical healthcare and pharmacies, as well as offers dental services. In addition, the company engages in the government contracts business under the TRICARE program and other healthcare related government contracts. It provides services through primary and specialty care physicians, hospitals, and ancillary providers. Centene Corporation was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Humana logo

Humana

NYSE:HUM
Humana Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides medical and specialty insurance products in the United States. It operates through two segments, Insurance and CenterWell. The company offers medical and supplemental benefit plans to individuals. It has a contract with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to administer the Limited Income Newly Eligible Transition prescription drug plan program; and contracts with various states to provide Medicaid, dual eligible, and long-term support services benefits. In addition, the company provides commercial fully-insured medical and specialty health insurance benefits comprising dental, vision, life insurance, and other supplemental health benefits, as well as administrative services only products to individuals and employer groups; military services, such as TRICARE T2017 East Region contract; and engages in the operations of pharmacy benefit manager business. Further, it operates pharmacies and senior focused primary care centers; and offers home solutions services, such as home health, hospice, and other services to its health plan members, as well as to third parties. The company sells its products through employers and employees, independent brokers and agents, sales representatives, and digital insurance agencies. The company was formerly known as Extendicare Inc. and changed its name to Humana Inc. in April 1974. Humana Inc. was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.
Principal Financial Group logo

Principal Financial Group

NYSE:PFG
Principal Financial Group, Inc. provides retirement, asset management, and insurance products and services to businesses, individuals, and institutional clients worldwide. The company operates through Retirement and Income Solutions, Principal Asset Management, and Benefits and Protection segments. The Retirement and Income Solutions segment provides retirement, and related financial products and services. It offers products and services for defined contribution plans, including 401(k) and 403(b) plans, defined benefit plans, nonqualified executive benefit plans, employee stock ownership plans, equity compensation, and pension risk transfer services; individual retirement accounts; investment only products; and mutual funds, individual variable annuities, registered index-linked annuities, and bank products, as well as trust and custody services. The Principal Asset Management segment provides equity, fixed income, real estate, and other alternative investments, as well as asset allocation, stable value management, and other structured investment strategies. It also offers pension accumulation products and services, mutual funds, asset management, income annuities, and life insurance accumulation products, as well as voluntary savings plans in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Asia, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and Southeast Asia. The Benefits and Protection segment provides specialty benefits, such as group dental and vision insurance, group life insurance, and group and individual disability insurance, as well as administers group dental, disability, and vision benefits; and individual life insurance products comprising universal, variable universal, indexed universal, and term life insurance products. It also offers insurance solutions for small and medium-sized businesses and their owners, as well as employees. Principal Financial Group, Inc. was founded in 1879 and is based in Des Moines, Iowa.