Cigna Group (CI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

The Cigna Group (NYSE: CI) is a global health services company that provides insurance coverage, health care benefits and related services. Its operations are primarily organized through Cigna Healthcare, which offers medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health and other benefit programs to employers, government organizations and individuals, primarily in the United States.

The company also operates Evernorth Health Services, a health services platform that includes pharmacy benefit management, specialty pharmacy, care management and health-care delivery capabilities. Key businesses include Express Scripts, which manages prescription drug benefits, and Accredo, which provides specialty pharmacy services for people with complex or chronic conditions. Evernorth also provides data, analytics and care coordination services intended to help health plans, employers and health-care providers manage costs and improve outcomes.

The Cigna Group traces its history to the merger of Insurance Company of North America and Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, which formed Cigna in 1982. The company has historically operated in international markets as well as the United States, although it has restructured its international portfolio in recent years. Its leadership has included David M. Cordani, who served for many years as the company’s president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $304.67 to $316.27
• 50-Day Range: $265.54 to $315.01
• 52-Week Range: $239.51 to $316.27
• Volume: 1.58 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.62 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $83.24 billion
• P/E Ratio: 9.67
• Dividend Yield: 1.98%
• Price Target: $338.24
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Cigna Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Cigna Group scored higher than 93% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 16th out of 903 stocks in the healthcare sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.9 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Cigna Group has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.65, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 15 buy ratings, 8 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Cigna Group is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Cigna Group has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.70%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Cigna Group are expected to grow by 9.70% in the coming year, from $30.50 to $33.46 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Cigna Group is 9.67, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.78.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Cigna Group is 9.67, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Healthcare sector average P/E ratio of about 177.41.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Cigna Group has a PEG Ratio of 1.03. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Cigna Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.98. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.65% of the float of Cigna Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Cigna Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Cigna Group has recently increased by 5.92%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Cigna Group pays a meaningful dividend of 2.05%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Cigna Group has been increasing its dividend for 5 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Cigna Group is 25.82%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Cigna Group will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.65% next year. This indicates that Cigna Group will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.99

News Sentiment

Cigna Group has a news sentiment score of 0.99. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.47 average news sentiment score of Healthcare companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for Cigna Group this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 14 people have searched for CI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -13% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

18 people have added Cigna Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Cigna Group insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $6,293,359.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.60% of the stock of Cigna Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

86.99% of the stock of Cigna Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Record date for 9/23 Dividend: 9/08/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/23 Dividend: 9/08/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/23/2026
• Today: 10/22/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Healthcare
• Industry: Healthcare Providers & Services
• Sub-Industry: Healthcare Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CI
• CIK: 1739940
• Web: www.thecignagroup.com
• Phone: (860) 226-6000
• Fax: 860-226-6741
• Employees: 67,700
• Year Founded: 1981

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Cigna Group: $338.24
• High Price Target: $400.00
• Low Price Target: $290.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +7.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.65
• Research Coverage: 23 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $24.17
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 9.67
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.33
• P/E Growth: 1.03
• Net Income: $5.96 billion
• Net Margins: 2.27%
• Pretax Margin: 3.06%
• Return on Equity: 19.75%
• Return on Assets: 5.34%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.68
• Current Ratio: 0.76
• Quick Ratio: 0.76

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $274.90 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.30
• Cash Flow: $42.40 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.43
• Book Value: $158.90 per share
• Price / Book: 1.98

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 264,240,000
• Free Float: 262,655,000
• Market Cap: $83.24 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.29