Cigna Group (CI) Competitors

Cigna Group (NYSE:CI) and Centene (NYSE:CNC) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Is CI or CNC more profitable?

Cigna Group has a net margin of 1.92% compared to Centene's net margin of 1.15%. Cigna Group's return on equity of 18.80% beat Centene's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cigna Group	1.92%	18.80%	5.02%
Centene	1.15%	9.57%	3.10%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CI or CNC?

87.0% of Cigna Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Centene shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Cigna Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Centene shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CI or CNC?

Cigna Group has higher revenue and earnings than Centene. Centene is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cigna Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cigna Group	$247.12B	0.29	$3.43B	$18.32	14.74
Centene	$163.07B	0.08	$3.31B	$4.04	6.25

Which has more volatility & risk, CI or CNC?

Cigna Group has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its stock price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Centene has a beta of 0.4, suggesting that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CI or CNC?

Cigna Group presently has a consensus target price of $377.72, suggesting a potential upside of 39.90%. Centene has a consensus target price of $42.20, suggesting a potential upside of 67.24%. Given Centene's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Centene is more favorable than Cigna Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cigna Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Centene	1 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.12

Does the media refer more to CI or CNC?

In the previous week, Centene had 23 more articles in the media than Cigna Group. MarketBeat recorded 67 mentions for Centene and 44 mentions for Cigna Group. Cigna Group's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Centene's score of 0.37 indicating that Cigna Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cigna Group	25 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Centene	19 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	35 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Cigna Group beats Centene on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.