Humana - HUM Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Humana in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" HUM shares.
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16 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Humana's shares. Their HUM share price forecasts range from $506.00 to $652.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $600.24 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 23.8% from the stock's current price.
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Humana's stock was trading at $512.19 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, HUM stock has decreased by 5.3% and is now trading at $484.86.
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Humana saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,430,000 shares, a drop of 9.7% from the December 15th total of 2,690,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,020,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.4 days. Currently, 1.9% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 26th 2023.
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Humana Inc. (NYSE:HUM) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February, 1st. The insurance provider reported $1.62 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.46 by $0.16. The insurance provider had revenue of $22.44 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $22.45 billion. Humana had a net margin of 3.02% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 20.50%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 6.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.24 earnings per share.
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Humana announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.7875 per share on Friday, January 27th. This represents a $3.15 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 29th.
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Humana (NYSE:HUM) pays an annual dividend of $3.15 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.66%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 14.29%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HUM will have a dividend payout ratio of 9.96% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Humana issued an update on its FY23 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 1st. The company provided EPS guidance of at least $28.00 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $28.01.

1,597 employees have rated Humana Chief Executive Officer Bruce D. Broussard on Glassdoor.com. Bruce D. Broussard has an approval rating of 87% among the company's employees.

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Humana trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HUM."

Humana's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Newport Trust Co (1.07%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.34%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.24%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.20%), CCLA Investment Management (0.14%) and Bank of Montreal Can (0.13%). Insiders that own company stock include Bruce D Broussard, Christopher H Hunter, David A Jr/Ky Jones, David A Jr/Ky Jones, Jorge S Mesquita, Joseph C Ventura, Samir Deshpande, Susan M Diamond, Timothy Alan Wheatley, Timothy S Huval and William Kevin Fleming.
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One share of HUM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $484.86.

Humana (NYSE:HUM) has a market capitalization of $61.38 billion and generates $92.87 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $2.81 billion in net income (profit) each year or $22.04 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 95,500 workers across the globe.

Humana's mailing address is 500 West Main Street, LOUISVILLE KY, 40202. The official website for the company is www.humana.com. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at (502) 580-1000, via email at amysmith@humana.com, or via fax at 502-580-3639.