NYSE:HUM - Humana Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Humana declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 21st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 31st will be given a dividend of $0.625 per share on Friday, April 24th. This represents a $2.50 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 30th. This is a boost from Humana's previous quarterly dividend of $0.55. View Humana's Dividend History.

Humana Inc (NYSE:HUM) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 5th. The insurance provider reported $2.28 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.20 by $0.08. The insurance provider earned $16.30 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $16.15 billion. Humana had a return on equity of 20.89% and a net margin of 4.17%. The business's revenue was up 15.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.65 EPS. View Humana's Earnings History.

Humana is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Humana.

Humana updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 5th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $18.25-18.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $18.63.

17 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Humana's shares. Their forecasts range from $290.00 to $460.00. On average, they anticipate Humana's share price to reach $384.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Humana.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Humana in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Humana.

News headlines about HUM stock have trended very negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Humana earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the insurance provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Humana.

Humana saw a decline in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,930,000 shares, a decline of 11.5% from the January 15th total of 2,180,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 934,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days. Approximately 1.5% of the company's shares are sold short. View Humana's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Humana include UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Cigna (CI), Anthem (ANTM), Centene (CNC), WellCare Health Plans (WCG), Molina Healthcare (MOH), Magellan Health (MGLN) and Triple-S Management (GTS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Humana investors own include UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Walt Disney (DIS), Mastercard (MA), Visa (V), Boeing (BA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Netflix (NFLX) and Home Depot (HD).

Humana's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Capital International Investors (7.58%), Capital Research Global Investors (5.91%), FMR LLC (4.71%), State Street Corp (4.36%), Capital World Investors (3.92%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.23%). Company insiders that own Humana stock include Brian P Leclaire, Bruce D Broussard, Christopher H Hunter, Cynthia H Zipperle, David A Jr/Ky Jones, Elizabeth D Bierbower, Heidi S Margulis, James J /Ky Obrien, Jody L Bilney, M Todoroff Christopher, Roy A Beveridge, Timothy Alan Wheatley, Timothy S Huval and William Kevin Fleming. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Humana.

HUM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including GQG Partners LLC, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Maverick Capital Ltd., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Marshall Wace LLP, FMR LLC and Point72 Asset Management L.P.. Company insiders that have sold Humana company stock in the last year include Brian P Leclaire, Elizabeth D Bierbower, James J /Ky Obrien, Timothy Alan Wheatley and Timothy S Huval. View Insider Buying and Selling for Humana.

HUM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital Research Global Investors, AQR Capital Management LLC, Man Group plc, Capital World Investors, Boston Partners, First Trust Advisors LP, Panagora Asset Management Inc. and Schroder Investment Management Group. View Insider Buying and Selling for Humana.

Shares of HUM can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HUM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $332.02.

Humana has a market capitalization of $43.86 billion and generates $64.89 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $2.71 billion in net income (profit) each year or $17.87 on an earnings per share basis. Humana employs 41,600 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Humana.

The official website for Humana is http://www.humana.com/.

Humana's mailing address is 500 West Main Street, LOUISVILLE KY, 40202. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at 502-580-1000 or via email at [email protected]