NYSE:HUM - Humana Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Humana announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be given a dividend of $0.55 per share on Friday, January 31st. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.60%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 30th. View Humana's Dividend History.

Humana Inc (NYSE:HUM) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The insurance provider reported $5.03 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $4.58 by $0.45. The insurance provider earned $16.24 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $16.15 billion. Humana had a return on equity of 22.32% and a net margin of 4.06%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 14.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $4.58 earnings per share. View Humana's Earnings History.

Humana is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Humana.

Humana will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 5th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Humana updated its FY 2019 After-Hours earnings guidance on Monday, December, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 17.75-17.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $17.77.

16 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Humana's shares. Their forecasts range from $290.00 to $448.00. On average, they anticipate Humana's stock price to reach $355.75 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Humana.

16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Humana in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Humana.

News coverage about HUM stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing 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 five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Humana earned a coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Humana.

Humana saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,180,000 shares, an increase of 13.0% from the December 15th total of 1,930,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 957,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the company 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), NVIDIA (NVDA), Mastercard (MA), Walt Disney (DIS), Visa (V), Alibaba Group (BABA), Boeing (BA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), salesforce.com (CRM) and Netflix (NFLX).

Humana's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Calamos Advisors LLC (0.17%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.16%), PGGM Investments (0.07%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.06%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%) and Rhenman & Partners Asset Management AB (0.05%). 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 Calamos Advisors LLC, Coronation Fund Managers Ltd., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Atlas Brown Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, FormulaFolio Investments LLC, Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co. and B & T Capital Management DBA Alpha Capital Management. Company insiders that have sold Humana company stock in the last year include Brian P Leclaire, Christopher H Hunter, Elizabeth D Bierbower, James J /Ky Obrien, Roy A Beveridge, Timothy Alan Wheatley and Timothy S Huval. View Insider Buying and Selling for Humana.

HUM stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Scout Investments Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Rhenman & Partners Asset Management AB, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, TrimTabs Asset Management LLC and Sciencast Management LP. 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 $365.72.

Humana has a market capitalization of $48.43 billion and generates $56.91 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $1.68 billion in net income (profit) each year or $14.55 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]