NYSE:HUMHumana Stock Price, Forecast & News

Humana's stock was trading at $328.22 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, HUM shares have increased by 16.7% and is now trading at $382.99. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

20 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Humana in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 14 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Humana.

Humana is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Humana.

Humana will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, August 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 Inc (NYSE:HUM) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The insurance provider reported $5.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $4.84 by $0.56. The insurance provider had revenue of $18.94 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $18.49 billion. Humana had a net margin of 3.86% and a return on equity of 21.02%. The firm's revenue was up 17.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $4.48 earnings per share. View Humana's earnings history.

Humana announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 23rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.625 per share on Friday, July 31st. This represents a $2.50 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.65%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 29th. View Humana's dividend history.

Humana updated its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Friday, May, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 18.25-18.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $18.54.

20 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Humana's shares. Their forecasts range from $290.00 to $510.00. On average, they expect Humana's share price to reach $412.05 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Humana.

News articles about HUM stock have trended negative on Thursday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Humana earned a news impact score of -2.1 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 media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Humana.

Humana saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,400,000 shares, a drop of 33.3% from the June 15th total of 2,100,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,210,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.2 days. Currently, 1.1% 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), Anthem (ANTM), Cigna (CI), Centene (CNC), Molina Healthcare (MOH), Magellan Health (MGLN) and Triple-S Management (GTS). View all competitors.

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

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

Humana's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%), Silverleafe Capital Partners LLC (0.00%), IBM Retirement Fund (0.00%) and Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.00%). 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, Roy A Beveridge, Timothy Alan Wheatley and Timothy S Huval. View institutional ownership trends for Humana.

HUM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, DNB Asset Management AS, Diversified Trust Co, Ellevest Inc., and IBM Retirement Fund. Company insiders that have sold Humana company stock in the last year include Brian P Leclaire, David A Jr/Ky Jones, Elizabeth D Bierbower, James J /Ky Obrien, Timothy Alan Wheatley, and Timothy S Huval. View insider buying and selling activity for Humana.

HUM stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Silverleafe Capital Partners LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Private Trust Co. NA, Clarius Group LLC, and Carroll Financial Associates Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity for Humana.

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One share of HUM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $382.99.

Humana has a market capitalization of $50.64 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 46,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Humana is 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]