Humana (HUM) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend CI or HUM?

Cigna Group currently has a consensus price target of $374.76, indicating a potential upside of 27.52%. Humana has a consensus price target of $289.24, indicating a potential upside of 6.32%. Given Cigna Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cigna Group is more favorable than Humana.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cigna Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Humana	0 Sell rating(s)	16 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CI or HUM?

Cigna Group has higher revenue and earnings than Humana. Cigna Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Humana, 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	0.32	$3.43B	$18.32	16.04
Humana	$123.11B	0.27	$1.21B	$13.03	20.88

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CI or HUM?

87.0% of Cigna Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.4% of Humana shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Cigna Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Humana shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is CI or HUM a better dividend stock?

Cigna Group pays an annual dividend of $6.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Humana pays an annual dividend of $3.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Cigna Group pays out 33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Humana pays out 27.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Cigna Group has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Cigna Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is CI or HUM more profitable?

Cigna Group has a net margin of 1.92% compared to Humana's net margin of 1.28%. Cigna Group's return on equity of 18.80% beat Humana's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cigna Group	1.92%	18.80%	5.02%
Humana	1.28%	13.67%	4.85%

Which has more risk & volatility, CI or HUM?

Cigna Group has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Humana has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CI or HUM?

In the previous week, Cigna Group had 11 more articles in the media than Humana. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Cigna Group and 25 mentions for Humana. Humana's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Cigna Group's score of 1.23 indicating that Humana is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cigna Group	27 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Humana	21 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Cigna Group beats Humana on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.