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HUM vs. CI, CNC, ELV, MOH, UNH, SEM, JYNT, AEMD, SNY, and MDT

Should you be buying Humana stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Humana include Cigna Group (CI), Centene (CNC), Elevance Health (ELV), Molina Healthcare (MOH), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Select Medical (SEM), Joint (JYNT), Aethlon Medical (AEMD), Sanofi (SNY), and Medtronic (MDT). These companies are all part of the "medical" sector.

Humana vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Cigna Group had 17 more articles in the media than Humana. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Cigna Group and 27 mentions for Humana. Humana's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Cigna Group's score of 0.98 indicating that Humana is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Humana
15 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Cigna Group
28 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Humana has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cigna Group has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Humana pays an annual dividend of $3.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Cigna Group pays an annual dividend of $6.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Humana pays out 27.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cigna Group pays out 33.0% 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Humana$117.76B0.27$1.21B$13.0320.45
Cigna Group$247.12B0.30$3.43B$18.3215.01

92.4% of Humana shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.0% of Cigna Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Humana shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Cigna Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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
Humana1.28% 13.67% 4.85%
Cigna Group 1.92%18.80%5.02%

Humana currently has a consensus target price of $281.62, indicating a potential upside of 5.71%. Cigna Group has a consensus target price of $377.72, indicating a potential upside of 37.32%. Given Cigna Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cigna Group is more favorable than Humana.

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

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HUM vs. The Competition

MetricHumanaMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$32.01B$35.47B$5.45B$20.68B
Dividend Yield1.38%67.97%3.99%3.69%
P/E Ratio20.438.9530.0328.57
Price / Sales0.270.69376.7966.60
Price / Cash10.757.9535.9423.59
Price / Book1.752.298.164.31
Net Income$1.21B$2.64B$3.25B$995.66M
7 Day Performance7.78%2.12%1.08%2.02%
1 Month Performance12.17%-10.79%2.75%-0.45%
1 Year Performance-23.95%-38.13%28.51%14.87%

Humana Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HUM
Humana
4.4096 of 5 stars
$266.65
+4.1%
$281.62
+5.6%
-25.9%$32.07B$117.76B20.4665,680Positive News
CI
Cigna Group
5 of 5 stars
$265.42
+1.2%
$376.56
+41.9%
-17.9%$71.05B$247.12B14.5373,500Analyst Forecast
CNC
Centene
4.9542 of 5 stars
$26.21
+1.2%
$42.20
+61.0%
-66.3%$12.91B$163.07B6.5160,500Trending News
ELV
Elevance Health
4.9357 of 5 stars
$274.42
-0.1%
$418.19
+52.4%
-45.6%$62.01B$177.01B11.72104,200Positive News
MOH
Molina Healthcare
4.9815 of 5 stars
$158.00
+1.9%
$244.55
+54.8%
-53.2%$8.61B$40.65B7.8318,000Insider Trade
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
4.9963 of 5 stars
$240.38
+1.1%
$371.67
+54.6%
-56.8%$219.02B$400.28B10.46400,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
SEM
Select Medical
4.997 of 5 stars
$12.07
-4.0%
$24.60
+103.8%
-62.9%$1.55B$5.19B11.4144,100News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
JYNT
Joint
3.6987 of 5 stars
$11.15
+2.0%
$15.50
+39.0%
-10.2%$169.68M$51.90M-19.12320News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
AEMD
Aethlon Medical
1.2768 of 5 stars
$1.21
+3.9%
$56.00
+4,547.3%
-42.8%$3.12M$570K-0.1010Upcoming Earnings
SNY
Sanofi
4.2642 of 5 stars
$47.89
+2.4%
$62.00
+29.5%
-8.4%$117.40B$45.74B11.5182,878Trending News
Analyst Forecast
MDT
Medtronic
4.6305 of 5 stars
$89.53
+0.2%
$98.19
+9.7%
+12.5%$114.86B$33.54B24.7495,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:HUM) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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