NYSE:MOH - Molina Healthcare Stock Price, Forecast & News

Molina Healthcare's stock was trading at $131.92 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MOH shares have increased by 2.5% and is now trading at $135.17. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Molina Healthcare in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Molina Healthcare.

Molina Healthcare is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Molina Healthcare.

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:MOH) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February, 10th. The company reported $2.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.65 by $0.08. The company earned $4.27 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.28 billion. Molina Healthcare had a return on equity of 40.80% and a net margin of 4.38%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 8.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $3.07 EPS. View Molina Healthcare's earnings history.

Molina Healthcare issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Monday, February, 10th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $11.20-11.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $11.63. The company issued revenue guidance of approx $18.30 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $17.96 billion.

10 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Molina Healthcare's shares. Their forecasts range from $120.00 to $206.00. On average, they anticipate Molina Healthcare's share price to reach $157.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Molina Healthcare.

Headlines about MOH stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Molina Healthcare earned a news impact score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutMolina Healthcare.

Molina Healthcare saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 2,953,600 shares, an increase of 7.0% from the February 27th total of 2,760,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 637,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.6 days. Currently, 4.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Molina Healthcare's Current Options Chain.

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

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Molina Healthcare trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MOH."

Molina Healthcare's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Capital World Investors (9.76%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (6.65%), FMR LLC (5.66%), Capital International Investors (3.44%), State Street Corp (2.32%) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.66%). Company insiders that own Molina Healthcare stock include Charles Z Fedak, Dale B Wolf, Daniel Cooperman, Garrey Carruthers, James Woys, Jeff D Barlow, Norman Nichols, Ronna Romney and Steven J Orlando. View institutional ownership trends for Molina Healthcare.

MOH stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Partner Fund Management L.P., Smith Asset Management Group LP, AQR Capital Management LLC, FMR LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Iridian Asset Management LLC CT, Renaissance Technologies LLC, and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Molina Healthcare company stock in the last year include Dale B Wolf, Daniel Cooperman, Garrey Carruthers, Ronna Romney, and Steven J Orlando. View insider buying and selling activity for Molina Healthcare.

MOH stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Norges Bank, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, Bank of America Corp DE, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., and First Trust Advisors LP. View insider buying and selling activity for Molina Healthcare.

Shares of MOH 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 MOH stock can currently be purchased for approximately $135.17.

Molina Healthcare has a market capitalization of $8.23 billion and generates $16.83 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $737 million in net income (profit) each year or $11.57 on an earnings per share basis. Molina Healthcare employs 10,000 workers across the globe. View additional information about Molina Healthcare.

The official website for Molina Healthcare is http://www.molinahealthcare.com/.

Molina Healthcare's mailing address is 200 OCEANGATE SUITE 100, LONG BEACH CA, 90802. The company can be reached via phone at 562-435-3666.