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$310.15 -9.47 (-2.96%)
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MOH vs. CNC, HUM, UNH, ELV, CI, OSCR, ALHC, TRUP, CLOV, and NEUE

Should you be buying Molina Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Molina Healthcare include Centene (CNC), Humana (HUM), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Elevance Health (ELV), The Cigna Group (CI), Oscar Health (OSCR), Alignment Healthcare (ALHC), Trupanion (TRUP), Clover Health Investments (CLOV), and NeueHealth (NEUE). These companies are all part of the "hospital & medical service plans" industry.

Molina Healthcare vs.

Centene (NYSE:CNC) and Molina Healthcare (NYSE:MOH) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Centene received 504 more outperform votes than Molina Healthcare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.16% of users gave Centene an outperform vote while only 56.92% of users gave Molina Healthcare an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CenteneOutperform Votes
1055
73.16%
Underperform Votes
387
26.84%
Molina HealthcareOutperform Votes
551
56.92%
Underperform Votes
417
43.08%

In the previous week, Centene had 6 more articles in the media than Molina Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Centene and 26 mentions for Molina Healthcare. Centene's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Molina Healthcare's score of 1.16 indicating that Centene is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Centene
25 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Molina Healthcare
19 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Molina Healthcare has a net margin of 2.90% compared to Centene's net margin of 2.03%. Molina Healthcare's return on equity of 28.13% beat Centene's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Centene2.03% 13.85% 4.54%
Molina Healthcare 2.90%28.13%8.43%

Centene has higher revenue and earnings than Molina Healthcare. Centene is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Molina Healthcare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Centene$169.28B0.17$3.31B$6.718.65
Molina Healthcare$41.87B0.40$1.18B$20.7114.98

93.6% of Centene shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Molina Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Centene shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Molina Healthcare shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Centene presently has a consensus price target of $79.77, indicating a potential upside of 37.46%. Molina Healthcare has a consensus price target of $365.38, indicating a potential upside of 17.81%. Given Centene's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Centene is more favorable than Molina Healthcare.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Centene
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
Molina Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Centene has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molina Healthcare has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Centene and Molina Healthcare tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MOH vs. The Competition

MetricMolina HealthcareHospital & medical service plans IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.81B$44.03B$5.33B$19.29B
Dividend YieldN/A1.89%5.21%3.83%
P/E Ratio15.1817.8126.7734.52
Price / Sales0.400.52393.2734.82
Price / Cash11.1623.1938.2517.51
Price / Book3.834.636.774.69
Net Income$1.18B$2.21B$3.23B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.58%-5.36%0.43%-2.43%
1 Month Performance-6.57%-4.60%9.07%6.27%
1 Year Performance-9.05%20.02%18.57%5.78%

Molina Healthcare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MOH
Molina Healthcare
4.8591 of 5 stars
$310.15
-3.0%
$365.38
+17.8%
-10.2%$16.81B$41.87B15.1815,000Positive News
CNC
Centene
4.9193 of 5 stars
$61.54
-0.4%
$79.77
+29.6%
-26.0%$30.62B$169.28B9.8674,300Positive News
HUM
Humana
4.8895 of 5 stars
$247.49
+4.0%
$286.81
+15.9%
-36.6%$29.87B$120.26B24.8767,100Trending News
Gap Up
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
4.997 of 5 stars
$314.86
+7.9%
$454.23
+44.3%
-43.1%$285.62B$410.06B20.31400,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
ELV
Elevance Health
4.9086 of 5 stars
$404.11
+0.2%
$510.38
+26.3%
-29.9%$91.30B$183.12B15.78102,300Trending News
CI
The Cigna Group
4.9375 of 5 stars
$322.29
+0.4%
$379.33
+17.7%
-7.1%$86.10B$254.47B26.3371,300Positive News
OSCR
Oscar Health
3.5474 of 5 stars
$16.83
-3.9%
$20.08
+19.3%
-35.4%$4.22B$10.08B-841.082,710Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
ALHC
Alignment Healthcare
2.6675 of 5 stars
$16.24
+2.9%
$17.17
+5.7%
+95.3%$3.21B$3.00B-21.09850Positive News
Insider Trade
TRUP
Trupanion
3.1112 of 5 stars
$45.89
-1.9%
$51.80
+12.9%
+51.4%$1.96B$1.32B-199.521,130Positive News
Insider Trade
CLOV
Clover Health Investments
2.5362 of 5 stars
$3.61
+1.7%
$4.83
+33.9%
+221.6%$1.84B$1.49B-18.05680Positive News
NEUE
NeueHealth
1.3873 of 5 stars
$6.90
+0.1%
$7.00
+1.5%
+14.5%$61.56M$907.35M-0.131,252

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