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MOH vs. CI, CNC, ELV, HCA, SEM, HUM, UNH, JYNT, AEMD, and RMD

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

Molina Healthcare vs. Its Competitors

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

98.5% of Molina Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.0% of Cigna Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Molina Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Cigna Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Molina Healthcare currently has a consensus target price of $225.18, indicating a potential upside of 11.15%. Cigna Group has a consensus target price of $371.81, indicating a potential upside of 19.46%. Given Cigna Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cigna Group is more favorable than Molina Healthcare.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Molina Healthcare
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14
Cigna Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.95

In the previous week, Cigna Group had 11 more articles in the media than Molina Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Cigna Group and 11 mentions for Molina Healthcare. Cigna Group's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Molina Healthcare's score of 0.30 indicating that Cigna Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Molina Healthcare
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cigna Group
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Molina Healthcare has a net margin of 2.60% compared to Cigna Group's net margin of 1.92%. Molina Healthcare's return on equity of 27.72% beat Cigna Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Molina Healthcare2.60% 27.72% 7.88%
Cigna Group 1.92%18.80%5.02%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Molina Healthcare$40.65B0.27$1.18B$20.299.98
Cigna Group$247.12B0.34$3.43B$18.3216.99

Molina Healthcare has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cigna Group has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cigna Group beats Molina Healthcare on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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MOH vs. The Competition

MetricMolina HealthcareMED IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.95B$52.78B$6.12B$21.82B
Dividend YieldN/A1.89%5.65%3.54%
P/E Ratio9.9810.7786.9629.82
Price / Sales0.271.06605.4167.04
Price / Cash7.738.8537.9024.90
Price / Book2.582.3312.554.60
Net Income$1.18B$2.64B$3.31B$1.00B
7 Day Performance5.32%4.59%4.28%2.07%
1 Month Performance16.09%5.83%6.90%3.33%
1 Year Performance-38.73%-30.22%70.54%13.11%

Molina Healthcare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MOH
Molina Healthcare
4.414 of 5 stars
$202.59
+4.3%
$225.18
+11.2%
-38.7%$10.95B$40.65B9.9818,000News Coverage
CI
Cigna Group
4.9957 of 5 stars
$286.39
+0.1%
$371.81
+29.8%
-8.9%$76.45B$247.12B15.6373,500Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
CNC
Centene
4.4117 of 5 stars
$35.19
+0.9%
$38.33
+8.9%
-46.3%$17.28B$163.07B8.7160,500
ELV
Elevance Health
4.5978 of 5 stars
$319.52
+0.3%
$411.06
+28.6%
-28.6%$71.95B$177.01B13.60104,200Positive News
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.766 of 5 stars
$421.07
+0.5%
$407.75
-3.2%
+9.0%$98.53B$70.60B17.70316,000
SEM
Select Medical
4.9979 of 5 stars
$12.50
-1.1%
$19.20
+53.7%
-61.6%$1.55B$5.19B11.7944,100
HUM
Humana
4.4898 of 5 stars
$255.06
+0.0%
$289.50
+13.5%
+18.3%$30.68B$117.76B19.5765,680Trending News
Analyst Forecast
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
4.7889 of 5 stars
$344.61
+0.2%
$358.95
+4.2%
-39.1%$312.10B$400.28B14.93400,000Trending News
JYNT
Joint
3.8314 of 5 stars
$9.84
-0.3%
$16.33
+66.0%
-18.3%$150.95M$51.90M-29.82320
AEMD
Aethlon Medical
2.7493 of 5 stars
$0.77
+2.4%
$56.00
+7,172.7%
-77.3%$2.00M$570K-0.0610News Coverage
Positive News
Short Interest ↓
Gap Up
RMD
ResMed
4.5987 of 5 stars
$271.22
+0.4%
$294.20
+8.5%
+19.0%$39.71B$5.15B28.5210,600Positive News

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