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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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and institutional ownership.

98.5% of Molina Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.0% of Cigna Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Molina Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Cigna Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

In the previous week, Molina Healthcare had 3 more articles in the media than Cigna Group. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Molina Healthcare and 39 mentions for Cigna Group. Cigna Group's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Molina Healthcare's score of 0.14 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)
4 Positive mention(s)
32 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cigna Group
20 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Molina Healthcare presently has a consensus target price of $223.75, indicating a potential upside of 16.34%. Cigna Group has a consensus target price of $369.89, indicating a potential upside of 25.48%. 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)
11 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.13
Cigna Group
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.95

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$40.65B0.26$1.18B$20.299.48
Cigna Group$247.12B0.32$3.43B$18.3216.09

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%

Summary

Cigna Group beats Molina Healthcare on 9 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$10.56B$52.04B$6.11B$21.90B
Dividend YieldN/A1.92%5.73%3.62%
P/E Ratio9.4810.3864.8327.96
Price / Sales0.260.97608.7467.16
Price / Cash7.468.4637.4624.26
Price / Book2.452.2112.424.70
Net Income$1.18B$2.64B$3.32B$1.01B
7 Day Performance-5.24%-5.18%1.01%-0.44%
1 Month Performance9.07%0.91%10.75%1.45%
1 Year Performance-40.45%-32.64%76.20%15.02%

Molina Healthcare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MOH
Molina Healthcare
4.6082 of 5 stars
$192.33
-1.3%
$223.75
+16.3%
-42.8%$10.56B$40.65B9.4818,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
CI
Cigna Group
4.9993 of 5 stars
$303.30
-2.5%
$371.81
+22.6%
-14.1%$80.96B$247.12B16.5673,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CNC
Centene
4.496 of 5 stars
$37.66
-2.7%
$38.33
+1.8%
-50.1%$18.50B$178.19B9.3260,500News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
ELV
Elevance Health
4.5457 of 5 stars
$350.08
-0.1%
$411.06
+17.4%
-31.3%$78.83B$177.01B14.90104,200Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
HCA
HCA Healthcare
4.7737 of 5 stars
$433.83
+1.0%
$407.75
-6.0%
+5.6%$101.51B$72.70B18.24316,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
SEM
Select Medical
5 of 5 stars
$13.03
+0.8%
$19.20
+47.4%
-60.4%$1.62B$5.28B12.2944,100News Coverage
HUM
Humana
4.6495 of 5 stars
$295.96
+4.3%
$291.21
-1.6%
-2.4%$35.60B$117.76B22.7165,680Trending News
Analyst Forecast
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
4.8186 of 5 stars
$358.95
-0.3%
$358.95
+0.0%
-40.8%$325.09B$422.82B15.55400,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
JYNT
Joint
3.97 of 5 stars
$8.83
-2.8%
$16.33
+85.0%
-21.2%$135.45M$51.90M-26.76320Positive News
AEMD
Aethlon Medical
2.622 of 5 stars
$0.77
-2.7%
$56.00
+7,140.8%
-77.9%$2.01MN/A-0.0610
RMD
ResMed
4.6585 of 5 stars
$281.76
+1.1%
$294.20
+4.4%
+12.3%$41.25B$5.15B29.6310,600Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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