Molina Healthcare (MOH) Competitors

Humana (NYSE:HUM) and Molina Healthcare (NYSE:MOH) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability and community ranking.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HUM or MOH?

92.4% of Humana shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Molina Healthcare shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Humana shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Molina Healthcare shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, HUM or MOH?

Humana has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molina Healthcare has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer HUM or MOH?

Humana presently has a consensus target price of $284.90, indicating a potential upside of 6.52%. Molina Healthcare has a consensus target price of $363.62, indicating a potential upside of 15.66%. Given Molina Healthcare's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Molina Healthcare is more favorable than Humana.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Humana	0 Sell rating(s)	17 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.26
Molina Healthcare	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HUM or MOH?

Humana received 347 more outperform votes than Molina Healthcare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.62% of users gave Humana an outperform vote while only 56.98% of users gave Molina Healthcare an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Humana	Outperform Votes 898 62.62%	Underperform Votes 536 37.38%
Molina Healthcare	Outperform Votes 551 56.98%	Underperform Votes 416 43.02%

Does the media prefer HUM or MOH?

In the previous week, Molina Healthcare had 10 more articles in the media than Humana. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Molina Healthcare and 33 mentions for Humana. Molina Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Humana's score of 1.07 indicating that Molina Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Humana	23 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Molina Healthcare	27 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, HUM or MOH?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Humana	$117.76B	0.27	$1.21B	$9.95	26.88
Molina Healthcare	$40.65B	0.42	$1.18B	$20.43	15.39

Is HUM or MOH more profitable?

Molina Healthcare has a net margin of 2.90% compared to Humana's net margin of 1.02%. Molina Healthcare's return on equity of 28.13% beat Humana's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Humana	1.02%	11.70%	3.99%
Molina Healthcare	2.90%	28.13%	8.43%

Summary

Molina Healthcare beats Humana on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.