Molina Healthcare (NYSE:MOH) Vs. UNH, ANTM, CI, HUM, CNC, BHG, TRUP, ALHC, OSCR, and CLOV
Should you be buying Molina Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Molina Healthcare include UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Anthem (ANTM), Cigna (CI), Humana (HUM), Centene (CNC), Bright Health Group (BHG), Trupanion (TRUP), Alignment Healthcare (ALHC), Oscar Health (OSCR), and Clover Health Investments (CLOV). These companies are all part of the "managed health care" industry.These companies are all part of the "hospital & medical service plans" industry.These companies are all part of the "hospital & medical service plans" industry.
Molina Healthcare vs.
Molina Healthcare (NYSE:MOH) and Anthem (NYSE:ANTM) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
Anthem has a net margin of 3.27% compared to Molina Healthcare's net margin of 2.68%. Molina Healthcare's return on equity of 28.54% beat Anthem's return on equity.
Molina Healthcare has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Anthem has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Anthem had 10 more articles in the media than Molina Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Anthem and 5 mentions for Molina Healthcare. Molina Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Anthem's score of 0.16 indicating that Molina Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the media.
93.7% of Molina Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Anthem shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Molina Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Anthem shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Anthem received 277 more outperform votes than Molina Healthcare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.19% of users gave Anthem an outperform vote while only 58.25% of users gave Molina Healthcare an outperform vote.
Anthem has higher revenue and earnings than Molina Healthcare. Anthem is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Molina Healthcare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Molina Healthcare presently has a consensus price target of $288.66, suggesting a potential upside of 3.06%. Anthem has a consensus price target of $421.60, suggesting a potential upside of 7.26%. Given Anthem's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Anthem is more favorable than Molina Healthcare.
Summary
Anthem beats Molina Healthcare on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MOH and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment >-1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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Molina Healthcare Competitors List
