eHealth (EHTH) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

eHealth, Inc. operates a health insurance marketplace that provides consumer engagement, education, and health insurance enrollment solutions in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Medicare; and Employer and Individual. The Medicare segment offers sale of Medicare-related health insurance plans, which includes Medicare advantage, Medicare Supplement, and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans to Medicare-eligible customers including but not limited to, dental, and vision insurance, as well as advertising program for marketing and other services. The Employer and Individual segment engages in the sale of individual, family, and small business health insurance plans; and ancillary products to non-Medicare-eligible customers including but not limited to, dental, vision, and short and long term disability insurance. In addition, the company provides ecommerce platforms and consumer engagement solutions, which includes market leading information, decision support, customer engagement, and transactional services to group of health insurance consumers; and organize and present the insurance information in objective format to individuals, families, and small businesses to research, analyze, compare and purchase health insurance plans. Further, it markets health insurance plans through its websites, including eHealth.com, eHealthInsurance.com, eHealthMedicare.com, Medicare.com, PlanPrescriber.com, and GoMedigap.com. The company also offers online sponsorship and advertising, non-broker of record, lead referral, technology licensing, as well as performs various post-enrollment services for members in Medicare health insurance plans. eHealth, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $7.50 to $8.98
• 50-Day Range: $4.48 to $7.70
• 52-Week Range: $3.58 to $9.45
• Volume: 1.17 million shs
• Average Volume: 264,100 shs
• Market Capitalization: $239.74 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $6.38
• Consensus Rating: Hold

eHealth Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

eHealth scored higher than 67% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 410th out of 959 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

eHealth has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.25, and is based on 1 buy rating, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

eHealth has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for eHealth are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($2.17) to ($0.40) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of eHealth is -2.84, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of eHealth is -2.84, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

eHealth has a P/B Ratio of 0.38. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.80% of the outstanding shares of eHealth have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

eHealth has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in eHealth has recently decreased by 19.76%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

eHealth does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

eHealth does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Environmental Score: -0.94

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.80% of the outstanding shares of eHealth have been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

eHealth has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in eHealth has recently decreased by 19.76%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.77

News Sentiment

eHealth has a news sentiment score of 0.77. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for eHealth this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

3 people have searched for EHTH on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, eHealth insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 4.10% of the stock of eHealth is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

79.54% of the stock of eHealth is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

EHTH Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have EHTH shares performed this year?

eHealth's stock was trading at $8.72 at the beginning of the year. Since then, EHTH shares have decreased by 7.2% and is now trading at $8.09.
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How were eHealth's earnings last quarter?

eHealth, Inc. (NASDAQ:EHTH) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 27th. The financial services provider reported $1.27 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.83 by $0.56. eHealth's revenue was up 26.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Does eHealth have any subsidiaries?

eHealth subsidiaries include these companies: Wealth Health and Life Advisors LLC (dba GoMedigap), Medicare, PlanPrescriber Inc., eHealth China Inc., eHealth China (Xiamen) Technology Co. Ltd., eHealthInsurance Services Inc., PlanPrescriber Inc, and Wealth Health and Life Advisors LLC.

Who are eHealth's major shareholders?

eHealth's top institutional investors include RBF Capital LLC (1.50%), Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. (0.72%), Atom Investors LP (0.71%) and Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.67%). Insiders that own company stock include Francis S Soistman Jr, John J Stelben, Gavin G Galimi, Dale B Wolf and Phillip A Morelock.
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How do I buy shares of eHealth?

Shares of EHTH stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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What other stocks do shareholders of eHealth own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that eHealth investors own include Alibaba Group (BABA), Meta Platforms (META), NVIDIA (NVDA), Teladoc Health (TDOC), Tesla (TSLA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Micron Technology (MU).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/27/2024
• Today: 12/18/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Insurance agents, brokers, & service
• Sub-Industry: Insurance Brokers
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:EHTH
• CUSIP: 28238P10
• CIK: 1333493
• Web: www.ehealthinsurance.com
• Phone: (650) 210-3150
• Fax: 650-961-2153
• Employees: 1,903
• Year Founded: 1997

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $6.38
• High Stock Price Target: $11.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $2.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -17.2%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.25
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($2.85)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $-28,210,000.00
• Net Margins: -7.58%
• Pretax Margin: -7.03%
• Return on Equity: -5.70%
• Return on Assets: -3.00%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.14
• Current Ratio: 3.10
• Quick Ratio: 3.10

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $464.89 million
• Price / Sales: 0.49
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $21.37 per share
• Price / Book: 0.36

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 29,634,000
• Free Float: 28,419,000
• Market Cap: $228.18 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.47