The Cigna Group (CI) Competitors

Elevance Health (NYSE:ELV) and The Cigna Group (NYSE:CI) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ELV or CI?

The Cigna Group received 91 more outperform votes than Elevance Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.44% of users gave The Cigna Group an outperform vote while only 67.26% of users gave Elevance Health an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Elevance Health	Outperform Votes 863 67.26%	Underperform Votes 420 32.74%
The Cigna Group	Outperform Votes 954 72.44%	Underperform Votes 363 27.56%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ELV or CI?

Elevance Health has higher earnings, but lower revenue than The Cigna Group. Elevance Health is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than The Cigna Group, 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
Elevance Health	$171.34B	0.54	$5.99B	$27.43	14.49
The Cigna Group	$195.27B	0.46	$5.16B	$10.60	30.51

Which has more volatility and risk, ELV or CI?

Elevance Health has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Cigna Group has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend ELV or CI?

Elevance Health presently has a consensus price target of $539.20, suggesting a potential upside of 35.65%. The Cigna Group has a consensus price target of $394.64, suggesting a potential upside of 22.04%. Given Elevance Health's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Elevance Health is more favorable than The Cigna Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Elevance Health	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81
The Cigna Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is ELV or CI more profitable?

Elevance Health has a net margin of 3.68% compared to The Cigna Group's net margin of 1.31%. Elevance Health's return on equity of 19.56% beat The Cigna Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Elevance Health	3.68%	19.56%	7.22%
The Cigna Group	1.31%	18.42%	5.10%

Is ELV or CI a better dividend stock?

Elevance Health pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. The Cigna Group pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Elevance Health pays out 23.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Cigna Group pays out 52.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Elevance Health has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer ELV or CI?

In the previous week, Elevance Health had 6 more articles in the media than The Cigna Group. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Elevance Health and 28 mentions for The Cigna Group. The Cigna Group's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Elevance Health's score of 1.34 indicating that The Cigna Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Elevance Health	28 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
The Cigna Group	23 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ELV or CI?

89.2% of Elevance Health shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.0% of The Cigna Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Elevance Health shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of The Cigna Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Elevance Health beats The Cigna Group on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.