The Cigna Group (CI) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CI or ELV?

Elevance Health has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
The Cigna Group	$247.12B	0.34	$3.43B	$12.24	24.50
Elevance Health	$177.01B	0.50	$5.98B	$25.61	15.03

Is CI or ELV a better dividend stock?

The Cigna Group pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Elevance Health pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. The Cigna Group pays out 45.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Elevance Health pays out 25.5% 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.

Do analysts rate CI or ELV?

The Cigna Group presently has a consensus target price of $373.69, indicating a potential upside of 24.60%. Elevance Health has a consensus target price of $517.03, indicating a potential upside of 34.28%. Given Elevance Health's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Elevance Health is more favorable than The Cigna Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
The Cigna Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Elevance Health	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88

Which has more volatility and risk, CI or ELV?

The Cigna Group has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elevance Health has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CI or ELV more profitable?

Elevance Health has a net margin of 3.38% compared to The Cigna Group's net margin of 1.39%. The Cigna Group's return on equity of 18.61% beat Elevance Health's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
The Cigna Group	1.39%	18.61%	4.98%
Elevance Health	3.38%	18.28%	6.72%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CI or ELV?

87.0% of The Cigna Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.2% of Elevance Health shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of The Cigna Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Elevance Health shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor CI or ELV?

In the previous week, Elevance Health had 7 more articles in the media than The Cigna Group. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Elevance Health and 34 mentions for The Cigna Group. Elevance Health's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat The Cigna Group's score of 1.29 indicating that Elevance Health is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
The Cigna Group	27 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Elevance Health	34 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CI or ELV?

The Cigna Group received 96 more outperform votes than Elevance Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.50% of users gave The Cigna Group an outperform vote while only 67.21% of users gave Elevance Health an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
The Cigna Group	Outperform Votes 965 72.50%	Underperform Votes 366 27.50%
Elevance Health	Outperform Votes 869 67.21%	Underperform Votes 424 32.79%

Summary

Elevance Health beats The Cigna Group on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.