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 companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, dividends and risk.

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 2.0%. Elevance Health pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. The Cigna Group pays out 52.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Elevance Health pays out 23.8% 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.

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

87.0% of The Cigna Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.2% of Elevance Health shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of The Cigna Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Elevance Health 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.

Do analysts recommend CI or ELV?

The Cigna Group presently has a consensus price target of $394.64, indicating a potential upside of 42.51%. Elevance Health has a consensus price target of $539.20, indicating a potential upside of 47.34%. 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Elevance Health	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.81

Which has more volatility & risk, CI or ELV?

The Cigna Group has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elevance Health has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CI or ELV 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
The Cigna Group	1.31%	18.42%	5.10%
Elevance Health	3.68%	19.56%	7.22%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CI or ELV?

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 67.21% of users gave Elevance Health an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
The Cigna Group	Outperform Votes 954 72.44%	Underperform Votes 363 27.56%
Elevance Health	Outperform Votes 863 67.21%	Underperform Votes 421 32.79%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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	$229.75B	0.34	$5.16B	$10.60	26.12
Elevance Health	$174.02B	0.49	$5.99B	$27.43	13.34

Does the media prefer CI or ELV?

In the previous week, The Cigna Group and The Cigna Group both had 16 articles in the media. The Cigna Group's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Elevance Health's score of 0.49 indicating that The Cigna Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
The Cigna Group	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Elevance Health	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Elevance Health beats The Cigna Group on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.