CI vs. ELV, HUM, CNC, MOH, UNH, OSCR, ALHC, CLOV, TRUP, and NEUE
Should you be buying The Cigna Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Cigna Group include Elevance Health (ELV), Humana (HUM), Centene (CNC), Molina Healthcare (MOH), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Oscar Health (OSCR), Alignment Healthcare (ALHC), Clover Health Investments (CLOV), Trupanion (TRUP), and NeueHealth (NEUE). These companies are all part of the "hospital & medical service plans" industry.
The Cigna Group vs.
Elevance Health (NYSE:ELV) and The Cigna Group (NYSE:CI) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.
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.
The Cigna Group received 90 more outperform votes than Elevance Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.46% of users gave The Cigna Group an outperform vote while only 67.26% of users gave Elevance Health an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Elevance Health had 15 more articles in the media than The Cigna Group. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for Elevance Health and 26 mentions for The Cigna Group. Elevance Health's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat The Cigna Group's score of 1.17 indicating that Elevance Health is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of The Cigna Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Elevance Health pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. The Cigna Group pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. 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.
Elevance Health has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Cigna Group has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Elevance Health presently has a consensus target price of $536.53, suggesting a potential upside of 39.63%. The Cigna Group has a consensus target price of $395.93, suggesting a potential upside of 39.33%. Given Elevance Health's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Elevance Health is more favorable than The Cigna Group.
Summary
Elevance Health beats The Cigna Group on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CI) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
