Elevance Health (ELV) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, ELV or CI?

Elevance Health has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Cigna Group has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ELV or CI a better dividend stock?

Elevance Health pays an annual dividend of $6.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. The Cigna Group pays an annual dividend of $6.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Elevance Health pays out 26.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Cigna Group pays out 49.3% 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 14 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to ELV or CI?

In the previous week, Elevance Health had 2 more articles in the media than The Cigna Group. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Elevance Health and 44 mentions for The Cigna Group. Elevance Health's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat The Cigna Group's score of 1.20 indicating that Elevance Health is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Elevance Health	43 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
The Cigna Group	35 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & 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	$176.81B	0.56	$5.98B	$25.61	16.86
The Cigna Group	$244.38B	0.36	$3.43B	$12.24	26.53

Is ELV or CI 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
Elevance Health	3.38%	18.28%	6.72%
The Cigna Group	1.39%	18.61%	4.98%

Do analysts rate ELV or CI?

Elevance Health presently has a consensus price target of $519.81, suggesting a potential upside of 20.38%. The Cigna Group has a consensus price target of $373.25, suggesting a potential upside of 14.94%. Given Elevance Health's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Elevance Health is more favorable than The Cigna Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Elevance Health	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94
The Cigna Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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. 0.4% of Elevance Health shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of The Cigna Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ELV or CI?

The Cigna Group received 94 more outperform votes than Elevance Health when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.47% of users gave The Cigna Group an outperform vote while only 67.18% of users gave Elevance Health an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Elevance Health	Outperform Votes 872 67.18%	Underperform Votes 426 32.82%
The Cigna Group	Outperform Votes 966 72.47%	Underperform Votes 367 27.53%

Summary

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