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 stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more volatility and risk, ELV or CI?

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, 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	$177.01B	0.50	$5.98B	$25.61	15.03
The Cigna Group	$247.12B	0.34	$3.43B	$12.24	24.50

Does the media favor ELV or CI?

In the previous week, Elevance Health had 6 more articles in the media than The Cigna Group. MarketBeat recorded 40 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 media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Elevance Health	34 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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

Do analysts recommend ELV or CI?

Elevance Health currently has a consensus price target of $517.03, indicating a potential upside of 34.28%. The Cigna Group has a consensus price target of $373.69, indicating a potential upside of 24.60%. Given Elevance Health's higher probable upside, equities research 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.88
The Cigna Group	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ELV or CI?

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ELV or CI?

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

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%

Summary

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