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Molina Healthcare (MOH) Competitors

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$348.92 +3.92 (+1.14%)
As of 04/14/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

MOH vs. CNC, HUM, UNH, ELV, CI, ALHC, OSCR, CLOV, TRUP, and NEUE

Should you be buying Molina Healthcare stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Molina Healthcare include Centene (CNC), Humana (HUM), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Elevance Health (ELV), The Cigna Group (CI), Alignment Healthcare (ALHC), Oscar Health (OSCR), Clover Health Investments (CLOV), Trupanion (TRUP), and NeueHealth (NEUE). These companies are all part of the "hospital & medical service plans" industry.

Molina Healthcare vs.

Centene (NYSE:CNC) and Molina Healthcare (NYSE:MOH) are both large-cap medical companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, risk, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Centene has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Molina Healthcare has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Centene has higher revenue and earnings than Molina Healthcare. Centene is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Molina Healthcare, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Centene$163.07B0.19$3.31B$6.2410.09
Molina Healthcare$40.65B0.47$1.18B$20.4317.08

93.6% of Centene shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Molina Healthcare shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Centene shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Molina Healthcare shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Centene had 2 more articles in the media than Molina Healthcare. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Centene and 41 mentions for Molina Healthcare. Molina Healthcare's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Centene's score of 1.08 indicating that Molina Healthcare is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Centene
22 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Molina Healthcare
22 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Molina Healthcare has a net margin of 2.90% compared to Centene's net margin of 2.03%. Molina Healthcare's return on equity of 28.13% beat Centene's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Centene2.03% 13.85% 4.54%
Molina Healthcare 2.90%28.13%8.43%

Centene received 503 more outperform votes than Molina Healthcare when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.28% of users gave Centene an outperform vote while only 57.05% of users gave Molina Healthcare an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CenteneOutperform Votes
1053
73.28%
Underperform Votes
384
26.72%
Molina HealthcareOutperform Votes
550
57.05%
Underperform Votes
414
42.95%

Centene presently has a consensus price target of $80.85, suggesting a potential upside of 28.45%. Molina Healthcare has a consensus price target of $355.75, suggesting a potential upside of 1.96%. Given Centene's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Centene is more favorable than Molina Healthcare.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Centene
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
Molina Healthcare
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

Summary

Molina Healthcare beats Centene on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MOH vs. The Competition

MetricMolina HealthcareHospital & medical service plans IndustryMedical SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$19.09B$68.42B$5.35B$18.51B
Dividend YieldN/A1.52%5.11%4.25%
P/E Ratio17.0822.9421.6831.06
Price / Sales0.470.63376.3326.47
Price / Cash11.1623.1938.1517.54
Price / Book4.315.496.444.29
Net Income$1.18B$2.21B$3.20B$1.02B
7 Day Performance5.71%3.58%9.01%6.72%
1 Month Performance13.10%10.86%-6.09%-6.79%
1 Year Performance-3.30%68.59%10.72%1.22%

Molina Healthcare Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MOH
Molina Healthcare
4.5465 of 5 stars
$348.92
+1.1%
$355.75
+2.0%
-7.3%$19.09B$40.65B17.0815,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News
CNC
Centene
4.8546 of 5 stars
$62.03
+0.2%
$79.92
+28.8%
-11.0%$30.84B$163.07B9.9674,300Short Interest ↓
Positive News
HUM
Humana
3.4374 of 5 stars
$253.28
-0.2%
$280.17
+10.6%
-9.1%$30.60B$117.76B25.4867,100Analyst Forecast
Positive News
UNH
UnitedHealth Group
4.6242 of 5 stars
$523.46
-0.3%
$629.32
+20.2%
+33.5%$480.37B$400.28B33.88400,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
ELV
Elevance Health
4.5178 of 5 stars
$424.74
-1.0%
$519.81
+22.4%
-11.4%$96.33B$176.81B16.62102,300Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
CI
The Cigna Group
4.8972 of 5 stars
$316.96
-1.7%
$373.25
+17.8%
-6.0%$86.97B$244.38B25.9671,300Positive News
ALHC
Alignment Healthcare
1.7024 of 5 stars
$17.84
-1.5%
$14.83
-16.8%
+307.0%$3.45B$2.70B-23.37850
OSCR
Oscar Health
2.9945 of 5 stars
$12.55
-3.5%
$20.21
+61.1%
-15.8%$3.15B$9.18B-628.442,710Positive News
Gap Down
CLOV
Clover Health Investments
3.145 of 5 stars
$3.17
-5.0%
$4.83
+52.7%
+446.2%$1.62B$1.37B-15.87680News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
TRUP
Trupanion
3.571 of 5 stars
$34.00
-1.0%
$46.60
+37.1%
+51.6%$1.45B$1.29B-148.251,142Positive News
Gap Up
NEUE
NeueHealth
1.005 of 5 stars
$6.32
+0.7%
$7.00
+10.8%
+9.7%$52.32M$936.66M-0.121,252
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