Humana Inc (NYSE: HUM) is 15.58% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $213.31 and a high of $406.46 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The HUM stock was last observed hovering at around $296.91 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -3.68%.
Currently trading at $293.23, the stock is 4.08% and 5.88% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.25 million and changing -1.24% at the moment leaves the stock -7.45% off its SMA200. HUM registered -22.19% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -18.91%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $276.9418 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $316.8303.
The stock witnessed a 15.33% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 13.76%, and is -0.48% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.78% over the week and 3.43% over the month.
Humana Inc (HUM) has around 67600 employees, a market worth around $35.31B and $115.01B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 25.96 and Fwd P/E is 17.53. Profit margin for the company is 1.18%. Distance from 52-week low is 37.47% and -27.86% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.61%).
with sales reaching $28.84B over the same period.The EPS is expected to shrink by -38.11% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 10.04% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 8.99% in year-over-year returns.
Humana Inc (HUM) Top Institutional Holders
1317.0 institutions hold shares in Humana Inc (HUM), with institutional investors hold 95.68% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 120.41M, and float is at 120.13M with Short Float at 4.31%. Institutions hold 95.48% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 11.0 million shares valued at $4.11 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.0892% of the HUM Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 10.97 million shares valued at $4.1 billion to account for 9.0716 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 5.3 million shares representing 4.3844% and valued at over $1.99 billion, while WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP holds 3.8021 of the shares totaling 4.6 million with a market value of $1.72 billion.
Humana Inc (HUM) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Huval Timothy S., the company’s Chief Administrative Officer. SEC filings show that Huval Timothy S. sold 3,703 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 31 ’24 at a price of $256.26 per share for a total of $0.95 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 8181.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 06 ’24, William K. Fleming (Officer) Proposed Sale 8,661 shares at an average price of $283.06 for $2.45 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Humana Inc (HUM).
