Humana Inc (NYSE: HUM) is 0.54% 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 $259.27 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -4.2%.
Currently trading at $255.07, the stock is -6.01% and -5.34% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.49 million and changing -1.62% at the moment leaves the stock -18.38% off its SMA200. HUM registered -29.72% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -27.72%.
The stock witnessed a -14.34% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -13.74%, and is -3.94% 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 3.52% over the week and 3.98% over the month.
Humana Inc (HUM) has around 65680 employees, a market worth around $30.77B and $117.76B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 25.61 and Fwd P/E is 18.39. Profit margin for the company is 1.02%. Distance from 52-week low is 19.58% and -37.25% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.32%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 1.17% this year
The shares outstanding are 120.64M, and float is at 120.34M with Short Float at 3.81%.
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
Humana Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Dec 31 ’24 that Huval Timothy S. (Chief Administrative Officer) sold a total of 3,703 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Dec 31 ’24 and was made at $256.26 per share for $0.95 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 8181.0 shares of the HUM stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 31 ’24, Huval Timothy S. (Officer) Proposed Sale 3,703 shares at an average price of $253.42 for $0.94 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Humana Inc (HUM).
