Humana Inc (NYSE: HUM) is -1.65% lower 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 make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The HUM stock was last observed hovering at around $253.35 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -3.82%.
Currently trading at $249.53, the stock is -5.50% and -5.70% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.09 million and changing -1.51% at the moment leaves the stock -13.24% off its SMA200. HUM registered -23.13% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -4.25%.
The stock witnessed a -12.61% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -9.04%, and is -3.46% 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 2.09% over the week and 3.84% over the month.
Humana Inc (HUM) has around 65680 employees, a market worth around $30.12B and $120.26B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 17.64 and Fwd P/E is 17.16. Profit margin for the company is 1.42%. Distance from 52-week low is 16.98% and -38.61% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.61%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 0.88% this year.
Humana Inc (HUM) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 120.69M, and float is at 120.43M with Short Float at 2.57%.
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 9.1294% 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 9.1117 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 5.3 million shares representing 4.4038% and valued at over $1.99 billion, while WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP holds 3.819 of the shares totaling 4.6 million with a market value of $1.72 billion.
Humana Inc (HUM) Insider Activity
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Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 31 ’24, Huval Timothy S. (Chief Administrative Officer) disposed off 3,703 shares at an average price of $256.26 for $0.95 million. The insider now directly holds 8,181 shares of Humana Inc (HUM).
