Humana Inc (NYSE: HUM) is -33.00% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $212.45 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 $238.51 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -236.68%.
Currently trading at $1.83M, the stock is 2.18% and -1.92% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.02 million and changing 1015261% at the moment leaves the stock -10.28% off its SMA200. HUM registered -5.44% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -2.91%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $244.586 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $267.39215.
The stock witnessed a 5.86% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -11.31%, and is -1.44% 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 2.53% over the week and 2.75% over the month.
Humana Inc (HUM) has around 65680 employees, a market worth around $28.95B and $120.26B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 16.96 and Fwd P/E is 16.58. Profit margin for the company is 1.42%. Distance from 52-week low is 12.92% and -40.98% 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 0.87% this year
1320.0 institutions hold shares in Humana Inc (HUM), with institutional investors hold 96.31% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 120.69M, and float is at 120.42M with Short Float at 3.53%. Institutions hold 96.12% 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 9.1294 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
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Rechtin James A., the company’s President & CEO. SEC filings show that Rechtin James A. bought 6,530 shares of the company’s common stock on May 14 ’25 at a price of $229.25 per share for a total of $1.5 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 30474.0 shares.
