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Humana Inc

United States · Large Cap · listed since 1993 · Revenue 12 mo. $145.7B

Price as of 11/06/2026

StockScorer score
2.7
of 10 3 of 11 points Low Match To the score
Price
$433.74
1 Y +63.1%
Market cap
$52.8B
Phase
Growth
revenue growing, core business profitable
Revenue +11.7% a year (3 years)EBIT margin 1.1%Payout 63.2% of operating cash flow

Humana Inc. provides medical and specialty insurance products in the United States.

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Humana Inc. provides medical and specialty insurance products in the United States. It operates in two segments, Insurance and CenterWell. The Insurance segment offers individual Medicare Advantage products, including health insurance benefits, including wellness programs, chronic care management, and care coordination; individual Medicare stand-alone prescription drug products (PDP); group Medicare advantage and Medicare stand-alone PDP; Medicare supplements; specialty and ancillary insurance comprising dental, vision, life and disability; and administrative services to arrange health care services for active-duty and retired military personnel and dependents, as well as pharmacy benefit managers. Its CenterWell segment operates full-service, value-based senior focused primary care centers under the Conviva Senior Primary Care and CenterWell Senior Primary Care brands; a management services organization; CenterWell Home Health, a home health provider; and OneHome, which manages post-acute patient needs, as well as provides pharmacy and hospice solutions. The company was formerly known as Extendicare Inc. and changed its name to Humana Inc. in April 1974. Humana Inc. was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Summary

Humana Inc is around the middle of the Healthcare sector overall

40.0 of 100

Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.

Analysis

What the price requires

The price requires more than 30% FCF growth a year, for 10 years.

If free cash flow stays at €336.5M (2025), it supports €3.7B. The remaining €43.6B of the market value assume it grows more than 30% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.

Required FCF growth per year

over 30%

no growth afterwards

Market value breakdown€47.4B market value, price as of 11/06/2026

€3.7B without growth
€43.6B priced-in growth
  • 5 yrs achieved −14.2%
  • 10 yrs achieved 1.1%
  • priced in above 30%

2 signs support the expectation, 2 speak against it.

What supports it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

  • Low capital needs capex median 1.0% of revenue (10 years)
  • Steady FCF margin at least 0.3%, range 6.7 pp (10 years)

What speaks against it

with respect to the priced-in expectation

  • Expectation above the company's own record priced in more than 30%, achieved at most 1.1%
  • Dividend above free cash flow payout 114.9% of FCF

Since the last quarter

Q1 → Q2 2026

A mixed quarter: 2 figures better, 2 worse.

  • Revenue, 12 mo.$137.2B → $145.7B+6.2%better
  • FCF, 12 mo.$1.3B → −$443.0Msign changedworse
  • FCF margin0.9% → −0.3%−1.2 ppworse
  • Net debt$9.0B → $7.4B−18.7%better

4 more unchanged: Gross margin, EBIT margin, Shares outstanding, Return on equity

Derivation

How the sector comparison is derived

Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.

Price as of 11/06/2026.

Profitability22.8below the middleEarns less than the sector: EBIT margin 1.12%, sector 18.31%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Return on equity6.73%11.52%Rank 25
Return on capital (Greenblatt)53.50%32.55%Rank 71
EBIT margin1.12%18.31%Rank 6
FCF margin0.29%14.12%Rank 6
Gross margin14.54%60.99%Rank 6
Growth21.2below the middleGrows more slowly than the sector: Earnings growth, 5 years per year −17.23%, sector 7.00%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Revenue growth, 1 year10.06%8.04%Rank 62
Earnings growth, 3 years per year−23.63%5.44%Rank 9
Earnings growth, 5 years per year−17.23%7.00%Rank 6
Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings)0.42%3.66%Rank 8
Valuation36.9below the middleValued higher than the sector: FCF yield 0.71%, sector 3.63%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Earnings yield2.27%2.90%Rank 34
FCF yield0.71%3.63%Rank 10
EV/saleslower is better0.474.03Rank 92
EV/EBITlower is better42.3521.73Rank 12
Momentum84.6above the middleShare price doing better than the sector: Distance from 52-week high 0.00%, sector −7.35%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Share price, 1 year63.12%8.66%Rank 92
Share price, 6 months58.23%24.27%Rank 92
Share price, 3 months17.79%15.42%Rank 58
Distance from 52-week high0.00%−7.35%Rank 96
Quality51.7around the middleQuality about like the sector.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Accruals (Sloan)lower is better−4.22%0.30%Rank 83
Change in share countlower is better−0.04%0.00%Rank 51
Dividend streak in years910Rank 58
Price reaction to results, market-adjusted−4.70%0.05%Rank 15
Balance sheet & risk22.8below the middleMore risk than the sector: Volatility, 1 year 46.61%, sector 31.42%.
MetricStockSector medianPosition in sector
Equity ratio36.22%48.40%Rank 26
Net debt/EBITDAlower is better3.001.11Rank 16
Debt to equitylower is better0.730.48Rank 36
Volatility, 1 yearlower is better46.61%31.42%Rank 13

Ten years in figures

Revenue from $54.4B (2016) to $129.7B (2025), 10.1% a year.

Fiscal years, amounts in USD
YearRevenue, $BEBIT marginFCFSharesNet debt
201654.43.2%$1.4B151M$215.0M
201753.86.2%$3.5B146M$878.0M
201856.93.6%$1.6B138M$3.7B
201964.95.3%$4.5B135M$2.1B
202077.26.1%$4.7B133M$2.5B
202183.64.1%$946.0M129M$9.8B
202292.93.8%$3.5B127M$6.7B
2023106.43.1%$3.0B124M$7.6B
2024117.81.4%$2.4B121M$10.0B
2025129.71.1%$375.0M121M$8.7B
2.7 / 10Low MatchStockScorer score3 of 11 points

2 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built

Humana Inc mainly meets criteria in the Momentum category. Result from 18 strategies checked.

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How Humana Inc's score is built

Humana Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.

2 of 7 rules met

3 of 11 points

  1. Free cash flow yield above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  2. Return on capital (Greenblatt ROC) above the sector medianmet2 of 2 points
  3. Return on equity above the sector mediannot met0 of 1 point
  4. Free cash flow margin above the sector mediannot met0 of 2 points
  5. Revenue growth above 15%not met0 of 2 points
  6. 3-year earnings growth above 12% p.a.not met0 of 1 point
  7. 12-month share price more than 20 percentage points ahead of the marketmet1 of 1 point
  8. Exclusion: financial and real estate stocksdoes not apply

Detail data

How does Humana Inc stock perform across 18 strategies?

Excerpt from 18 strategies checked. The full evaluation is visible after a free sign-up.

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  • Magic Formula: Value + Quality
  • Altman Z-Score: Stress Test
  • Undervalued Stocks: Multi-Factor Check
  • Acquirer's Multiple: EV/EBIT Deep Value
  • Moat Quality
  • Defensive: Low Volatility
  • Dividend Aristocrats & Continuity
  • Balanced GARP
  • High-Growth / Rule of 40
  • Levermann Strategy (13 Criteria)
  • Mohanram G-Score: Growth Quality
  • PEG Strategy (inspired by Peter Lynch)

Humana Inc key metrics: P/E, P/B and equity ratio

Selected fundamental metrics for Humana Inc.

MetricStockSector
P/E ratio44.130.0
P/B ratio3.04.8
Return on equity (ROE)6.7%11.5%
Equity ratio36.2%48.4%
Debt-to-equity (D/E)0.730.48
Dividend yield0.8%1.3%

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Frequently asked questions about Humana Inc stock

How does Humana Inc stock (HUM) score in the StockScorer model?
Humana Inc stock reaches a StockScorer score of 2.7 out of 10, which is a low match with the rule-based strategies. 2 out of 7 flagship profile rules are met.
What is Humana Inc's P/E ratio?
Humana Inc's P/E ratio is 44.1. The Healthcare sector median is 30.0.
What sector is Humana Inc in?
Humana Inc is assigned to the Healthcare sector. Its rank within the sector is 40.0 out of 100: 100 means the stock leads its peer group of large and mid-cap sector stocks in every measured area.

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