Humana Valuation

Is HUM undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of HUM when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: HUM ($311.41) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($920.77)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HUM is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for HUM?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

HUM key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.4x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA10.1x
PEG Ratio1.3x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does HUM's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for HUM vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average44.1x
CNC Centene
15x9.0%US$40.5b
MOH Molina Healthcare
19.3x17.1%US$20.6b
ELV Elevance Health
20.1x12.5%US$125.4b
HQY HealthEquity
122.2x41.1%US$6.8b
HUM Humana
18.8x14.7%US$37.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HUM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.8x) compared to the peer average (44.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HUM's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Healthcare Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a16.3%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HUM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.8x) compared to the US Healthcare industry average (25.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HUM's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

HUM PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio18.8x
Fair PE Ratio42x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HUM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (42x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst HUM forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$311.41
US$376.10
+20.8%
13.6%US$550.00US$326.00n/a20
Apr ’25US$351.45
US$419.65
+19.4%
10.7%US$550.00US$356.00n/a20
Mar ’25US$352.03
US$423.00
+20.2%
10.3%US$550.00US$359.00n/a19
Feb ’25US$375.82
US$435.89
+16.0%
11.7%US$550.00US$359.00n/a19
Jan ’25US$457.81
US$580.89
+26.9%
5.1%US$640.00US$525.00n/a19
Dec ’24US$495.21
US$580.89
+17.3%
5.1%US$640.00US$525.00n/a19
Nov ’24US$489.36
US$581.89
+18.9%
5.8%US$640.00US$523.00n/a19
Oct ’24US$486.52
US$581.52
+19.5%
6.9%US$640.00US$468.00n/a21
Sep ’24US$460.61
US$581.23
+26.2%
6.7%US$640.00US$468.00n/a22
Aug ’24US$458.11
US$576.09
+25.8%
7.0%US$640.00US$468.00n/a22
Jul ’24US$447.13
US$591.86
+32.4%
5.6%US$640.00US$524.00n/a22
Jun ’24US$515.15
US$601.95
+16.9%
4.1%US$640.00US$550.00n/a22
May ’24US$535.13
US$597.91
+11.7%
4.9%US$640.00US$542.00n/a22
Apr ’24US$485.46
US$596.32
+22.8%
5.2%US$640.00US$542.00US$351.4522
Mar ’24US$496.15
US$597.91
+20.5%
4.9%US$640.00US$550.00US$352.0322
Feb ’24US$513.28
US$613.05
+19.4%
4.7%US$650.00US$550.00US$375.8222
Jan ’24US$512.19
US$612.27
+19.5%
6.0%US$652.00US$510.00US$457.8122
Dec ’23US$548.37
US$610.19
+11.3%
6.0%US$650.00US$510.00US$495.2121
Nov ’23US$554.49
US$558.10
+0.7%
4.3%US$620.00US$510.00US$489.3621
Oct ’23US$485.19
US$543.45
+12.0%
5.2%US$590.00US$450.00US$486.5222
Sep ’23US$486.98
US$531.68
+9.2%
5.2%US$585.00US$450.00US$460.6122
Aug ’23US$474.64
US$530.30
+11.7%
4.7%US$570.00US$450.00US$458.1123
Jul ’23US$478.96
US$504.43
+5.3%
5.1%US$541.00US$450.00US$447.1323
Jun ’23US$447.59
US$504.23
+12.7%
5.3%US$541.00US$450.00US$515.1522
May ’23US$444.56
US$501.67
+12.8%
5.5%US$541.00US$450.00US$535.1321
Apr ’23US$441.41
US$492.19
+11.5%
6.1%US$540.00US$435.00US$485.4621

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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