Molina Healthcare Valuation

Is MOH 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 MOH when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: MOH ($294.34) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($666.06)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As MOH is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for MOH. This is calculated by dividing MOH's market cap by their current earnings.
What is MOH's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio14.7x
EarningsUS$1.14b
Market CapUS$16.84b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for MOH vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average32.5x
CNC Centene
9.5x4.9%US$29.0b
HUM Humana
24.4x11.6%US$34.1b
HQY HealthEquity
81.8x32.1%US$8.6b
ELV Elevance Health
14.5x12.7%US$94.4b
MOH Molina Healthcare
14.7x14.8%US$16.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: MOH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.7x) compared to the peer average (32.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
NEUE NeueHealth
1.5xn/aUS$41.82m
IDXG Interpace Biosciences
2.6xn/aUS$13.59m
FZMD Fuse Medical
1.1xn/aUS$4.22m
No more companies available in this PE range
MOH 14.7xIndustry Avg. 24.4xNo. of Companies12PE01632486480+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: MOH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.7x) compared to the US Healthcare industry average (24.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is MOH'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.

MOH PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio14.7x
Fair PE Ratio34.9x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: MOH is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (14.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.9x).


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 MOH forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$294.34
US$370.78
+26.0%
7.7%US$414.85US$309.00n/a14
Nov ’25US$326.75
US$370.13
+13.3%
7.8%US$414.85US$309.00n/a14
Oct ’25US$341.91
US$374.56
+9.5%
6.5%US$414.85US$335.00n/a14
Sep ’25US$349.79
US$372.56
+6.5%
7.1%US$414.85US$332.00n/a14
Aug ’25US$346.19
US$368.28
+6.4%
8.5%US$414.85US$315.00n/a14
Jul ’25US$292.16
US$389.59
+33.3%
9.5%US$442.00US$320.00n/a15
Jun ’25US$314.58
US$400.98
+27.5%
7.2%US$442.00US$354.00n/a15
May ’25US$338.87
US$404.27
+19.3%
7.0%US$442.00US$354.00n/a14
Apr ’25US$404.20
US$422.55
+4.5%
7.3%US$474.00US$357.00n/a14
Mar ’25US$387.21
US$417.29
+7.8%
7.4%US$474.00US$357.00n/a13
Feb ’25US$355.21
US$393.38
+10.7%
6.9%US$457.00US$357.00n/a13
Jan ’25US$361.31
US$375.42
+3.9%
7.9%US$417.00US$315.00n/a12
Dec ’24US$362.76
US$364.25
+0.4%
7.0%US$417.00US$315.00n/a12
Nov ’24US$336.83
US$362.17
+7.5%
6.7%US$417.00US$315.00US$326.7512
Oct ’24US$327.89
US$351.50
+7.2%
7.6%US$403.00US$290.00US$341.9114
Sep ’24US$310.44
US$351.40
+13.2%
7.3%US$403.00US$290.00US$349.7915
Aug ’24US$302.01
US$349.67
+15.8%
7.3%US$403.00US$290.00US$346.1915
Jul ’24US$301.24
US$346.47
+15.0%
7.8%US$400.00US$290.00US$292.1615
Jun ’24US$282.97
US$350.14
+23.7%
7.8%US$400.00US$290.00US$314.5814
May ’24US$305.50
US$356.79
+16.8%
7.3%US$402.00US$290.00US$338.8714
Apr ’24US$267.49
US$353.86
+32.3%
8.7%US$389.00US$282.00US$404.2014
Mar ’24US$273.80
US$357.79
+30.7%
6.6%US$389.00US$307.00US$387.2114
Feb ’24US$311.75
US$371.29
+19.1%
4.8%US$400.00US$340.00US$355.2114
Jan ’24US$330.22
US$377.43
+14.3%
6.2%US$420.00US$340.00US$361.3114
Dec ’23US$334.83
US$377.43
+12.7%
6.2%US$420.00US$340.00US$362.7614
Nov ’23US$355.97
US$376.79
+5.8%
6.2%US$420.00US$340.00US$336.8314

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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