On Tuesday, Humana Inc (NYSE: HUM) opened lower -0.15% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $286.24. Price fluctuations for HUM have ranged from $213.31 to $488.89 over the past 52 weeks.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Healthcare sector saw sales topped by 13.38%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -38.10% at the time writing. With a float of $120.15 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $120.41 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 67600 workers is very important to gauge. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 88.39%, operating margin of 2.28%, and the pretax margin is 1.73%.
Humana Inc (HUM) Insider Updates
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Healthcare Plans industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Humana Inc is 0.22%, while institutional ownership is 94.31%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 06 ’24, was worth 2,451,583. Before that another transaction happened on Feb 20 ’24, when Company’s Director bought 545 for $367.09, making the entire transaction worth $200,066. This insider now owns 2,578 shares in total.
Humana Inc (HUM) Performance Highlights and Predictions
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 6.97 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -38.10% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 2.51% during the next five years compared to 10.46% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Humana Inc (NYSE: HUM) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Humana Inc (HUM). In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 0.30.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 11.29, a number that is poised to hit -2.08 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 17.16 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Humana Inc (HUM)
The latest stats from [Humana Inc, HUM] show that its last 5-days average volume of 1.27 million was inferior to 1.84 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 34.74%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 9.12.
During the past 100 days, Humana Inc’s (HUM) raw stochastic average was set at 37.61%, which indicates a significant increase from 29.35% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 31.03% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 46.60% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $271.82, while its 200-day Moving Average is $328.17. Now, the first resistance to watch is $289.45. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $293.09. The third major resistance level sits at $295.42. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $283.48, it is likely to go to the next support level at $281.15. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $277.51.
Humana Inc (NYSE: HUM) Key Stats
There are currently 120,411K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 34.42 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 106,374 M according to its annual income of 2,489 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 29,397 M and its income totaled 480,000 K.
