reports hero background
Updated: Mar 30, 2026

Stock Analysis

HUM Logo
Humana
NYSE:HUM
$174.26
$0.01 |0.01%
Day Range:
$172.51 - $175.20
Market Cap:
20.38B
P/E Ratio:
17.7988
Avg Value:
$239.23
Year Range:
$163.11 - $315.35
1
General Information
Humana is one of the largest private health insurers in the US, and the firm has built a niche specializing in government-sponsored programs, with nearly all its medical membership stemming from Medicare, Medicaid, and the military's Tricare program.

Beyond medical insurance, the company provides other healthcare services, including primary-care services, at-home services, and pharmacy benefit management.

2
Humana (HUM) Stock Graph
3
How We Grade Humana (HUM)

We grade stocks based on past performance, their future growth potential, intrinsic value, dividend history, and overall financial health.

The chart below shows how we grade Humana (HUM) across the board compared to its closest peers.

4
Benzinga Edge Rankings

Benzinga Edge stock rankings give you four critical scores to help you identify the strongest and weakest stocks to buy and sell.

78.32

Growth measures a stock's combined historical expansion in earnings and revenue across multiple time periods, with emphasis on both long-term trends and recent performance.

85.11

Value is a percentile-ranked composite metric that evaluates a stock's relative worth by comparing its market price to fundamental measures of the company's assets, earnings, sales, and operating performance.

Momentum measures a stock's relative strength based on its price movement patterns and volatility over multiple timeframes, ranked as a percentile against other stocks.

Quality is a composite ranking that evaluates a company's operational efficiency and financial health by analyzing historical profitability metrics and fundamental strength indicators on a percentile basis relative to peers.

Stock Score Locked: Want to See it?
Benzinga Rankings give you vital metrics on any stock – anytime.
5
Peer Ratings

See how Humana compares to its peers in these key performance metrics from Benzinga Rankings.

Top Peers
Value
Quality
Growth
Momentum
Short
Medium
Long
CNCCentene
0
0
0
9.89
MOHMolina Healthcare
86.35
38.09
67.64
5.68
HQYHealthEquity
17.65
70.91
0
18.65
ALHCAlignment Healthcare
7.53
0
0
32.97
Short: price trend over the last couple of months
Medium: price trend over the last couple of quarters
Long: price trend over the past year
Stock Score Locked: Want to See it?
Benzinga Rankings give you vital metrics on any stock – anytime.
6
Future Growth
Our estimate of future price growth is based on an aggregation of 12 analyst ratings over the past 3 months and their 12-month price targets.

Below, you can see that analysts are estimating a 12-month price target range of $158.00 - $290.00 with an average of $207.23

22.62%
Expected movement for Humana (HUM) over the next 12 months
Based on these rankings

Recent Ratings for Humana (HUM)

Barclays
Date:
Feb 25, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$245.00
New Target:
$176.00
Wells Fargo
Date:
Feb 18, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$290.00
New Target:
$206.00
Goldman Sachs
Date:
Feb 17, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$215.00
New Target:
$158.00
Truist Securities
Date:
Feb 17, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$285.00
New Target:
$200.00
TD Cowen
Date:
Feb 13, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$260.00
New Target:
$173.00
Jefferies
Date:
Feb 12, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$310.00
New Target:
$235.00
UBS
Date:
Feb 12, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$285.00
New Target:
$195.00
RBC Capital
Date:
Feb 12, 2026
Action:
Downgrades
Prev. Target:
$322.00
New Target:
$189.00
Guggenheim
Date:
Feb 12, 2026
Action:
Maintains
Prev. Target:
$312.00
New Target:
$252.00
7
Valuation

Earnings History (3 years)

It is important to look at a companies earnings history to see not only if they are profitable, but if their earnings are growing.
As you can see from the chart above, HUM's earnings have fluctuated but has decreased since, this is a negative sign for the stock.
8
Dividend
There are few things we like to see when evaluating the quality of a company's dividend history and future

Ideally, we would like to see a company have a long history of consistently high dividend payouts that have grown at a consistent rate. From here we want to be confident that this sort of dividend growth and consistency will persist into the future.

The chart below shows the historical trend in Humana (HUM) dividend yield on an annual basis.

194.60%
Humana (HUM) saw a increasein it's dividend yield since 2021
9
Past Performance
How has Humana (HUM) performed over the past 5 years?

The two main factors that we consider when analyzing past performance is overall return and volatility

Using these two metrics, we can determine if this stock gave its investors enough return for the risk that they took on by owning it. This is measured by the sharpe ratio, which has been used as a primary measure of risk/reward trade-off for almost 60 years.

This ratio can be interpreted as the amount of return an investor has received for the amount of risk that they took on by owning the stock over that timeframe.

Humana (HUM) sharpe ratio over the past 5 years is -0.8399 which is considered to be below average compared to the peer average of -0.6868

10
Analyzing Humana (HUM) Recent Options Activity
Below, you can see the trend in options sentiment over the past 30 days.

Based on our data, HUM's options trades have recently carried more negative sentiment than positive.

11
Company Financials
INCOME STATEMENT
The income statement also known as the profit and loss statement, primarily focuses on the company's revenues and expenses during a particular period.

The main purpose of an income statement is to convey details of profitability and business activities. Below, is HUM's income statement for the previous four years along with its trailing-twelve- month profit & loss.

FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
2025 ($)
TTM ($)
Total Revenue
83.06
92.87
106.37
117.76
129.66
129.66
Operating Revenue
83.06
92.87
106.37
117.76
129.66
129.66
Cost Of Revenue
Gross Profit
Operating Expense
Selling General And Administration
Research and Development
Operating Income
Net Non-Operating Interest Income Expense
-0.33
-0.40
-0.49
-0.66
-0.63
-0.63
Other Income Expense
Other Non-Operating Income Expenses
Pre-Tax Income
3.35
3.57
3.38
1.72
1.55
1.55
Tax Provision
0.49
0.76
0.84
0.41
0.25
0.25
Net Income
2.93
2.81
2.49
1.21
1.19
1.19
Net Income Common Stockholders
2.93
2.81
2.49
1.21
1.19
1.19
Total Operating Income As Reported
Total Expenses
79.71
89.30
102.99
116.04
128.11
128.11
Net Income From Continuing And Discontinued Operation
2.93
2.81
2.49
1.21
1.19
1.19
Normalized Income
2.93
2.59
2.49
1.21
1.24
1.24
Interest Income
Interest Expense
0.33
0.40
0.49
0.66
0.63
0.63
Net Interest Income
-0.33
-0.40
-0.49
-0.66
-0.63
-0.63
EBIT
3.68
3.97
3.88
2.38
2.19
2.19
EBITDA
Reconciled Cost Of Revenue
Reconciled Depreciation
0.71
0.84
0.92
0.97
0.82
0.82
Normalized EBITDA
Tax Rate For Calcs
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.25
Tax Effect Of Unusual Items
0.00
0.02
0.00
0.00
-0.01
-0.01
BALANCE SHEET
The balance sheet is a snapshot of a companies financials during a particular period in time.

It breaks down what company owns (assets) and what a company owes (liabilities), in order to give investors an overview of its capital structure.

FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
2025 ($)
TTM ($)
Total Assets
44.36
43.05
47.06
46.48
48.91
48.91
Current Assets
Total Non-Current Assets
Total Liabilities Net Minority Interest
28.25
27.68
30.75
30.03
31.17
31.17
Current Liabilities
Other Non-Current Liabilities
Total Equity Gross Minority Interest
16.10
15.37
16.32
16.45
17.74
17.74
Stockholders Equity
Total Capitalization
26.62
24.34
26.48
27.52
30.03
30.03
Common Stock Equity
16.08
15.31
16.26
16.38
17.66
17.66
Net Tangible Assets
2.35
4.40
5.02
5.30
6.84
6.84
Working Capital
Invested Capital
28.57
26.44
27.92
28.10
30.03
30.03
Tangible Book Value
2.35
4.40
5.02
5.30
6.84
6.84
Total Debt
12.49
11.13
11.66
11.72
12.37
12.37
Net Debt
9.10
6.07
6.96
9.50
8.17
8.17
Share Issued
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
Ordinary Shares Number
0.13
0.12
0.12
0.12
0.12
0.12
CASH FLOW STATEMENTS
A companies statement of cash flows gives an investor a break down of the cash inflows and outflows from a companies operations and investment activities.
FISCAL YEAR (BIL.)
2021 ($)
2022 ($)
2023 ($)
2024 ($)
2025 ($)
TTM ($)
Cash Flow from Continuing Operating Activities
2.26
4.59
3.98
2.97
0.92
0.92
Net Income from Continuing Operations
2.93
2.80
2.48
1.21
1.20
1.20
Depreciation and Amortization
0.71
0.84
0.92
0.97
0.82
0.82
Deferred Tax
0.01
Deferred Income Tax
0.01
Stock-Based Compensation
0.18
0.22
0.17
0.21
0.24
0.24
Other Non-Cash Items
0.04
0.07
0.11
0.11
Change in Working Capital
-0.56
0.53
0.08
0.15
-1.80
-1.80
Change in Receivables
-0.28
-0.05
-0.34
-0.67
-0.57
-0.57
Changes in Account Receivables
Change in Inventory
Change in Payables and Accrued Expense
0.10
0.97
0.92
0.20
-0.47
-0.47
Change in Payable
0.10
0.97
0.92
0.20
-0.47
-0.47
Change in Account Payable
0.10
0.97
0.92
0.20
-0.47
-0.47
Change in Other Current Assets
-0.49
-0.46
-1.32
1.00
-2.17
-2.17
Change in Other Current Liabilities
0.18
0.04
0.84
-0.37
1.32
1.32
Change in Other Working Capital
-0.06
0.03
-0.02
-0.01
0.10
0.10
Cash Flow from Continuing Investing Activities
-6.56
-1.01
-3.49
-2.95
2.27
2.27
Net PPE Purchase and Sale
-1.32
-1.12
-0.79
-0.57
-0.52
-0.52
Net Business Purchase and Sale
-4.19
2.36
-0.23
-0.09
0.03
0.03
Purchase of Business
-4.19
-0.34
-0.23
-0.09
-0.08
-0.08
Net Investment Purchase and Sale
-1.05
-2.25
-2.46
-1.83
2.98
2.98
Purchase of Investment
-7.20
-6.05
-7.55
-8.18
-6.44
-6.44
Sale of Investment
6.14
3.80
5.09
6.36
9.42
9.42
Net Other Investing Changes
-0.22
-0.22
Financing Cash Flow
3.02
-1.91
-0.86
-2.49
-1.22
-1.22
Cash Flow from Continuing Financing Activities
3.02
-1.91
-0.86
-2.49
-1.22
-1.22
Net Issuance Payments of Debt
3.76
-1.42
0.42
0.22
0.43
0.43
Net Long-Term Debt Issuance
-1.02
0.21
1.13
0.53
0.53
Long-Term Debt Issuance
5.48
1.98
2.54
2.23
1.48
1.48
Long-Term Debt Payments
-2.33
-1.11
Net Short-Term Debt Issuance
0.35
-0.40
0.21
-0.91
-0.10
-0.10
Net Common Stock Issuance
-0.08
-2.10
-1.57
-0.82
-0.15
-0.15
Common Stock Issuance
Common Stock Payments
-0.08
-2.10
-1.57
-0.82
-0.15
-0.15
Cash Dividends Paid
-0.35
-0.39
-0.43
-0.43
-0.43
-0.43
Net Other Financing Charges
-0.33
2.00
0.73
-1.88
-1.29
-1.28
End Cash Position
14.95
28.70
49.79
18.75
17.88
17.88
Changes in Cash
-1.28
1.67
-0.37
-2.47
1.98
1.98
Beginning Cash Position
16.23
27.04
50.16
21.22
15.90
15.90
Capital Expenditure
-1.32
-1.12
-1.00
-0.57
-0.55
-0.55
Issuance of Capital Stock
Issuance of Debt
5.48
1.98
2.85
2.23
1.48
1.48
Repayment of Debt
-2.43
-2.01
-1.05
-1.05
Repurchase of Capital Stock
-0.08
-2.10
-1.57
-0.82
-0.15
-0.15
Free Cash Flow
0.95
3.47
2.98
2.39
0.38
0.38