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HUM HUMANA INCORPORATED StockScouter® Report

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StockScouter® Score

HUMANA INCORPORATED, a large cap value company in the healthcare sector, is expected to outperform the market over the next six months with average risk

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Summary

Positives

  • The enterprise value-to-sales ratio is much lower than the average for comparably-sized companies in the StockScouter universe. Very Positive
  • One or more analysts has significantly increased quarterly earnings estimates for HUM. Positive

 

Concerns

  • Earnings growth in the past year has decelerated moderately compared to earnings growth in the past three years. Negative
  • The ratio of HUM’s forward price-to-earnings multiple to its estimated growth rate is above the average of comparably-sized companies in the StockScouter universe. Negative

 

Short-term Outlook

Over the next 1-2 months, StockScouter forecasts that large cap stocks will be neutral, value stocks will be in favor, and healthcare stocks will be neutral.

Expected Risk/Return

Progress: 60% done.
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Core Model Grades

B
C
B
C

Previous Ratings

9
9
6

 

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