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CNC vs HUM vs CI

161 measures in 16 categories, one definition each, computed from filings and market data.
CNC36.8
Centene Corp.
Healthcare · Medical - Healthcare Plans
$69.16 −1.93%$34.2B mkt cap
Score DNA
HUM26.5
Humana Inc.
Healthcare · Medical - Healthcare Plans
$413.33 −4.37%$49.6B mkt cap
Score DNA
CI61.3
Cigna Corporation
Healthcare · Medical - Healthcare Plans
$302.30 +1.24%$79.9B mkt cap
Score DNA

Price, rebased to 100 three years ago

CNC   HUM   CI   · weekly adjusted closes
406080100120Jan 24Apr 24Jul 24Oct 24Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26CI 103CNC 97HUM 84
● marks the highest or lowest value where that direction is plainly stronger (margins, returns, coverage, leverage); multiples and yields are left unmarked. Bars show each stock's percentile within its own industry. n/a: the measure does not apply to lenders and insurers.

Smart money

8 measures
MeasureCNCHUMCI
Insider open-market buys, 180d 0 0 0
Insider $ bought, 180d — — —
Congress purchases, 180d 0 1 3
Last Congress purchase — 2026-03-27 2026-09-11
13F net change in holders +137 +144 +41
ETFs adding shares, 30d 1,235 1,202 1,436
ETFs trimming, 30d 935 992 1,155
Net ETF funds, 30d +300 +210 +281

Valuation

16 measures
MeasureCNCHUMCI
P/E (TTM) — 38.8x
86th
12.5x
0th
PEG (P/E ÷ 3-yr EPS CAGR) — — 4.75
Price / sales 0.2x
0th
0.3x
40th
0.3x
20th
Price / book 1.5x
10th
2.6x
40th
1.9x
20th
Price / tangible book 4.2x
12th
5.5x
38th
—
Price / free cash flow 3.8x
11th
— 8.8x
33rd
Price / operating cash flow 3.5x
10th
337.6x
100th
7.8x
20th
Enterprise value $23.2B
50th
$40.0B
60th
$105.5B
80th
EV / sales 0.1x
10th
0.3x
30th
0.4x
50th
EV / EBITDA — 12.9x
38th
8.5x
12th
EV / EBIT — 17.3x
62nd
10.7x
12th
EV / free cash flow 2.6x
11th
— 11.6x
44th
Earnings yield -14.9%
0th
2.6%
40th
8.0%
100th
FCF yield 26.2%
90th
-0.9%
0th
11.4%
70th
Operating cash flow yield 28.6%
90th
0.3%
0th
12.9%
80th
Graham number (per share) — $194.43
57th
$297.16
86th

Profitability (TTM)

12 measures
MeasureCNCHUMCI
Gross margin 16.1%
50th
13.7%
30th
11.7%
10th
EBITDA margin -1.4%
0th
2.1%
40th
4.4%
80th
Operating margin -2.8%
0th
1.4%
40th
3.5%
60th
EBIT margin -2.1%
0th
1.6%
40th
3.5%
70th
Net margin -2.6%
0th
0.9%
30th
2.3%
60th
NOPAT margin -2.2%
0th
1.1%
30th
2.8%
60th
FCF margin 4.6%
70th
-0.3%
0th
3.2%
50th
Operating cash flow margin 5.0%
70th
0.1%
0th
3.6%
40th
R&D / revenue 0.0%
0th
0.0%
0th
0.0%
0th
SG&A / revenue 6.9%
60th
2.7%
10th
4.9%
40th
Stock comp / revenue 0.1%
20th
0.2%
40th
0.0%
0th
Effective tax rate 21.0%
70th
18.5%
60th
17.8%
50th

Returns on capital

11 measures
MeasureCNCHUMCI
ROE (on average equity) -20.4%
0th
6.8%
40th
15.5%
60th
ROA -6.0%
0th
2.4%
40th
4.2%
70th
ROIC -37.1%
10th
17.2%
90th
11.8%
60th
ROCE -9.4%
0th
6.8%
40th
9.7%
70th
Return on tangible assets -4.7%
0th
4.3%
40th
6.4%
70th
Cash ROIC (OCF / invested capital) 84.1%
86th
1.5%
0th
15.1%
29th
Gross profitability (GP / assets) 37.6%
50th
34.8%
40th
21.0%
0th
ROIC, 3-yr average -5.4%
17th
— 7.5%
50th
ROIC, 5-yr average 3.2%
29th
-118.6%
0th
8.3%
57th
ROE, 5-yr average 2.6%
30th
13.2%
60th
12.6%
50th
Incremental ROIC 94.0%
70th
14.0%
20th
110.8%
80th

Growth

17 measures
MeasureCNCHUMCI
Revenue growth (TTM YoY) 8.7%
60th
18.3%
70th
7.7%
50th
Revenue growth (QoQ) -11.2%
0th
3.1%
50th
4.6%
60th
Revenue CAGR, 3 yr 9.4%
40th
13.8%
70th
14.9%
80th
Revenue CAGR, 5 yr 10.4%
30th
12.6%
50th
11.1%
40th
Gross profit CAGR, 3 yr 22.7%
80th
-41.4%
0th
11.8%
60th
Operating income CAGR, 3 yr — -21.0%
17th
6.3%
67th
Net income growth (TTM YoY) — -18.9%
0th
27.9%
80th
Net income CAGR, 3 yr — -27.7%
0th
-1.3%
60th
EPS growth (TTM YoY) — -19.0%
0th
29.9%
80th
EPS CAGR, 3 yr — -26.8%
0th
2.6%
60th
EPS CAGR, 5 yr — -11.2%
0th
0.6%
40th
FCF growth (TTM YoY) 730.4%
100th
— 131.1%
50th
FCF CAGR, 3 yr 5.4%
56th
— -7.2%
33rd
Operating cash flow CAGR, 3 yr 4.4%
60th
-77.7%
0th
-7.3%
40th
Book value CAGR, 3 yr -0.9%
0th
5.7%
50th
1.8%
20th
Dividend CAGR, 3 yr — 1.2%
25th
4.8%
100th
Sustainable growth rate — 4.5%
14th
11.6%
57th

Margin history & stability

7 measures
MeasureCNCHUMCI
Gross margin, 3-yr average 12.0%
30th
71.2%
80th
11.4%
10th
Operating margin, 3-yr average 0.0%
20th
1.8%
40th
3.7%
70th
Net margin, 3-yr average 0.1%
20th
1.2%
40th
2.0%
70th
FCF margin, 3-yr average 2.2%
60th
-0.9%
20th
2.8%
70th
Revenue stability (0-1) 0.99
90th
0.97
50th
0.93
10th
Earnings stability (0-1) 0.25
60th
0.58
90th
0.21
40th
Margin stability (0-1) 0.78
40th
0.53
10th
0.90
80th

Liquidity (latest quarter)

7 measures
MeasureCNCHUMCI
Cash & short-term investments $27.1B
80th
$23.9B
70th
$6.3B
30th
Net cash (− = net debt) $11.0B
100th
$9.6B
90th
−$25.6B
20th
Working capital $5.9B
80th
$17.1B
90th
−$8.6B
20th
Current ratio 1.15
40th
1.74
80th
0.85
10th
Quick ratio 1.15
40th
1.74
80th
0.74
20th
Cash ratio (cash + ST investments / current liabilities) 0.66
40th
1.04
80th
0.11
0th
Defensive interval (days) 449 days
40th
604 days
70th
584 days
60th

Leverage & solvency (latest quarter)

13 measures
MeasureCNCHUMCI
Total debt $16.1B
60th
$14.2B
50th
$31.9B
80th
Debt / equity 0.71
40th
0.74
60th
0.75
70th
Net debt / equity −0.49
50th
−0.50
40th
0.60
90th
Debt / assets 19.4%
30th
24.9%
80th
20.3%
40th
Debt / capital 41.7%
40th
42.6%
60th
42.8%
70th
Debt / EBITDA — 4.60
75th
2.57
25th
Net debt / EBITDA — −3.11
38th
2.06
88th
Interest coverage (EBIT / interest) −6.1x
0th
3.3x
38th
7.1x
88th
Cash interest coverage 14.9x
88th
0.2x
0th
7.4x
62nd
Debt payback (years of OCF) 1.6 yrs
40th
96.9 yrs
100th
3.1 yrs
60th
Liabilities / assets 72.7%
70th
66.3%
40th
72.7%
60th
IS credit model rating BBB- A- BBB+
Implied credit spread (bps) 350
80th
175
60th
225
70th

Efficiency

11 measures
MeasureCNCHUMCI
Asset turnover 2.29
60th
2.71
70th
1.83
50th
Fixed asset turnover 90.95
67th
69.44
44th
75.58
56th
Inventory turnover — — 42.2
Receivables turnover 9.8
20th
28.6
90th
9.1
10th
Days sales outstanding 37 days
80th
13 days
10th
40 days
90th
Days inventory outstanding — — 9 days
Days payables outstanding 35 days
60th
19 days
30th
36 days
70th
Cash conversion cycle (days) 2 days
50th
−6 days
40th
12 days
60th
Capex / revenue 0.4%
50th
0.4%
40th
0.4%
60th
Capex / depreciation 0.64
30th
0.76
50th
0.45
10th
Operating expense ratio 7.3%
10th
10.1%
20th
17.1%
80th

Cash flow & earnings quality

7 measures
MeasureCNCHUMCI
Operating cash flow / net income — 0.12
0th
1.60
29th
FCF / net income — −0.35
0th
1.42
29th
FCF / operating cash flow 91.8%
70th
-301.4%
0th
88.7%
60th
Capex / operating cash flow 8.2%
30th
401.4%
100th
11.3%
40th
Accruals ratio -17.5%
20th
2.1%
100th
-2.5%
70th
Sloan accruals ratio 1.3%
60th
30.3%
100th
0.6%
40th
Earnings quality score (0-1) — 0.25
0th
1.00
57th

Dividends & buybacks

9 measures
MeasureCNCHUMCI
Dividend yield 0.0%
0th
0.9%
60th
2.0%
80th
Dividend per share (TTM) $0.00
0th
$3.54
70th
$6.19
80th
Payout ratio (dividends / net income) — 33.6%
71st
25.3%
43rd
Dividends / FCF 0.0%
0th
— 17.8%
67th
Dividend growth (YoY) — 0.1%
25th
4.0%
75th
Buyback yield 0.1%
30th
0.3%
40th
1.6%
60th
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks) 0.1%
20th
1.2%
40th
3.6%
60th
Share count change (YoY) 0.8%
60th
0.1%
50th
-1.6%
30th
Buybacks, last 5 years $5.0B
70th
$868.0M
60th
$16.3B
90th

Scores & forensic checks

15 measures
MeasureCNCHUMCI
IS score 37
20th
27
0th
61
70th
IS profitability 7
10th
15
30th
27
50th
IS growth 39
30th
40
40th
63
70th
IS value 40
30th
45
50th
74
100th
IS momentum 40
20th
33
0th
90
80th
IS risk (safety) 65
10th
100
60th
65
10th
IS quality 45
20th
35
0th
70
80th
IS balance sheet 44
10th
70
60th
48
20th
IS earnings quality 38
0th
60
40th
84
80th
IS cash flow 56
30th
2
0th
64
60th
Piotroski F-score (0-9) 6
30th
4
0th
8
80th
Altman Z-score 2.8
30th
4.6
80th
2.8
40th
Beneish M-score −3.80
10th
0.99
100th
−2.82
50th
Ohlson O-score −6.83
80th
−7.79
40th
−7.59
50th
IS credit score 52
20th
66
40th
60
30th

Per share

7 measures
MeasureCNCHUMCI
EPS, diluted (TTM) −$10.25
0th
$10.57
70th
$24.31
100th
Book value per share $45.34
40th
$158.93
80th
$161.46
90th
Tangible book per share $15.43
60th
$73.15
90th
−$111.97
0th
Revenue per share $389.31
50th
$1,205.02
100th
$1,069.78
90th
FCF per share $18.02
70th
−$3.66
0th
$34.52
100th
Operating cash flow per share $19.62
70th
$1.22
20th
$38.93
100th
Cash per share $54.37
70th
$197.46
100th
$23.86
40th

Size (TTM)

8 measures
MeasureCNCHUMCI
Market cap $34.2B
50th
$49.6B
60th
$79.9B
70th
Revenue $193.7B
60th
$145.7B
50th
$282.4B
80th
EBITDA −$2.7B
0th
$3.1B
60th
$12.4B
80th
Net income −$5.1B
0th
$1.3B
60th
$6.4B
90th
Free cash flow $9.0B
70th
−$443.0M
0th
$9.1B
80th
Total assets $83.0B
60th
$57.2B
50th
$157.1B
80th
Shareholders' equity $22.6B
60th
$19.2B
50th
$42.6B
70th
Employees 61,100
50th
67,060
70th
66,685
60th

Price performance

9 measures
MeasureCNCHUMCI
1 day −1.9% −4.4% +1.2%
1 week +5.8% −4.3% +7.1%
1 month +3.1% +7.5% +9.6%
3 months +5.0% +3.8% +6.5%
6 months +81.2% +101.5% +8.6%
Year to date +65.5% +56.3% +8.4%
1 year +93.2% +57.7% +3.3%
3 years, cumulative −2.6% −14.2% +7.1%
5 years, cumulative +7.5% +4.0% +59.1%

Technicals

4 measures
MeasureCNCHUMCI
RSI 14 62.4 54.3 73.4
From 52-week high −2.7% −9.5% −2.3%
From 52-week low +118.6% +154.7% +27.0%
Beta 1.13 0.74 0.30
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