The Cigna Group vs ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC., two Managed Care stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CI and ELV diverge most: on debt / equity, CI reads 0.07 and ELV reads 0.70; on ev/ebitda, CI reads 5.5 and ELV reads 18.9. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CI's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range. What ELV's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (earnings-power basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CI | ELV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $279.03 | $375.86 |
| Market cap | $73.7B | $81.9B |
| Sector | Managed Care | Managed Care |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 11.5 | 16.6 |
| P/B | 1.72 | 1.82 |
| P/S | 0.26 | 0.41 |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.5 | 18.9 |
| Revenue growth | +7.8% | +6.5% |
| Operating margin | 3.7% | 3.5% |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 2.5% |
| Return on equity | 14.5% | 11.0% |
| Return on assets | 4.0% | 3.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 18.1% | 5.3% |
| FCF yield | 13.9% | 7.7% |
| Dividend yield | 2.2% | 1.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.07 | 0.70 |
| Current ratio | 0.85 | 1.52 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.62 | 2.86 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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