The Cigna Group vs PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC, two Managed Care stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CI and PFG diverge most: on revenue growth, CI reads +8.9% and PFG reads -0.2%; on altman z (solvency), CI reads 2.64 and PFG reads 0.17. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CI's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range. What PFG's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CI | PFG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $282.39 | $107.80 |
| Market cap | $74.6B | $23.7B |
| Sector | Managed Care | Managed Care |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 12.0 | 15.5 |
| P/B | 1.76 | 2.00 |
| P/S | 0.27 | 1.54 |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.6 | — |
| Revenue growth | +8.9% | -0.2% |
| Operating margin | 3.4% | — |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 10.1% |
| Return on equity | 14.8% | 13.2% |
| Return on assets | 4.1% | 0.5% |
| Return on invested capital | 17.9% | — |
| FCF yield | 11.8% | 15.8% |
| Dividend yield | 2.1% | 2.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.04 | 0.33 |
| Current ratio | 0.82 | — |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.64 | 0.17 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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