CENTENE CORPORATION vs HUMANA INC, two Managed Care stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CNC and HUM diverge most: on net margin, CNC reads -2.5% and HUM reads 0.8%; on return on equity, CNC reads -22.5% and HUM reads 6.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CNC | HUM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $62.19 | $363.85 |
| Market cap | $30.9B | $43.9B |
| Sector | Managed Care | Managed Care |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/B | 1.37 | 2.35 |
| P/S | 0.15 | 0.32 |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.1 | 16.5 |
| Revenue growth | +14.3% | +13.9% |
| Gross margin | 8.6% | — |
| Operating margin | 2.2% | 4.4% |
| Net margin | -2.5% | 0.8% |
| Return on equity | -22.5% | 6.1% |
| Return on assets | -6.1% | 2.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 3.7% | 5.9% |
| FCF yield | 28.9% | 2.9% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.71 | 0.75 |
| Current ratio | 1.15 | 1.77 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.08 | 4.43 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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