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The price of Humana Inc (NYSE: HUM) closed at $227.46 in the last session, down -1.39% from day before closing price of $230.67. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.39 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.23 million shares were traded. HUM stock price reached its highest trading level at $230.63 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $226.57.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at HUM’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.75 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.72.
On November 06, 2024, BofA Securities Upgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Underperform and also upped its target price recommendation from $247 to $308.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 14 ’25 when Rechtin James A. bought 6,530 shares for $229.25 per share. The transaction valued at 1,496,984 led to the insider holds 30,474 shares of the business.
Diamond Susan M bought 10,959 shares of HUM for $2,732,134 on Apr 08 ’25. On Feb 24 ’25, another insider, Huval Timothy S., who serves as the Former Chief Administrative Of of the company, bought 1,247 shares for $258.58 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, HUM now has a Market Capitalization of 27452829696 and an Enterprise Value of 21171140608. As of this moment, Humana’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 16.08, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 16.21. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.63. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.23 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.55. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.176 whereas that against EBITDA is 5.167.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for HUM is 0.45, which has changed by -0.42502528 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.10611236 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, HUM has reached a high of $406.46, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $212.45. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -4.68%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -13.45%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, HUM traded on average about 1.74M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1278020 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 120.69M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 120.42M. Insiders hold about 0.22% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 95.30% stake in the company. Shares short for HUM as of 1749772800 were 4254684 with a Short Ratio of 2.49, compared to 1747267200 on 3440131. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4254684 and a Short% of Float of 3.95.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for HUM is 3.54, which was 3.54 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.015346599The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.8. The current Payout Ratio is 35.45% for HUM, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-06-27 with an ex-dividend date of 1750982400. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1991-08-01 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.
