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After finishing at $310.45 in the prior trading day, Molina Healthcare Inc (NYSE: MOH) closed at $311.62, up 0.38%. In other words, the price has increased by $0.38 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.58 million shares were traded. MOH stock price reached its highest trading level at $318.58 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $309.55.
Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of MOH by taking a closer look at its different ratios. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.87 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.87.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Bernstein on April 22, 2025, initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $414.
On April 15, 2025, Robert W. Baird Downgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Outperform but kept the price unchanged to $375.
Wells Fargo Upgraded its Equal Weight to Overweight on March 05, 2025, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $295 to $372.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 05 ’25 when ORLANDO STEVEN J sold 1,000 shares for $318.58 per share. The transaction valued at 318,580 led to the insider holds 16,543 shares of the business.
Zubretsky Joseph M sold 87,500 shares of MOH for $28,005,170 on Apr 30 ’25. The President & CEO now owns 257,715 shares after completing the transaction at $320.06 per share. On May 05 ’25, another insider, ORLANDO STEVEN J, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 1,000 shares for $315.00 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, MOH now has a Market Capitalization of 16889803776 and an Enterprise Value of 11361804288. As of this moment, Molina’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 15.05, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 11.02. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.18. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.40 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 3.90. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.282 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.185.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for MOH is 0.58, which has changed by -0.0967536 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11241627 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, MOH has reached a high of $365.23, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $262.32. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -3.74%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -1.89%.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 813.91K shares per day over the past 3-months and 577550 shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 54.00M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 53.53M. Insiders hold about 1.23% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 97.59% stake in the company. Shares short for MOH as of 1745971200 were 954814 with a Short Ratio of 1.17, compared to 1743379200 on 1278963. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 954814 and a Short% of Float of 2.3.
Dividends & Splits
Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0
