Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) Now -50.95% Off Its High ($527.18), Does Analysts See Headwinds And Risks?

Humana Inc. (NYSE:HUM) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.07M but it saw 1676146 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 31.13B USD, the company’s current market price of $258.58 came falling about -0.03 while comparing to the previous closing price of $258.65. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $527.18 and as low as $213.31. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $258.1 while lowest mark touched by it was $265.16.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Humana Inc. (HUM) gives us an average price of $261.64, while its current price level is -50.95% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 21.22% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $308.37 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $344.95. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.91% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 4.77%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 37.97 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Bernstein upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Outperform” from “Mkt Perform” on October 08, 2024 while assigning a price target of $308. TD Cowen issued its recommendations for the stock as it downgraded the price target for the stock in the range of between $402 and $261.

Over the week, HUM’s stock price is moving -2.91% down while it is -17.11% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -43.52% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -49.92%.

Currently, Humana Inc.’s total number of outstanding shares is 122.22M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 6.02% and return on equity (ROE) at 10.21%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 18.43 while having a 13.07 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.50. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.87 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 0.28. Its return on asset (ROA) is 3.21% on average.