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Humana Inc. (HUM) stock analysis

$425.42−0.46%Data as of Oct 21, 2026
  • HUM gained 14.4% over the past month versus 0.0% for the S&P 500, ranking 23rd of 497 S&P 500 stocks.
  • Over 12 months it returned +51.1%, 35.3 points ahead of the S&P 500, and trades 1.9% below its 52-week high.
  • In the last 30 days 6 analysts raised earnings estimates and 0 cut; forward EPS moved +3.1% (+6.6% over 90 days).
  • It sits in the Health insurers segment of the Healthcare Value Chain, where the 1-month median return is +11.2%.
  • The daily chart reads Intermediate uptrend · Trend advance (since Oct 20, 2026).
Market cap$51.1B
12-month return+51.1%
Forward P/E25.6×
Mean target vs price−0.4%

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Performance vs the market

Total price return against the S&P 500 (SPY) and the median of US stocks in the same sector.

HUM+14.4%
Sector median−8.7%
S&P 5000.0%
HUM+7.8%
Sector median−5.4%
S&P 500+4.7%
HUM+95.7%
Sector median−1.5%
S&P 500+8.7%
HUM+51.1%
Sector median+1.7%
S&P 500+15.8%
1-month rank in the S&P 50023 / 497
3-month rank in its sector · Healthcare225 / 720

Chart structure

Read by our daily-bar structure engine from swing highs, swing lows and moving averages.

Intermediate uptrend · Trend advanceConfirmed

Holding since Oct 20, 2026

  • Close above EMA20 above EMA50
  • EMA50 rose over the last ten sessions
This pattern on this stock

72 occurrences in 10 years. The median move over the next 20 sessions was 0.0%, positive 50% of the time, against +1.0% for any day in the same period.

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Analyst earnings revisions

Changes to the consensus forward-EPS estimate. Rising estimates mean analysts see more profit ahead.

Forward EPS$17.09
30-day change+3.1%
90-day change+6.6%
Mean target$423.74 −0.4%
Raised (30d) 6Cut (30d) 0

23 analysts cover the stock

Where it sits in the supply chain

Healthcare Value Chain · Payers

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Supplied by
PBMs & pharmacies+9.3%
CVS+7.3%1 monthCI+11.2%1 monthUNH+11.8%1 month6618.HK+7.3%1 month
Hospitals & care delivery+8.4%
HCA+4.9%1 monthUNH+11.8%1 month
Obesity & metabolic (GLP-1)+3.8%
LLY+8.6%1 monthNVO−0.9%1 month
Its segment
Health insurers+11.2%
UNH+11.8%1 monthELV+7.9%1 monthCI+11.2%1 monthCVS+7.3%1 monthHUM+14.4%1 month

Commercial, Medicare Advantage and Medicaid plans; the medical cost ratio and government rates matter most, and UnitedHealth usually reports first.

Sells into
Government programs & policy
Patients, employers & pet owners

Figures are each company's 1-month return; the segment shows its median · Doubler daily batch · company chain maps

Risk profile

Max drawdown, 12M−44.4%
Volatility, 60D41.6%
From 52-week high−1.9%
From 52-week low+161.2%
Trailing P/E40.4×
Forward P/E25.6×

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