Humana Inc. (HUM) Stock Analysis
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Healthcare · Healthcare Plans
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $305.36: Quality below floor (4.0 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality.
Humana provides Medicare Advantage and Medicaid insurance through its Insurance segment, plus pharmacy, primary care, and home health services through CenterWell. Revenue is 83% from federal government contracts—primarily Medicare—serving approximately 15 million medical plan... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $305.36: Quality below floor (4.0 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 83. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, earnings proximity 71d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio and news legal. Suitability: moderate.
Recent Developments — Humana Inc.
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- Mizuho Maintains Outperform on Humana, Raises Price Target to $335 — benzinga May 20, 2026 positive
- Deutsche Bank Upgrades Humana to Buy, Raises Price Target to $441 — benzinga May 20, 2026 positive
- Morgan Stanley Maintains Underweight on Humana, Raises Price Target to $217 — benzinga May 15, 2026 neutral
- 4 Health Care Stocks With Whale Alerts In Today's Session — benzinga May 14, 2026 neutral
- Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services Announces Six-Month Moratoria On Hospice And Home Health Agency Registrations, — benzinga May 13, 2026 neutral
Generated 2026-05-20T20:21:21Z.
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $305.36: Quality below floor (4.0 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.1/10. Specifically: Below-average business quality. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 83. Prior stop was $282.94. Score 5.1/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $304.72 (+0.2% upside). Prior stop was $282.94. Stop-loss: $282.94.
Target reached (-26.1% upside); Quality below floor (4.0 < 4.0); Value-trap signals (3/5): Margin compression (op margin -157.9%), Material insider selling (4 sells, 0.04% of cap), Negative free cash flow.
Humana Inc. trades at a P/E of 32.7 (forward 19.9). TrendMatrix value score: 5.6/10. Verdict: Sell.
33 analysts cover HUM with a consensus score of 3.4/5. Average price target: $250.
What does Humana Inc. do?Humana provides Medicare Advantage and Medicaid insurance through its Insurance segment, plus pharmacy, primary care,...
Humana provides Medicare Advantage and Medicaid insurance through its Insurance segment, plus pharmacy, primary care, and home health services through CenterWell. Revenue is 83% from federal government contracts—primarily Medicare—serving approximately 15 million medical plan members. Florida is the largest single state with 14% of consolidated premiums revenue.