After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. Yahoo Finance discussed the stock recently as it posted Humana Inc. to Release First Quarter 2024 Results on April 24, 2024.
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Stocks Info
HUM belongs to the Healthcare sector of the NYSE while operating in the Healthcare Plans industry. The current market capitalization of Humana Inc. is $38.48B. A total of 1.1 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 2.13M shares.
In the most recent transaction, Mesquita Jorge S. bought 545 shares of HUM for 367.09 per share on Feb 20 ’24. After the transaction, the Director now owns 2,578 company shares. In a previous transaction on May 04 ’23, Diamond Susan M sold 4,156 shares at 526.28 per share. HUM shares that Chief Financial Officer owns now total 3,931.
Dividend
Paying dividends generates immediate cash flow for investors and indicates a positive outlook for the company. Humana Inc. pays an annual dividend of $3.54, resulting in a dividend yield of 1.11%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 16.10. HUM’s most recent ex-dividend date was 3/27/2024 when it declared a $0.8850 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 4/26/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 1/26/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 12/28/2023. The HUM stock dividend was $0.8850 per share in cash.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, HUM has a high of $541.21 and a low of $299.23.
As of this writing, HUM has an earnings estimate of $6.12 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 19 estimates, with a high estimate of $8.11 per share and a lower estimate of $5.76. The company reported an EPS of $7.78 in the last quarter, which was 8.70% higher than expectations of $7.16.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. HUM’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $16.59B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. Its Book Value Per Share was $133.05, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $16.10B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for HUM is Buy with a score of 4.00.
