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Humana is Crashing - What Do analysts Think?

This afternoon we watched Humana drop -13.5% to a price of $443.49 per share. The large-cap Medical Specialities company is now trading -26.99% below its average target price of $607.48. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $568.0 to $640.0 per share for Humana, and have given the stock an average rating of buy.

The stock has a very low short interest at 1.3%, and a short ratio of 2.1. The company's insiders own 0.17% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that a significant number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 96.3% of Humana's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Humana

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-03-31 Blackrock Inc. 9% 11,281,944 $5,003,467,795
2023-03-31 Vanguard Group, Inc. (The) 9% 11,262,012 $4,994,628,085
2023-03-31 Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc 6% 7,667,648 $3,400,551,344
2023-03-31 FMR, LLC 6% 7,342,938 $3,256,544,599
2023-03-31 Wellington Management Group, LLP 6% 7,348,011 $3,258,794,441
2023-03-31 State Street Corporation 5% 5,708,167 $2,531,534,437
2023-03-31 Capital International Investors 4% 4,370,090 $1,938,106,108
2023-03-31 GQG Partners LLC 2% 2,243,042 $994,774,341
2023-03-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 2,234,477 $990,975,820
2023-03-31 Capital Research Global Investors 2% 2,202,508 $976,797,779

Besides an analyst consensus of strong upside potential, other market factors point to there being positive market sentiment on Humana.

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