What eHealth (EHTH) Investors Need to Know

By Susan Ramirez • Wednesday, September 20 12:10 • Permanent Link

Shares of Specialty Insurance company eHealth jumped 20.2% today. With many investors piling into EHTH without a second thought, it may be a good idea to take a closer look at the stock. Here are some quick facts to get you started:

eHealth has moved 48.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 19.0%
EHTH has an average analyst rating of hold and is -26.55% away from its mean target price of $11.0 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $-3.45
eHealth has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of -2.3 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $-0.79 and its forward P/E ratio is -10.2
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 0.38 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
eHealth is part of the Finance sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 14.34 and an average P/B of 1.57
The company has a free cash flow of $15.23 Million, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
eHealth, Inc. operates a health insurance marketplace that provides consumer engagement, education, and health insurance enrollment solutions in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Medicare; and Individual, Family and Small Business. Medicare segment offers sale of Medicare-related health insurance plans, which includes Medicare advantage, Medicare Supplement, and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans to Medicare-eligible customers including but not limited to, dental, and vision insurance, as well as advertising program. Its Individual, Family and Small Business segment engages in the sale of individual, family, and small business health insurance plans; and ancillary products to non-Medicare-eligible customers including but not limited to, dental, vision, and short and long term disability insurance. In addition, the company provides ecommerce platforms and consumer engagement solutions, which includes market leading information, decision support, customer engagement, and transactional services to group of health insurance consumers; and organize and present the insurance information in objective format to individuals, families, and small businesses to research, analyze, compare and purchase health insurance plans. Further, it markets health insurance plans through its websites, including eHealth.com, eHealthInsurance.com, eHealthMedicare.com, Medicare.com, PlanPrescriber.com, and GoMedigap.com. The company also offers online sponsorship and advertising, lead referral, technology licensing revenue, and performance of other services, such as conducting health risk assessments. eHealth, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

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