The Cigna Group (CI) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

Score

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Strong Sell

Sell

Hold

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Strong Buy

Comparison

Company

Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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Why is The Cigna Group ?

Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with an average Return on Equity (ROE) of 14.25%

Positive results in Jun 25

NET PROFIT(HY) At USD 3,099.43 MM has Grown at 153.37%
DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at USD 0
INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Highest at 202.37

With ROE of 14.33%, it has a expensive valuation with a 2.35 Price to Book Value

The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -7.40%, its profits have risen by 32.8% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.4
At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 1080.2

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to The Cigna Group should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Healthcare Services should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Healthcare Services)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is The Cigna Group for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

The Cigna Group

-11.17%

-0.57

34.39%

S&P 500

25.41%

0.70

20.15%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

11.35%

EBIT Growth (5y)

-68.52%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

0.67

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

9.18

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

0.10

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

3.85

Tax Ratio

21.04%

Dividend Payout Ratio

27.23%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

92.22%

ROCE (avg)

1.70%

ROE (avg)

14.25%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

1.88

EV to EBIT

EV to EBITDA

36.40

EV to Capital Employed

1.57

EV to Sales

0.37

PEG Ratio

0.13

Dividend Yield

1840.84%

ROCE (Latest)

ROE (Latest)

16.96%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bearish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Bearish

Mildly Bearish

Moving Averages

Bearish (Daily)

KST

Bearish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bullish

No Trend

OBV

Mildly Bullish

No Trend

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

Analyse All Technical Factors

Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

5What is working for the Company

ROCE(HY)

Highest at 15.26%

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 0

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 0% (YoY

-2What is not working for the Company

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Lowest at 182.07

Here's what is working for The Cigna Group

Dividend per share

Highest at USD 0 and Grown

In each year in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Raw Material Cost

Fallen by 0% (YoY)

MOJO Watch

The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for The Cigna Group

Interest Coverage Ratio

Lowest at 182.07

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

The company's ability to manage interest payments is deteriorating

Operating Profit to Interest