Provides managed healthcare services to low-income families and individuals. Administers healthcare benefits under Medicaid programs. Now — the numbers.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
This is an established company with proven profits.
The market pays 22.4× for every dollar of annual profit — around what a business like this usually costs.
Against companies in its own sector, it looks cheaper than 79% of them.
Analysts' average target sits 1% above today's price.
Executives buying with their own money is usually read as confidence in the company’s future.
We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.
A score of 50 means class average.
Profit power and business quality lead the class.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
Clearly below the class average.
Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.
Growth: Sales growth trails the sector average.
Financial Strength: The cash-and-debt balance is thin; the buffer for hard times is slim.
The stock trades 52% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.
Over the last 4 years, sales grew about 13% a year on average.
There is $8.3B in the vault; even if every debt were paid off, $4.3B would remain.
Over the last 12 months, company executives reported 46 buys and 12 sells. Management buying with its own money is usually read as a good sign.
The growth engine is running at low revs right now. Report-card grade: 37/100.
The balance sheet offers little cushion against a rough stretch. Report-card grade: 45/100.
Costs swallow the gains that sales growth brings in.
On our five-subject report card, MOH sits in the middle of the class: some subjects shine, others don’t. The grade moves as the numbers move.
The takeaway: MOH is an established business that has proven its profits for years. The real debate here isn’t the price — it’s whether the company can keep up this pace.
The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.