Cigna vs UnitedHealth
CI and UNH side by side, both in accident and health insurance and medical. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CI and UNH compare
UnitedHealth is the larger company, worth 4.6 times as much as Cigna ($365B against $78.8B).
Cigna grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (7.8% versus 6.5% for UnitedHealth).
Both pay dividends: Cigna yields 2.1% and UnitedHealth 2.2%.
UnitedHealth scores higher on the StockData Score (11 against 8 for Cigna), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CI | UNH |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $78.8B | $365B |
| Share price | $298.23 | $406.97 |
| Change, 1 year | −0.30% | 14.6% |
| Change, 5 years | 39.3% | −10.7% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.33 | 0.32 |
| Employees | 68K | 390K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 11 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 2 |
| Dividend score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 26.2× |
| P/S | 0.3× (better) | 0.8× |
| P/B | 1.8× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.2× (better) | 15.9× |
| P/FCF | – | 15.5× |
| FCF yield | – | 6.5% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 7.8% (better) | 6.5% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 11.4% | 11.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −33.7% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −32.7% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −0.69% (better) | −3.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 20.6% | 88.6% (better) |
| Operating margin | 3.5% | 4.8% (better) |
| Net margin | – | 3.1% |
| FCF margin | – | 5.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 12.1% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.75 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.94 | 1.61 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 7.2× (better) | 5.6× |
| Current ratio | 0.85 (better) | 0.78 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.80 | 3.12 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.1% | 2.2% (better) |
| Payout ratio | – | 57.3% |
| Years of dividend growth | 5 | 16 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 173% (better) | 12.6% |
| Buyback yield | 1.3% (better) | 0.28% |
| Shareholder yield | 3.4% (better) | 2.5% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 89.9% | 87.7% |
| Held by insiders | 0.41% | 0.18% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$65.8M | −$945K (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 4 | 8 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.6% | 1.8% |
Go deeper
- CI stock overview
- CI income statement
- CI valuation and score
- UNH stock overview
- UNH income statement
- UNH valuation and score
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