Maurice Hebert Sells 600 Shares of Molina Healthcare (NYSE:MOH) Stock

Molina Healthcare, Inc (NYSE:MOH) CAO Maurice Hebert sold 600 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $191.55, for a total value of $114,930.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 12,815 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,454,713.25. The trade was a 4.47% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink.

Molina Healthcare Price Performance

Shares of NYSE MOH opened at $184.78 on Friday. Molina Healthcare, Inc has a 1-year low of $121.06 and a 1-year high of $327.68. The business has a 50-day moving average of $156.96 and a 200-day moving average of $158.90. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 1.63 and a quick ratio of 1.63. The company has a market capitalization of $9.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 54.67 and a beta of 0.85.

Molina Healthcare (NYSE:MOH) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April 22nd. The company reported $2.35 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.57 by $0.78. Molina Healthcare had a return on equity of 8.76% and a net margin of 0.42%.The company had revenue of $10.80 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.91 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $6.08 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was down 3.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Molina Healthcare has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.000- EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that Molina Healthcare, Inc will post 5.23 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on MOH shares. Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Molina Healthcare in a research report on Friday, March 13th. Mizuho decreased their target price on Molina Healthcare from $220.00 to $180.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, March 12th. UBS Group upped their target price on Molina Healthcare from $151.00 to $180.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Bank of America raised Molina Healthcare from an “underperform” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $250.00 price target for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Molina Healthcare in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $174.53.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of MOH. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Molina Healthcare by 217.0% in the third quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 2,934,130 shares of the company’s stock valued at $561,475,000 after purchasing an additional 2,008,458 shares during the last quarter. 8 Knots Management LLC purchased a new position in Molina Healthcare in the fourth quarter valued at about $198,942,000. Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Molina Healthcare by 344.3% in the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 963,526 shares of the company’s stock valued at $184,380,000 after purchasing an additional 746,639 shares during the last quarter. Maverick Capital Ltd. purchased a new position in Molina Healthcare in the first quarter valued at about $86,081,000. Finally, Madison Avenue Partners LP purchased a new position in Molina Healthcare in the fourth quarter valued at about $110,003,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.50% of the company’s stock.

About Molina Healthcare

Molina Healthcare, Inc is a managed care company specializing in government-sponsored health insurance programs. The company offers Medicaid managed care plans, Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans, and individual Marketplace plans under the Affordable Care Act. Through an integrated care model, Molina emphasizes preventive and primary care services, care coordination, and disease management to improve health outcomes for its members.

The company traces its roots to the early 1980s, when Dr.