Molina Healthcare (NYSE:MOH) Releases Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.69 EPS

Molina Healthcare (NYSE:MOH) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday. The company reported $5.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $5.74 by ($0.69), Zacks reports. Molina Healthcare had a net margin of 2.92% and a return on equity of 27.88%. Molina Healthcare updated its FY 2025 guidance to 24.500- EPS.

Molina Healthcare Price Performance

Shares of MOH stock traded down $30.51 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $286.50. 648,709 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 578,705. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $298.78 and a two-hundred day moving average of $318.38. Molina Healthcare has a fifty-two week low of $272.69 and a fifty-two week high of $423.92. The firm has a market cap of $16.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.56, a P/E/G ratio of 0.96 and a beta of 0.54. The company has a quick ratio of 1.55, a current ratio of 1.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts recently weighed in on the company. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on Molina Healthcare from $360.00 to $362.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, November 4th. Robert W. Baird decreased their price target on Molina Healthcare from $405.00 to $331.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. Truist Financial decreased their target price on Molina Healthcare from $400.00 to $370.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, January 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $350.00 price target (down from $378.00) on shares of Molina Healthcare in a research note on Tuesday, December 17th. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of Molina Healthcare from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, January 31st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $361.45.

About Molina Healthcare

Molina Healthcare, Inc provides managed healthcare services to low-income families and individuals under the Medicaid and Medicare programs and through the state insurance marketplaces. It operates in four segments: Medicaid, Medicare, Marketplace, and Other. The company served in across 19 states. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Long Beach, California.