Molina Healthcare (NYSE:MOH) Given New $151.00 Price Target at UBS Group

Molina Healthcare (NYSE:MOH) had its price target boosted by UBS Group from $145.00 to $151.00 in a research report report published on Thursday,Benzinga reports. They currently have a neutral rating on the stock.

Several other equities analysts have also weighed in on MOH. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft set a $109.00 price target on shares of Molina Healthcare in a research report on Tuesday, February 10th. Cantor Fitzgerald reduced their price target on Molina Healthcare from $180.00 to $144.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, February 9th. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their target price on shares of Molina Healthcare from $167.00 to $124.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 11th. Mizuho decreased their target price on Molina Healthcare from $220.00 to $180.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Barclays lowered their price objective on shares of Molina Healthcare from $164.00 to $133.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, February 10th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $153.29.

Molina Healthcare Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:MOH opened at $149.27 on Thursday. Molina Healthcare has a 1-year low of $121.06 and a 1-year high of $359.97. The company has a current ratio of 1.69, a quick ratio of 1.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.97. The stock has a market cap of $7.69 billion, a PE ratio of 17.44 and a beta of 0.52. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $164.22 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $167.35.

Molina Healthcare (NYSE:MOH) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The company reported ($2.75) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.43 by ($3.18). The firm had revenue of $11.38 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.90 billion. Molina Healthcare had a net margin of 1.04% and a return on equity of 13.60%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $5.05 earnings per share. Molina Healthcare has set its FY 2026 guidance at 5.000- EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Molina Healthcare will post 24.4 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. New York State Common Retirement Fund increased its holdings in shares of Molina Healthcare by 35.9% during the third quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund now owns 139,557 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,706,000 after acquiring an additional 36,831 shares in the last quarter. CenterBook Partners LP lifted its position in Molina Healthcare by 359.7% during the third quarter. CenterBook Partners LP now owns 20,409 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,905,000 after purchasing an additional 15,969 shares during the period. Merit Financial Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Molina Healthcare by 289.3% during the 3rd quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC now owns 11,735 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,246,000 after buying an additional 8,721 shares during the period. Gibraltar Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in Molina Healthcare in the third quarter valued at about $6,709,000. Finally, Cerity Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Molina Healthcare by 245.3% in the third quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 80,608 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,425,000 after buying an additional 57,266 shares during the last quarter. 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.