eHealth, Inc. (EHTH)Financial Services | Insurance Brokers | Indianapolis, United States | NasdaqGS
1.20 USD
+0.06
(5.263%)
⇧
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 1.25 +0.05 (4.167%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:30 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:06 a.m. EDT
The investment case for eHealth, Inc. is currently broken by a severe multi-year structural decline. The stock has lost nearly two-thirds of its value over the last nine years, with six consecutive years of negative annual returns ending in another drop. Fundamentals confirm this deterioration: revenue has contracted by nearly 45%, operating margins are deeply negative at -81%, and the company is generating negative operating cash flow despite reporting positive free cash flow, likely due to non-cash accounting adjustments or one-time items. The balance sheet is fragile with debt significantly exceeding equity, and the book value per share ($17.36) is vastly disconnected from the trading price ($1.23), rendering traditional valuation metrics like P/B useless. While the forward P/E looks attractive, it relies on an EPS turnaround that hasn't materialized yet. The recent news of a target price cut to $3 underscores the lack of institutional confidence. With no dividend to provide income and a trajectory that suggests the market is pricing in continued distress, there is no compelling reason to hold or buy at these levels. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.083583 |
| AutoETS | 0.084670 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.085460 |
| AutoTheta | 0.139576 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 33% |
| H-stat | 8.83 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.366 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.96 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 13.956 |
| Revenue per Share | 16.125 |
| Market Cap | 38,439,188 |
| Forward P/E | 0.95 |
| Beta | 1.53 |
| Profit Margins | 5.42% |
| Website | https://www.ehealthinsurance.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:06 a.m. EDT: Options activity shows a distinct asymmetry in positioning. Call volume and open interest are concentrated entirely out-of-the-money at the $2.50 strike, indicating speculative bets on a significant recovery to near-doubled prices. Conversely, put activity is heavy and concentrated in-the-money at the same $2.50 strike, suggesting a strong defensive hedge against further downside. This 'straddle' style positioning at a specific level implies high uncertainty and volatility expectations rather than a clear directional consensus.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.7192118 |
| Address1 | 9,190 Priority Way West Drive |
| Address2 | Suite 110 |
| All Time High | 152.19 |
| All Time Low | 1.14 |
| Ask | 1.45 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 9 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 3.0 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 209,480 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 350,354 |
| Average Volume | 350,354 |
| Average Volume10Days | 209,480 |
| Beta | 1.533 |
| Bid | 0.8352 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 4 |
| Book Value | 17.36 |
| City | Indianapolis |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 6 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 1.2 |
| Current Ratio | 9.945 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 1.2 |
| Day Low | 1.14 |
| Debt To Equity | 13.956 |
| Display Name | eHealth |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,877,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,877,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,873,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,822,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,822,400 |
| Ebitda | 63,211,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.126 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 7.528 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.948 |
| Enterprise Value | 475,847,200 |
| Eps Current Year | 1.42 |
| Eps Forward | 1.265 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.83 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 1.42 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.21999991 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.15492952 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -71.92118 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 5.89 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -4.6899996 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.7962648 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.14 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.060000062 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.052631635 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.14 - 5.89 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,161,351,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 25,517,853 |
| Forward Eps | 1.265 |
| Forward P E | 0.9486166 |
| Free Cashflow | 43,352,624 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 1,665 |
| Fullday Change | 0.0600001 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 5.26316 |
| Fullday Price | 1.25 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 1.0 |
| Gross Profits | 501,691,008 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0738 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.51143 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 32,032,654 |
| Industry | Insurance Brokers |
| Industry Disp | Insurance Brokers |
| Industry Key | insurance-brokers |
| Ir Website | http://ir.ehealthinsurance.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=198312&p=irol-irhome |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | eHealth, Inc. operates a health insurance marketplace that provides consumer engagement, education, and health insurance enrollment solutions in the United States. It operates in two segments, Medicare; and Employer and Individual. The Medicare segment offers sale of Medicare-related health insurance plans, such as Medicare advantage, Medicare Supplement, and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans to Medicare-eligible beneficiaries including but not limited to, dental and vision insurance, and hospital indemnity plans, as well as advertising program for marketing and other services. The Employer and Individual segment is involved in the sale of individual, family, and small business health insurance plans; and ancillary products to non-Medicare-eligible customers including but not limited to, dental, vision, and short-term insurance. It also provides ecommerce platforms and consumer engagement solutions comprising market leading information, decision support, and transactional services to group of health insurance consumers; and organize and present the health insurance information in objective format to individuals, families, and small businesses to research, analyze, compare, and purchase health insurance plans. In addition, the company's platform allows eHealth to provide omnichannel capabilities to consumers who can shop and enroll in health insurance through an online interface. Further, it provides online sponsorship and advertising, non-broker of record, technology licensing, captive arrangements, and other services. eHealth, Inc. was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. |
| Long Name | eHealth, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 38,439,188 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_27933 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -26,267,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 36,517,225 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 4 |
| Open | 1.16 |
| Operating Cashflow | -30,452,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.81621003 |
| Overall Risk | 6 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.75 |
| Phone | 737 248 2340 |
| Post Market Change | 0.049999952 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 4.1666627 |
| Post Market Price | 1.25 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,804 |
| Previous Close | 1.14 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 0.8450705 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 0.06912442 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.076619245 |
| Profit Margins | 0.054180004 |
| Quick Ratio | 9.628 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 3.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0600001 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 5.26316 |
| Regular Market Day High | 1.2 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 1.14 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 1.14 - 1.2 |
| Regular Market Open | 1.16 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 1.14 |
| Regular Market Price | 1.2 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 213,367 |
| Return On Assets | 0.03423 |
| Return On Equity | 0.02921 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.448 |
| Revenue Per Share | 16.125 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Financial Services |
| Sector Disp | Financial Services |
| Sector Key | financial-services |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 9 |
| Shares Outstanding | 32,032,654 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0178 |
| Shares Short | 569,178 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 774,245 |
| Short Name | eHealth, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.019 |
| Short Ratio | 2.51 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | IN |
| Symbol | EHTH |
| Target High Price | 2.0 |
| Target Low Price | 1.5 |
| Target Mean Price | 1.8125 |
| Target Median Price | 1.875 |
| Total Cash | 101,048,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 3.155 |
| Total Debt | 132,173,000 |
| Total Revenue | 501,691,008 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.83 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 2.2409 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -1.0409 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.46450084 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 213,367 |
| Website | https://www.ehealthinsurance.com |
| Zip | 46,240 |