Molina Healthcare, Inc. (MOH)Healthcare | Healthcare Plans | Long Beach, United States | NYSE
200.00 USD
+1.25
(0.629%)
⇧
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4:01 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 200.00 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:24 a.m. EDT
Molina Healthcare presents a stark dichotomy: a cash-rich balance sheet with a net cash position sits atop a business currently contracting. While the nine-year price trajectory remains robust at a 210% gain, the latest annual data reveals a sharp -49% drop in value and negative revenue growth of nearly 6%. The market is pricing in a turnaround with a forward P/E of roughly 20, yet earnings are currently collapsing at -76% quarterly growth. Short-term momentum is weak, trading below the 50-day moving average, while options activity highlights a heavy hedge on the downside with significant put open interest. Until the revenue engine stabilizes, the investment case relies entirely on the management's ability to reverse the earnings decline without eroding the existing cash fortress. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL_66_97 ✓ | 0.066740 |
| MSTL_66 | 0.070295 |
| MSTL_97 | 0.076584 |
| MSTL | 0.077096 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.082451 |
| AutoETS | 0.083089 |
| AutoTheta | 0.088533 |
Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_66_97
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 42% |
| H-stat | 3.17 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.266 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.97 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 94.773 |
| Revenue per Share | 828.663 |
| Market Cap | 10,439,999,488 |
| Trailing P/E | 1250.00 |
| Forward P/E | 20.53 |
| Beta | 0.75 |
| Profit Margins | -0.02% |
| Website | https://www.molinahealthcare.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:24 a.m. EDT: Implied volatility is elevated across the board, ranging from 40% to 54%, indicating heightened uncertainty. Speculators are heavily positioning for downside protection, evidenced by massive open interest in out-of-the-money puts for January 2027 (5.1k contracts versus only 176 in-the-money). While there is some aggressive call buying at deep strikes (350 strike in Jan 2028), the overwhelming put volume suggests a defensive stance against a potential correction rather than a bullish breakout.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.08458388 |
| Address1 | 200 Oceangate |
| Address2 | Suite 100 |
| All Time High | 423.92 |
| All Time Low | 10.746667 |
| Ask | 200.55 |
| Ask Size | 200 |
| Audit Risk | 2 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 547,400 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,092,656 |
| Average Volume | 1,092,656 |
| Average Volume10Days | 547,400 |
| Beta | 0.754 |
| Bid | 200.25 |
| Bid Size | 100 |
| Board Risk | 2 |
| Book Value | 80.212 |
| City | Long Beach |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 8 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 200.0 |
| Current Ratio | 1.679 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 201.9537 |
| Day Low | 196.75 |
| Debt To Equity | 94.773 |
| Display Name | Molina Healthcare |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,784,808,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,784,808,000 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.753 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.765 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,784,750,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,792,612,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,792,612,800 |
| Ebitda | 390,000,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.00918 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 14.046 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.129 |
| Enterprise Value | 5,478,000,128 |
| Eps Current Year | 5.24194 |
| Eps Forward | 9.73976 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.16 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 210.6844 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -10.684402 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.05071283 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 8.458387 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 244.89 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -44.89 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.18330678 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 121.06 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 78.94 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.6520734 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 121.06 - 244.89 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,057,152,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 46,011,690 |
| Forward Eps | 9.73976 |
| Forward P E | 20.534386 |
| Free Cashflow | 700,249,984 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 19,000 |
| Fullday Change | 1.25 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 0.628931 |
| Fullday Price | 200.0 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.08427 |
| Gross Profits | 3,579,000,064 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.014199999 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.11588 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 52,200,000 |
| Industry | Healthcare Plans |
| Industry Disp | Healthcare Plans |
| Industry Key | healthcare-plans |
| Ir Website | http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=137837&p=irol-irhome |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,306,108,800 |
| Last Split Factor | 3:2 |
| Long Business Summary | 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 in the United States. It operates through Medicaid, Medicare, Marketplace, and Other segments. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Long Beach, California. |
| Long Name | Molina Healthcare, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 10,439,999,488 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_4107517 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -7,000,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 10,374,750,000 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 17 |
| Open | 199.71 |
| Operating Cashflow | 365,000,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.01398 |
| Overall Risk | 3 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.78 |
| Phone | (562) 435-3666 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 200.0 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,600 |
| Previous Close | 198.75 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 38.153812 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.4933925 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.24582636 |
| Profit Margins | -0.00016000001 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.61 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 1.25 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.628931 |
| Regular Market Day High | 201.9537 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 196.75 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 196.75 - 201.9537 |
| Regular Market Open | 199.71 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 198.75 |
| Regular Market Price | 200.0 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,307 |
| Regular Market Volume | 967,153 |
| Return On Assets | 0.0116 |
| Return On Equity | -0.0016 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.057 |
| Revenue Per Share | 828.663 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Sector Disp | Healthcare |
| Sector Key | healthcare |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 1 |
| Shares Outstanding | 52,200,000 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0533 |
| Shares Short | 2,781,600 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 3,334,595 |
| Short Name | Molina Healthcare Inc |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.062 |
| Short Ratio | 2.02 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | MOH |
| Target High Price | 266.0 |
| Target Low Price | 147.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 209.11765 |
| Target Median Price | 209.0 |
| Total Cash | 8,915,000,320 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 170.785 |
| Total Debt | 3,952,999,936 |
| Total Revenue | 42,468,999,168 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.16 |
| Trailing P E | 1,250.0 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 1.7672 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 175.52995 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 24.470047 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.13940668 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 967,153 |
| Website | https://www.molinahealthcare.com |
| Zip | 90,802 |