Molina Healthcare, Inc. (MOH)Healthcare | Healthcare Plans | Long Beach, United States | NYSE
148.97 USD
+0.10
(0.067%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 148.50 -0.47 (-0.470%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 7:55 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 19, 2026, 12:56 a.m. EDT
MOH is a value trap with deteriorating cash flow (negative FCF) and double-digit earnings shrinkage (-8% YoY), all while remaining underperforming its sector averages. Despite buying by a billionaire (Klarman), the technical setup is broken: price is 11% below the 200-day average and trading in a downtrend. The options market is screaming bear for the next 3-6 months, betting on continued weakness below key support at $140. Avoid; wait for a mean reversion to $160+ before reconsidering a long position. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.227162 |
| AutoETS | 0.228904 |
| MSTL | 0.240809 |
| AutoTheta | 0.351755 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 63% |
| H-stat | 1.19 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.026 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.75 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 99.435 |
| Revenue per Share | 825.057 |
| Market Cap | 7,760,007,168 |
| Trailing P/E | 16.70 |
| Forward P/E | 18.17 |
| Beta | 0.55 |
| Profit Margins | 1.08% |
| Website | https://www.molinahealthcare.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 12:56 a.m. EDT: Options flow shows a heavily Bearish skew in near-term (May/June) expirations. Puts dominate Open Interest (OI) at the 120-150 strike range, with OI% at 98% for May OTM and significant volume against the 120 and 130 strikes. While there are some long Call flows at higher strikes (e.g., 175-180), the strike distribution distances are positive for calls but low in absolute volume compared to the stubborn Put OI. Long-dated calls (Jan 2027+) show a bullish bias, but the short-term gamma exposure and put wall depth indicate speculative positioning for a downside move or trading range of ~$120-135.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.50686884 |
| Address1 | 200 Oceangate |
| Address2 | Suite 100 |
| All Time High | 423.92 |
| All Time Low | 10.746667 |
| Ask | 149.75 |
| Ask Size | 100 |
| Audit Risk | 5 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.8 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,048,510 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,853,269 |
| Average Volume | 1,853,269 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,048,510 |
| Beta | 0.554 |
| Bid | 148.5 |
| Bid Size | 200 |
| Board Risk | 3 |
| Book Value | 79.784 |
| City | Long Beach |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 10 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 148.97 |
| Current Ratio | 1.688 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 150.9999 |
| Day Low | 146.15 |
| Debt To Equity | 99.435 |
| Display Name | Molina Healthcare |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,776,945,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,776,945,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,776,888,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,776,888,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,776,888,000 |
| Ebitda | 902,000,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.02071 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 3.838 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.079 |
| Enterprise Value | 3,461,955,072 |
| Eps Current Year | 5.03438 |
| Eps Forward | 8.19931 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 8.92 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 143.241 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 5.729004 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.03999556 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -50.686882 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 333.22 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -184.25 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.552938 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 121.06 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 27.910004 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.23054688 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 121.06 - 333.22 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,057,152,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 50,657,460 |
| Forward Eps | 8.19931 |
| Forward P E | 18.168602 |
| Free Cashflow | -100,000,000 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 19,000 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.09354 |
| Gross Profits | 4,075,000,064 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.014579999 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.04639 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 52,091,073 |
| 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 in four segments: Medicaid, Medicare, Marketplace, and Other. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Long Beach, California. |
| Long Name | Molina Healthcare, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 7,760,007,168 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_4107517 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 472,000,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 7,760,007,144 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 17 |
| Open | 148.7 |
| Operating Cashflow | -535,000,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.01495 |
| Overall Risk | 9 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.48 |
| Phone | (562) 435-3666 |
| Post Market Change | -0.47000122 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.3155006 |
| Post Market Price | 148.5 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,470,117 |
| Previous Close | 148.87 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 29.590536 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 1.8671664 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.17813298 |
| Profit Margins | 0.010829999 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.599 |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.83333 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.100006 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.0671768 |
| Regular Market Day High | 150.9999 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 146.15 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 146.15 - 150.9999 |
| Regular Market Open | 148.7 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 148.87 |
| Regular Market Price | 148.97 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,002 |
| Regular Market Volume | 805,843 |
| Return On Assets | 0.03142 |
| Return On Equity | 0.11022 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.071 |
| Revenue Per Share | 825.057 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Healthcare |
| Sector Disp | Healthcare |
| Sector Key | healthcare |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 5 |
| Shares Outstanding | 52,091,073 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0664 |
| Shares Short | 3,456,307 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 3,548,912 |
| Short Name | Molina Healthcare Inc |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.077199996 |
| Short Ratio | 1.8 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | MOH |
| Target High Price | 262.0 |
| Target Low Price | 109.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 149.17647 |
| Target Median Price | 144.0 |
| Total Cash | 8,256,000,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 160.311 |
| Total Debt | 4,046,000,128 |
| Total Revenue | 43,562,999,808 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 8.92 |
| Trailing P E | 16.700672 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 1.4779 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 167.21664 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -18.246643 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.10911978 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 805,843 |
| Website | https://www.molinahealthcare.com |
| Zip | 90,802 |