Humana Inc. HUM

Competitive advantage analysis · healthcare

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
52/100
Moderate

About Humana Inc.

Humana Inc. provides medical and specialty insurance products in the United States. It operates in two segments, Insurance and CenterWell. The Insurance segment offers individual Medicare Advantage products, including health insurance benefits, including wellness programs, chronic care management, and care coordination; individual Medicare stand-alone prescription drug products (PDP); group Medicare advantage and Medicare stand-alone PDP; Medicare supplements; specialty and ancillary … Full HUM analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Revenue Growth Consistent Revenue growth volatility is low (stability score 1.00), suggesting sticky customer base.

Key risks

  • Inconsistent Cash Generation Cash generation is inconsistent (score 0.33), indicating operational challenges.

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Pricing Power

Developing
41

Where HUM ranks in Healthcare Plans

Humana Inc. ranks #6 of 11 scored companies in Healthcare Plans by moat score — the top 55%. The widest moat in the group is Elevance Health, Inc. (ELV) at 74/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near HUM in Healthcare Plans
# Company Moat score Rating
2 The Cigna Group CI 73/100 Moderate
3 UnitedHealth Group Incorporated UNH 63/100 Moderate
4 Molina Healthcare Inc MOH 63/100 Moderate
5 CVS Health Corporation CVS 59/100 Moderate
6 Humana Inc. HUM 52/100 Moderate
7 Alignment Healthcare, Inc. ALHC 43/100 Developing
8 Oscar Health, Inc. OSCR 38/100 Developing
9 Centene Corporation CNC 29/100 Developing
10 Clover Health Investments, Corp CLOV 20/100 Weak

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How HUM scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 41 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 44 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 79 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 56 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 57 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 33 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding HUM's moat

What is Humana Inc.'s moat score?

Humana Inc. (HUM) scores 52 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #6 of 11 scored companies in Healthcare Plans, the top 55%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 10 companies in Healthcare Plans. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (79/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (33/100).

How does Humana Inc. compare with other Healthcare Plans companies?

Humana Inc. ranks #6 of 11 scored companies in Healthcare Plans by moat score. The widest moat in Healthcare Plans is Elevance Health, Inc. (ELV) at 74/100. The companies ranked closest are CVS Health Corporation (CVS) at 59 just above it and Alignment Healthcare, Inc. (ALHC) at 43 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 10 companies in Healthcare Plans. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Humana Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Humana Inc.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and HUM scores: Pricing Power (41), Cost Advantage (44), Customer Stickiness (79), Capital Efficiency (56), Resilience (57), Scale & Market Position (33). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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