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$MOH — AVOID 📊
Molina Healthcare, Inc.
🎯 Q1 FY26 | Rev $11B | EPS $2.35 vs $1.91 🟢
💡 Consensus expects full-year EPS near $5.00–$6.00, but quarterly run-rate suggests ~$9.40; the market is pricing in a steep drop in remaining quarters due to headwinds. Variant view: the guidance is overly conservative, but the rich multiple already discounts a beat, so upside is capped.
📉 Reward/Risk: 2.0:1
🏢 Business Quality: 6/10 - Managed care organization with stable Medicaid/Medicare exposure, but current financials imply a vastly overcapitalized or temporarily inflated earnings profile, inconsistent with typical industry returns.
📊 Valuation: rich — TTM P/E 39x vs historical 10–15x and peer 18–22x; P/S 2.3x vs sector 0.3–0.5x; even on conservative FY26 EPS $5.00, multiple is stretched;...
📊 Our read: AVOID. Full analysis →
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