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The Cigna Group (The Cigna Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 6.28% (As of Dec. 2023)
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The Cigna Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $110,826 Mil. The Cigna Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $6,959 Mil. The Cigna Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 6.28%.

The historical rank and industry rank for The Cigna Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

CI' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.75   Med: 7.54   Max: 12.79
Current: 5.74

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of The Cigna Group was 12.79%. The lowest was 2.75%. And the median was 7.54%.

CI's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
57.14% of 21 companies
in the Healthcare Plans industry
Industry Median: 6.41 vs CI: 5.74

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. The Cigna Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 18.99%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


The Cigna Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Cigna Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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The Cigna Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.57 12.74 7.78 7.75 6.28

The Cigna Group Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.75 9.68 9.12 7.59 6.28

Competitive Comparison

For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, The Cigna Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


The Cigna Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, The Cigna Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Cigna Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



The Cigna Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

The Cigna Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=6959/110826.3228
=6.28 %

The Cigna Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $6,959 Mil.



The Cigna Group  (NYSE:CI) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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The Cigna Group (The Cigna Group) Business Description

Industry
Address
900 Cottage Grove Road, Bloomfield, CT, USA, 06002
Cigna primarily provides pharmacy benefit management and health insurance services. Its PBM services, which were greatly expanded by its 2018 merger with Express Scripts, are mostly sold to health insurance plans and employers. Its largest PBM contract is the Department of Defense and it recently won a deal with top-tier insurer Centene. In health insurance and other benefits, Cigna mostly serves employers through self-funding arrangements, but it also operates in government programs, such as Medicare Advantage. The company operates mostly in the U.S. with 18 million U.S. medical members covered as of the end of June 2023.
Executives
Cynthia Ryan officer: EVP, CHRO 1601 CHESTNUT STREET, SHAREHOLDER SERVICES TL05Z, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192
Nicole S Jones officer: EVP, General Counsel 1601 CHESTNUT STREET, SHAREHOLDER SERVICES TL18Y, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192
Agoglia Hoeltzel Mary T officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer 1601 CHESTNUT STREET, TWO LIBERTY PLACE, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192
Brian C Evanko officer: President Government Business 1601 CHESTNUT STREET, SHAREHOLDER SERVICES TL05Y, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192
Everett Neville officer: EVP, Strategy and Business Dev ONE EXPRESS WAY, ST. LOUIS MO 63121
Paul A Sanford officer: EVP Operations 1601 CHESTNUT STREET, SHAREHOLDER SERVICES TL05Z, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192
Phillip Ozuah director 30 HUDSON STREET, FLOOR 33, JERSEY CITY NJ 07302
Donna F Zarcone director C/O HARLEY DAVIDSON, 3700 W. JUNEAU AVE, MILWAUKEE WI 53208
Michael W Triplett officer: President, US Markets 1601 CHESTNUT STREET, SHAREHOLDER SERVICES TL05Y, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192
Elder Granger director 5176 S. LEWISTON WAY, CENTENNIAL CO 80015
David Cordani director, officer: President & CEO THE CIGNA GROUP, 900 COTTAGE GROVE ROAD, BLOOMFIELD CT 06002
Jason D Sadler officer: Pres., International Markets 1601 CHESTNUT STREET, SHAREHOLDER SERVICES TL05Y, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192
Eric P Palmer officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer 1601 CHESTNUT STREET, SHAREHOLDER SERVICES TL05Y, PHILADELPHIA PA 19192
David J Brailer officer: EVP & Chief Health Officer 4 PRESIDIO TERRACE, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94118
Charles Berg officer: Pres, Govt Programs & Sr Advsr 48 MONROE TURNPIKE, TRUMBULL CT 06611

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